Quality Control and Administration
This can be a standalone service or utilised as part of overall project
delivery.
Project Control will appoint a Quality Manager for your project, this person
will act in a similar role to a clerk of works.
This service monitors all construction activities on site checking actual
against design. The primary focus is around accuracy and quality and includes
checking structure for plumb and straightness, checking all services are in
place prior to lining , gib fixing and stopping, painting, finishing trims,
fittings and cabinetry, external finishes, commissioning and scenario testing.
The objective is to provide a defect free project at hand over and a high level
of finish over all. To achieve this we carry out inspections during
construction at two day intervals and compile a current defect list from this,
we then agree close out dates with the contractor and update the list at every
inspection, this is a far superior method of closing out defects than the
conventional inspection by the architect at hand over.
For this service to really function the conditions of contract need to include
the main contractors agreement to inspections and an agreed close out period –
say 5 working days, this way the contractor has already agreed to provide the
resource to manage and mitigate defects during the period sub contractors are
on site as opposed to post hand over.
This methodology is just as relevant to residential applications as it is to
high tech installations such as data centres.