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ASSIGNMENT – EMPM5103
(Part A & Part B)
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ASSIGNMENT – EMPM5103
PART A
PART A
Question 1
Answer 1
Before we go and discuss further about this topic, the following are the defination of
project, time, cost and performance;
Time - A define start and end dates as stipulated in the contract to carry out a
specific project.
Cost - Funding limit to carry out all the necessary works to complete a specific
project at desired quality.
Today definition of project success also has been extended or modified to include
project completion :
In any project these three elements which are time, cost and performance shall
always be referred in determining whether the project is success or fail.
The time, cost and performance are interconnected and as the project objective they
are to be defined and accepted by the employer or the project owner at the initial
stage e.g. during the project briefing, before the detail design and technical
specifications are finally prepared.
Time is a very essential project objective, shall the project can be completed on
time or at the extended time due to change in scope of works, despite it met the
project owner dateline, in directly it also can control the cost. No more cost is
required for a completed project but if a project is delayed or prolonged the
contractor shall sufferred esclating cost especially on the additional company
resources required to complete the remaining works e.g manpower, equipment,
facilities and etc. In which all these resources can be transferred to other project
and company can make profit shall the project is completed.
On the other hand, for the project owner a completion of a project on time shall mean
that they can carry out their business as per their scheduled and it is a possibility to
make a good fortune. For example shall a shopping mall is completed on time and
can be opened one month before Hari Raya festive, the owner can carry out their
business as planned, attracted the crowd to shop in their mall and make a relevant
profit. But shall the completion of the mall is delayed and the mall cannot be opened
before the Hari Raya festive, the project owner not only shall lose the opportunity to
make money but also shall suffer extra cost. That is why in most cases the project
owner imposes LAD (Late and ascertain damages) as a penalty to the contractor
shall the project delayed.
Last but not least, performance of a project is achieved when it can be completed
within accepteble specifications, safety and sustainablity. Despite to be completed on
time and within the estimated cost, a project must also be completed at accetable
performance, sustainable and safety. Therefore any subgrade works, poor
worksmanship and low grade material must be advoided.
Shall all these three project objectives can be achieved then we can say that the
project is completed sucesssfully.
Managing a project within time, cost and performance is easier said than done. As
shown in Figure 1.0, time, cost and performance are the main constraints of a
project. If the project is executed/completed outside the customer expectation, then
the project has a fourth constraint which is requires a good customer relation or
customer friendly in order to allow for the entended completion time, additional cost
or maybe at a lower but acceptable standard. (Rahman Ayub, Ahmad Hilmy Abdul
Hamid 11th. April, 2007),
The success or failure of a project shall very much depending on how best the project
manager can produce the deliverables or the predetermined targets and objectives
within the stipulated time, budgets cost and acceptable performance. Therefore a
project manager must do a good planning to determine how much time shall be
required and what is the estimated cost will be needed in order to complete a specific
project at a desirable performance, sustainability and safety by the project owner.
In order to do that a project manager despite to do a good planning, they also must
control and organize well all the company resources e.g. money, manpower,
equipment, facilities, materials and information/technology during the
“execution of the project” and “the project close out” phases to avoid over
budget, project delay and sub standard performance which might caused the projects
failure. (Harold Kerzner, 2009. Pg. 8)
There are several factors that are important in ensuring a successful completion of a
project. Those factors are :
iii. A good project control system must be developed to monitor, measure and
evaluate the cost, schedule, labor-hours and quality of works.
Planning tools such as Critical path method (CPM), Project Evaluation & Review
Technique (PERT) method and etc are some of the method that can help a project
manager to control time consuming and track thoroughly the execution and works
progress. With the planning tools, the project cost shall also be translated in terms of
project resources such as workers man-hours, materials, equipment, plants and
machines. Therefore the cost and the quality of works can also be monitored
planned versus actual.
Upon the completion of a project, the performance is one of the ultimate issues
despite of completion on time and within estimated cost.
Question 2
Answer 2
Every program, project, or product has certain phases of development known as life-
cycle phases. A clear understanding of these phases permits managers and
excutives to better control resources to achieve goals.
During the past few years, there has been at least partial agreement about the life
cycle phases of a product. They include;
The theorical definations of the Life cycles phases of a system can also be applied to
a project and the phases are as follows;
• Conceptual
• Planning
• Testing
• Implementation
• Closure
Description of Project Life Cycle according to Harold Kerzner, 2009 can be described
as follows;
iii) Testing phase is predominently a testing and final standardisation effort so that
operation can be started. At this stage almost all documentations must be
completed.
In Figure 2, the complete phases of a project and those products are compared.
Different authors might give 4, 5 or six phases of Project Life Cycle. Some try to
elaborate more variables for examples conceptual is the same as Initiation and
testing (depend in which industry you are in, electronics or manufacturing, they add
in testing before implementation, and in the construction of buildings, normally
people shall include testing & commissioning under execution phase).
So it does not matter how many variables to be taken, but fundamentally in LIFE
CYCLE always covers INITIATION (some call it as conceptual or feasibility),
PLANNING (some call it DESIGN/ENGINEERING STAGE), EXECUTION &
CONTROL (some include TESTING in this phase or separately) and CLOSE OUT
(some call TESTING STAGE & HAND OVER).
Below is one example of “Project Life Cycle” process in gas pipeline construction
projects. The phases used smilar with other construction industries namely
Initiate/Start up, Planning, Excecution and Close out.
By tabulating all the works involves in a project, the contractors shall be able to see
what are the critical paths and the area of concerns that need to be tackled in order
to realise the project to client’s expectations which are to complete the project within
the scheduled time, extimated budged, at acceptable quality, safety and
sustainability.
Figure 4, shows the four phases of project life cycle as explain by Morris. The graph
also ilustrate each phases with respect to project completion percentage.
The informations and lessons learn in completing a project life cycle shall later be
applied to the new projects in a better understanding, improve controlling system, can
be closed and hand over to the client smoothly and neat.
Organisations that practice Project life cycle, the following additional andvantages
can also be benifited and the are summerised as below;
Question 3
The word “Planning” is often used as a yardstick of the difference between the
good project manager and the poor project manager. Discuss how project
managers manage planning of the project. [20 marks]
Answer 3
Often projects fail because they are poorly planned, or even completely unplanned.
Therefore the failure will come as a complete surprise rather than being preceded by
periods of worry and depression. Without proper planning, a poor project manager,
might drive the projects to start off “behind the eight ball”. The consequences of poor
planning include;
In the other hand a good project manager with a sound knowledge in integrating all
the management process and the elements of the process shall be able to lead the
projects to a success. A good project manager should master himself on all the nine
knowledge and drive it throughout the project life cycle. The nine knowledge areas
are as follows;
The starting point for a good project plan is a proper understanding of the
requirement and knows what exactly is the project supposes to achieve?
The main purpose of project plans is to guide project execution. Plans must be
realistic and useful. A fair amount of time and effort must go into the planning process
and the people knowledgeable in doing the work need to plan the work. Planning
assumes two items:
A good project manager must plans realistically with regard to timely performance
and reasonable cost. Meeting these criteria ensures that the actual project will be
performed successfully within the scheduled time and financial constraints. Planning
must be done logically and thoroughly if we are to have any chance for the project to
succeed. In planning philosophy, we must understand two key points:
With the nine knowledge areas and the basics reason for project planning, a good
project manager shall be able to plan properly the project planning processes consist
of the following activities: -
One of the most important of project objectives is when the needs of the stakeholders
are met. This is a narrative description of the end results that to be accomplished
Therefore, it is important to identify who are the stakeholders at the very beginning of
the project. Identifying the stakeholders of a project it is not always easy, particularly
those who are impacted indirectly. Some examples of stakeholders are as follows;
When the stakeholders are identified, the next step is to find out their requirements
and to fulfil them. Conducting a stakeholder interviews is one of the best way to
identify their requirement/need. Often stakeholders will talk about the need that aren't
relevant and don't really required. This information can be recorded and noted as a
low priority. That is why the interviews to draw out the true needs that create real
benefits normally took a long time.
Once all the interviews were conducted and the comprehensive priority lists are
produced, a project manager need to set the goals that can be easily measured. A
technique for doing this is to review them against the SMART principle, i.e.; specific,
measurable, agreed upon, realistic and time based. This shall ease the project
manager in identify whether a goal has been achieved or not.
Once a clear set of goals have been established, they should be included in the
project plan together with the needs and expectations of the stakeholders.
Misinterpretation of SOW can and will occur no matter how careful the team had
tried. Common causes of misinterpretation are as follows;
The statement of works for good project managers is their intention to meet the
project’s objectives and provide all project deliverables within the constraints
of “Time, Cost and Quality”.
When the most difficult part of the planning process is completed, we should move on
and plan for the project deliverables.
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The successful accomplishment of both contract and corporate objectives that have
been derives in SOW, requires a plan that defines all the efforts to be expended,
assigns responsibility to a specially identified organisational element, and establishes
schedules and budgets for accomplishment of the works. The detailed planning is
also established in accordance with company budgeting policy before contractual
efforts are initiated.
Traditionally, activity planning for the schedule is independent and separate from the
cost. The accuracy and usefulness of the breakdown and relationship is dependent
upon intimate knowledge of the construction elements, judgment and skills of the
planner.
WBS provides a tool for planning the activities, including estimates of resources,
activity durations and costs. The basic aim of a WBS is to split the project into
tangible deliverable items. The more work packages we split the project into, the
more interfacing with other people, departments, functions or even companies there
may be. However the less work packages there are, the harder it will be to budget
and estimate resource requirements. It is advisable that a work package should not
be more than 8 hours of work (or a day’s work).
Otherwise, it will be difficult to assign resources, monitor progress and carry out
performance measurement. In most construction programme, the activities define are
mostly too large to be classified as a work package and at such it is difficult to assign
specific quantifiable resources, difficult to estimates duration, and most of all difficult
to provide a logic – predecessor/ or successor in a network diagram.
In planning a project a project manager must structure the work into small elements
that are:
The WBS is structured in accordance with the way the work will be performed and
reflects the way in which project costs and data will be summarised and eventually
reported. It also must address how we will plan, organize, and control the major work
activities to meet our goals of finishing the work on time, within budget and as
specified. One important point before planning is that we do not want to do more than
necessary to satisfy customer needs, since that is wasting money. On the other
hand, we should not do less than necessary, or we may lose the customer.
WBS also should consider other areas that required structured data such as
scheduling, configuration, management, contract funding and technical performance
parameters. WBS is important because it’s provides a common framework that
covers;
The WBS shows and determines the smaller elements and activities thus providing
the greater probability that every major and minor activity will be accounted for. Most
common WBS is the six-level indented structure shown below:
After the works have been split into smaller elements, commonly CPM (Critical Path
Method) is used to allow the project manager to measure project progress in order to
achieved project goals.
This is the process to predict success of the project, thus allow the project manager
to look into alternative if there is changes occurred.
We propose three steps to elicit the ‘full’ (explicit and implicit) project logic:
1. Knowing the project logic stated in the logical framework and other project
documents;
2. Identifying the specific activities carried out during the project cycle, who
decided about changes to the original design, why and under which
circumstances; and
3. Investigating the practices that evolved over time, as result of the interaction of
individuals
Practices and relations, not only milestone and planned activities, should be the
focus of any project assessment because a change process is not caused merely by
a design.
Change is pursued, lived and felt by individuals who negotiate goals, experience
conflicts or reach agreements while seeking to exercise their autonomy in their
specific circumstances.
WBS separate all activities inclusive time, cost and quality and there are as follows;
i) Scheduling and costing - After developing the activities, the next step is to
estimate the duration requires and the activities sequence. From thereon, the
network diagram is finally developed, which form the construction master
programmes.
The contract’s department, which is home for the project quantity surveyors and
estimators normally, carries out the cost estimate and budgets. Once the project
estimate and budget is established by the QS, the project manager is given a
copy for his review and comment. If agreeable, the budget will then be sent for
the project sponsor’s approval.
Planning and controlling standards for quality are fundamental in both the
design and construction phases of a project. Quality assurance involves the
economic studies to select the types of materials and methods to be included in
design and controlling processes, making certain that the works are carried out
in accordance with the contract specification and drawings.
Methodology ranges from computerized documentation, technical design, to
sampling and testing products and structural dimensioning in the field. A proper
and well-documented quality assurance plan should be submitted to the client’s
consultant for approval. A good quality assurance plan will assure the client of
your ability and provide confidence to the level of control and inspection
conducted by the client’s representative. Quality assurance is always
considered as the in-plant representative of the customer. Quality assurance is
also the agent for improvement of the processes and product.
The planning schedule shall allow the project manager to manage all the works, track
the planned and actual progress, taking contingencies measures to meet the date
line and etc. Scheduling tools namely CPM, PERT, Gant chart and others are usually
used.
For risk to be managed it must first be identified and recognized and then the
likelihood of its occurrence and its consequences can then be assessed and steps
taken to minimize its impact by deflecting to another party (e.g. buy insurance, sub-
contracting), mitigating its impact by reducing the probability of occurrence, or
accepting the consequences should the risk occur.
Risk management plan identifies as many risk events as possible, minimizes their
impact, manages responses, and provides contingency funds to cover risk events
that actually materialized. Risk management is a preventive process designed to
ensure that surprises are reduced and that negative consequences associated with
undesirable events are minimized. The challenge of project risk management is in
identifying the risk retained and recognizing the fact that a risk, which is transferred
under some circumstances, may be retained under others. Basically, transferring risk
does not reduce risk, but places the risk at the foot of another party. In some cases,
transfer can significantly increase risk because the party to whom it is being
transferred may not be financially capable of supporting the risk.
The Contract Form is the first reference by which risk will be assessed, thereby
apportioning risk in a way, which is considered acceptable in the industry. In the
event of dispute, it will be the first source of reference for an analysis of the
respective rights, duties and liabilities of the parties.
A building contract is a trade-off between the contractor’s price for undertaking the
work and his willingness to accept a degree of risk. If the contractor is to carry certain
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specific risk, he should expect to see them reflected in his contract by an increase in
the contract price. It must be recognized that standard forms of contract do have
provisions for excusing the contractor from many risks affecting the project. It is often
the misconception among developers that irrespective of the form of contract chosen,
once the lowest tender has been accepted, the contract signed between the
contractor and developer, all the risk of failure will be transferred to the contractor.
Resource planning
During staff acquisition phase, existing staffs are assigned to the projects after the
project site organizational chart is submitted to project sponsor for approval. In the
event of shortage, the management would outsource by advertisement or the project
manager may recommend others known to him for employment particularly previous
colleagues in the same industry or his friends with relevant education qualification
and experiences.
In the other hand, acquisition for materials and equipments are normally handled by
the purchasing department and the machinery department. The project manager
shall have to make formal request for them. Sometimes, the available resource may
be insufficient or untimely and the project manager has to bargain and negotiate with
the key functional managers.
Communication planning
Project correspondence
Audiovisual presentation
Project reporting, meetings,
Training
Listening.
Upon agreement of the sample format, the project manager would be required to
submit biweekly or monthly reports, which would also include progress photographs
of work-in-progress. Producing a concise and well-presented biweekly/monthly
progress report is the best way for project managers to set the standard for reports
on the project. It is also a good instrument to check on how the project is going. The
main purpose of the report is to inform the key stakeholders as to how the work is
progressing and to keep a running history of vital project activities.
Project forecasting predicts future project status and progress based on past
information and trends. Earned Value analysis (EVA) can be used to estimate the
budget at completion based on how the project is progressing.
In the other hand project meetings are integral progress review elements of a project.
Meetings help determine delays (that have occurred) and achievements according to
the baseline plans. It is also important to get the entire project team members
together at scheduled times to talk and listen about the project. Meetings can help
team members to know where the individual parts fit into the collective aim of the
group, and where individual success can contribute to team success.
Conclusion
A good project manager should be able to plan and manage all planning activities as
discussed above.
ASSIGNMENT – EMPM5103
PART B
PART B
Question 1
Quality management is increasingly been seen as a primary project
management objective. There are six quality management concepts that
should exist to support every project.
Encik Ismail Ibrahim is a project manager for XYZ consultants. He has
been asked by his management to submit a report of the Project Quality
Management Plan (PQMP) for a proposed 40-storey Grade “A” Office
building located at Jalan Sidek, Kuala Lumpur.
Define and elaborate the “six quality management concepts” in the PQMP
of the above chosen project. [40 marks]
Answer 1
Assumption: In normal cases a PQP is prepared by the contractor (most of the
big contractor is ISO 9001:2008 certified) and approved by the consultant. The
reason is because the test plan and the inspection are strictly follows the
Malaysian/ International standards/codes or customer’s specification and
requirements in which this can easily be copied and adopted but method
statement of the works breakdown structure are prepared by the contractor.
Therefore in this case I would assume this project is a turnkey job, where the
contractor and the consultant are works as consortium.
One of the Project manager ultimate responsibilities is to deliver the project
under their supervision in a good quality. Cost and schedule management are
very important to a project success and equally important is the project quality
management. Project Quality Management shall help the project manager to
complete the project at the acceptable performance, safety and sustainability.
Six quality management concepts that should exist in a project quality
management are as follows;
• Quality Policy
• Quality Objectives
• Quality Assurances
• Quality Control
• Quality Audit
• Quality Program Plan
Ideally, these six concepts should be embedded in the company culture, inside
the company policy and lead by the top management because without the
support from the top management a project manager has a limited capacity.
Quality Policy
It is top management's expression of its intentions, direction, and aims
regarding quality of its products/construction works and their processes. This
policy is a document created by quality experts that stated the quality
objectives, the level of quality acceptable to the organisation, and the
responsibility of organisation’s member for executing the policy to ensuring
quality.
The top management support on the policy is also stated here as it is important
because the quality policy always became an instrument to measure the
organisation’s reputation and their quality image.
The quality policy must come from top management to bottom else the lower
level employer might thought it is not important and more towards cosmetic
rather one of the management objectives.
A good quality policy should cover the followings;
That is why now days most company had adopted quality standard e.g.
Integrated Management System (IMS), ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 &
OHSAS 18001:2007 Total Quality Management (TQM), Kaizen and others
quality standard into their company quality policy.
Quality Objectives
• Be obtainable
• Define specific goals
• Be understandable
• State specific deadlines
(Harold Kerzner, 2009)
A good quality objective should be obtainable, define specific goal,
understandable and state specific deadlines. According to the ISO 9001:2008
Standard [Clause 5.4.1], "Top management shall ensure that quality objectives,
including those needed to meet requirements for product or services, are
established at relevant levels within the organization. The quality objectives
shall be measurable and consistent with the quality policy."
One of the requirements of the ISO 9001:2008 quality standard is that the
organizations should establish and monitor quality objectives. There is no
specific requirement about how many quality objectives that the organization
must have, or what those objectives might be, this is left up to the organization
to decide.
Having only one or two quality objective is probably too less, in the other hand
having twenty is probably too many. In normal practice it is good to have
somewhere between 3 to 8 quality objectives.
In the sample PQP (attached) one of the quality objectives is to meet customer
expectation quality, sustainability and safety.
Five quality objectives in topic 2, pg 7 as stated in the PQP (sample) are
meet the objective requirement which is the objective are measurable and
understandable. Some of the scopes of works stated in topic 7 are also belong
to Quality Objectives
Quality Assurances
It is a process of evaluating the formal activities, managerial process and overall
project performance on a regular basis to ensure that the project will satisfy the
required quality standards.
Quality assurance includes all the activities related to satisfying the relevant
quality standards for a project. Another goal of quality assurance is continuous
quality improvement. Benchmarking can be used to generate ideas for quality
improvements. Quality audits in the other hand helps to identify lessons learned
that can improve performance on current or future projects. It is the quality
assurance function that tries to manage for the project scope, cost and time are
fully integrated.
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The process and the result of Quality Assurance shall summarise as follows;
The Input includes: Quality Management Plan, results of quality control
measurements and operational definitions.
Methods used: quality planning tools and techniques and quality audits.
Output includes: quality improvement.
Quality Control
The process of monitoring specific project results to determine if they are
comply with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes
of unsatisfactory performance.
Topics 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, ATTACHMENT C, D, E and F of the PQP (sample) is
the example to Quality Control.
Quality Audit
Any failure in their proper implementation may be published publicly and may
lead to a revocation of quality certification. Quality Audit is also called as
conformity assessment or quality system audit.
A good quality audit shall ensure that the followings are followed;
i) The planned quality for the project will be met.
ii) The products are safe and fir for use.
iii) All pertinent laws and regulations are followed.
iv) Data collection and distribution system are accurate and adequate.
v) Proper corrective action is taken when required.
vi) Improvement opportunities are identified.
Detailed document that sets forth practices and sequence of activities aimed at
translating an organization's quality policy into operational results, or
conformance to a standard such as ISO 9000 within a specified timeframe.
The quality plan shall be created by the project manager and project team
members by breaking down the project objectives into a work breakdown
structure.
The project manager than ensures that these actions are documented and
implemented in the sequence that will meet the customer’s needs and
expectations. This shall give the customer a comfort that the project manager at
the end of the day can deliver the 40-storey Grade “A” Office building as
stipulated in the contract.
A good quality plan will identify all of the organization external and internal
customers, cause the design of a process that produce the features desired by
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the customers, bring in suppliers early in the process, cause the organization to
be responsive to changing customers need and prove that the process is
working and that quality goals are being met.
Project Quality Plan should be written with the objective to provide project
management with easy access to quality requirements and should have ready
availability of the procedures and standards thus mentioned.
The following list provides you the various Quality Elements that should be
included in a detailed Project Quality Plan:
• Management Responsibility. Describes the quality responsibilities of
all stakeholders.
• Documented Quality Management System. This refers to the existing
Quality Procedures that have been standardized and used within the
organization.
• Design Control. This specifies the procedures for Design Review,
Sign-Off, Design Changes and Design Waivers of requirements.
• Document Control. This defines the process to control Project
Documents at each Project Phase.
• Purchasing. This defines Quality Control and Quality Requirements for
sub-contracting any part / whole part of the project.
• Method Statement. Defines step by step how to carry out each
specified works.
• Test Plan. Procedures for Test Plan shall indicate the procedure and
the codes/standards used.
• Inspection Testing. This details the plans for Acceptance Testing and
Integration Testing.
• Nonconformance. This defines the procedures to handle any type of
nonconformance work. The procedures include defining responsibilities,
defining conditions and availability of required documentation in such
cases.
• Corrective Actions. This describes the procedures for taking
Corrective Actions for the problems encountered during project
execution.
• Quality Records. This describes the procedures for maintaining the
Quality Records (metrices, variance reports, executed checklists etc)
during project execution as well as after the project completion.
• Quality Audits. An internal audit should be planned and implemented
during each phase of the project.
• Training. This should specify any training requirements for the project
team.
• Handover project. All requirements to close up project e.g. final
inspection/testing, documentation etc.
UVW/PQP
CONTROLLED DOCUMENT
TABLE OF CONTENT
1.0 INTRODUCTION 4
2.0 PROJECT QUALITY OBJECTIVES 7
3.0 PROJECT ORGANIZATION CHART & SITE LAYOUT PLAN 8
4.0 RESPONSIBILTIES & AUTHORITIES OF PRINCIPAL STAFF AT SITE 10
5.0 RESPONSIBILTIES & AUTHORITIES OF PRINCIPAL STAFF AT
HEAD OFFICE 15
6.0 PROJECT PROGRAMMES AND MONITORING 17
7.0 SCOPE OF WORK 18
8.0 METHOD STATEMENT 19
9.0 INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IMS) PROCEDURES &
OTHER FORMS 21
10.0 HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL & TECHNICAL STANDARDS 23
11.0 MAJOR CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT DIRECTLY AFFECTING
THIS QUALITY PLAN 25
12.0 INSPECTION & TEST PLANS 30
13.0 QA/QC FORMS 34
14.0 PROJECT INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IMS) AUDITS 35
15.0 MANAGEMENT REVIEW OF SITE QUALITY PLAN 36
16.0 TYPE OF MEETINGS PLANNED & THEIR FRECUENCY 37
17.0 TYPES OF RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED & THEIR FREQUENCY 39
18.0 PROJECT DOCUMENT CONTROL 40
19.0 CONTRACT DETAILS OF OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT
INCLUDING LOCAL AUTHORITIES, CONSULTANTS, ETC. 51
20.0 HANDOVER PROJECT 52
Attachment A - Company Quality Policy 55
Attachment B - Inspection & Test Plan Requirement (sample) 56
Attachment C - QA/QC Inspection Register List (sample) 57
Attachment D - QA/QC Inspection Forms (sample) 58
Attachment E – Document Control Register List (sample) 59
Attachment F - Document Control Inspection Form Request (Sample) 60
1.0 INTRODUCTION
This project is awarded to UVW Const. Sdn Bhd, as such, UVW Const. Fully subscribes
to common Quality Policy, Quality Mannual and Quality Procedures adopted by the
company. The common QUALITY POLICY presently subscribes by TUV Const. is
attached in ATTACHMENT A.
The construction of 40-storey Grade “A” Office Building, comprises of two (2) level
basement car park, ground floor, mezzanine floor and 39 floors of 6000m square office
in every floor complete with male and female toilet, pantry, AHU rooms, maintenance
room, 3 lifts and additional BOMBA lift located at Jalan Sidek, Kuala Lumpur.
1.4 IMPLEMENTATION
The site team member comprises of UVW Const. and sub-contractors site management
teams.
1.5 PURPOSE
The project Quality Plan is intended to ensure that all the activities are both effectively
and efficiently managed by the site team to meet project requirements. The areas of
site management are as follows;
i) Communication Management.
ii) Contract Management.
iii) Progress Management
iv) Quality Management.
This PQP should be read in conjunction with the following supporting quality documents;
1. Quality Manual
Based upon the requirement of ISO 9001:2008, the manual outlines UVW’s general
policies on quality.
3. Method Statements
Documents which described the construction method sequence, material and equipment
used in each activity.
Implementation of this project will be supportive of the core objectives of the company as
stated in the Quality Policy Statement. The following objectives have been specifically
adopted for this project;
4.1 General
The site is where the project takes place and where a major part of the Quality System is
implemented,
available;
Investigate the cause of any accident and recommends means of
prevention; and
Conduct monthly safety meeting and weekly tool box meeting.
To carry out and confirm all of the necessary survey works (ROW, OGL,
Cadastral & As-built survey);
Verify all survey data; and
To produce survey reports (daily, weekly, monthly and final).
5.1 General
The group organization chart, Group Procedures & Authorities (GPA) and Business
Process Map had been establish to define the responsibility, authority and the
interrelation of personnel who manage, perform and verify the work affecting the
quality of the services.
The Head Office is responsible for the value of chain of the company’s business
which includes the securing of contracts and activities associated with construction.
It serves as the Headquarters of the Company and also provides support activities to
the Site Officers such as finance, administration, procurement, information
management and training.
In the event of the absence of Project Director, Deputy Project Director will take
over the responsibility of Project Director. He will monitor the program, progress
and performance of the project. He shall review and approve commercial and
contractual matters, resolve internal and external disputes. He approve of
Master Construction Programme, Project Quality Plan and Environmental,
Safety and Security Plan.
The Project Manager is responsible for the leading of the project team in the
planning and programming of the construction activities for the project.
The project scheduling showing key dates for commencement & completion,
milestone, phases of project etc. shall be done by the use of Microsoft Project
software/ Primavera software.
The Works to be executed under this Contract for a period of 36 months include the
followings :-
(2) Site clearing, demolition of existing obstruction and removal and disposal of the
same;
(4) Construction of earth drains, concrete drains culverts, stream diversion and all
other drainage structures;
(6) Construction of the 4o storeys building and all other associated structures;
(7) Provision of pavement markings, traffic signs, guard rails and all other road
furniture;
(8) Turfing, retaining walls, gabion walls and all other slope protection structures;
(9) Maintenance of existing road and provision of access for others where required;
(12) Any works incidental to and necessary for the completion of the specified works.
The following Method of Statement as enclosed are to be observed. The Method Statement
for this project shall not be limited to the following attached method statement. Other works
method statement will be submitted in stages as work at site progress.
Listed below are the lists of Method Statements. Method Statements are to be submitted to
the Resident Engineer (RE) prior to be commencement of works on site.
1) Earthwork
2) Road work
3) Drainage
4) Sewerage
5) Water supply
6) Concreting
7) Tilling/Finish
8) Reinforcement
9) Formwork
10) Brickwall
11) Glass Pannel
12) Pilling work
13) Maintained load test
14) Pile dynamic test (PDA)
15) Crib wall
16) Water proofing work
B. Mechanical
C. Electrical
D. Architectural
All method statement shall be registered with the revision status and maintain at site
office. The current list of method statement will be kept and controlled at site office.
The Integrated Management System (IMS) for the project will be implemented in
accordance with the ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 & OHSAS 18001:2007 requirements,
Client and Statutory & Regulatory requirements.
The management has established the quality policy as its commitment to quality
management in the company. The management shall be responsible to ensure that this
policy is communicated and understood at all levels of the company.
The Integrated Management System (IMS) which consists of Quality Manual and
Safety, Health & Environmental Manual shall be the guidelines for the Quality
Assurance, Quality Control and Safety, Health & Environmental activities of this
Project.
The following are the list of Process/Procedure and relevant documentation / record which
are applicable to the execution of this Project
Table 1:
Certificate of Practical
5 Handover to Client • Completion (CPC)
• To secure the safety, health and welfare of persons of work against risks to
safety or health arising out of the activities on site.
• To promote an healthy and safe occupational environment at work site
Health Measure:-
a) Sewage System
• The site shall have a sewage system with proper discharge outlet for the
usage of the persons at work;
b) Drainage System
• The site existing drainage system is to be cleared periodically to prevent
accumulation of water or flood which might cause spread of disease.
Earth drain excavation for surface run off from site shall be provided in
due time.
c) Workers Quarters
• The quarters shall have rubbish bin, perimeter earth drain and washing
area
d) Toilets
• Reasonable numbers of toilets / wash area shall be provided for the
usage of the personnel on site. Cleanliness is to be maintained at all
time.
Safety Measure:-
a) Safety Wears
• All personnel on site shall wear safety helmets and boots at all time on
site.
b) Signages
• Warning signages shall be erected where necessary with clear visibility.
c) Fencing
• Hoardings / fencing shall be set up surrounding the site, if necessary.
d) First Aid
• The site office shall equip with a complete set of first aid kit.
e) Safety Officer
• An officer to ensure full implementation of the safety measures.
The following are the few measures to be practiced by XYZ CONSULTING SDN.
BHD..
a) Drainage System
• No oils or deleterious materials to be discharged into the drainage system.
• Discharge water from wash out directly into the drainage system is not
allowed.
b) Dust
• Site access roads and other areas to be sprinkled with water is necessary to
prevent excessive dust.
c) Waste Materials
• Disposed to local council’s approved dumping ground.
Start
Identification of
Material to be
inspected
Arrange for
Inspection
Not OK
Inspectio
Reject the Material
n Status
OK
Maintain Records
& Update Daily
Site Diary
End
Start
Identification of Work
to be inspected
Arrange for
Inspection
Not OK
Inspectio
Rectify the Work
n Status Done
OK
Maintain Records
& Update Daily
Site Diary
End
Start
Identify Non-Conformance
e.g Violation of specified
requirements, deviations from
drawing.
Raised Non-Conformance
Report and forward to
concerned party.
No
Action
Required
?
Yes
Determine & implement Action
taken
Effectiv
e?
No Yes
CAR Closed and Update CAR
Log
End
Start
Conduct investigation,
determine root cause of non-
conformity.
Yes
Record result of Action
The information of corrective action
will be compiled, analyzed to identify
Close the issue, revise affected trend & where applicable the need for
documents, if any prevention action. To be reported
during Management Review.
End
Procedures for Inspection and Test Plan shall be made available prior to the start of
the relevant inspections as required by the Client. The procedure should include the
followings:
Where incoming supplies are released for production purposes pending full
verification of accompanying documentation, they shall be positively identified and
documented. This is to permit immediate recall and replacement in the event of non-
conformance to specified requirements.
Incoming inspection and test shall be carried out as detailed in inspection and testing
or in the respective Inspection and Test Plan.
The works shall not proceed further until all the Inspection and Tests has been
completed or the necessary reports verified. Where works are allowed to proceed
further pending completion of Inspection and Tests, They shall be positively identified
and documented as detailed in the non-conformance report/corrective action.
* A standard Inspection and Test Plan for Architectural Works, Civil & Structural
Works, and Mechanical & Electrical Works are as shown in ATTACHMENT B.
All completed works items shall undergo final inspection and testing in accordance
with specified contractual requirements prior to hand over to the client. All final
inspection and testing shall be carried out by QAQC personnel in accordance with the
project Inspection and Test Plan instruction.
Inspection and Test Records shall be maintained to provide evidence that the works
have passed the required inspection and/or test in accordance with the contract
specifications.
Inspection, Test and Commission Records shall be form part of the Quality records.
12.2.1 General
Reporting and documenting of the non conformity that has been accepted, and of
repairs, shall be carried out as detailed in Non-Conformance Report.
Repaired and rectified works shall be re-inspected and verified in accordance with
the specified inspection and acceptance requirements.
12.3.1 General
Corrective and prevention action is to ensure that corrective actions are initiated.
Documented and verified to prevent recurrence.
QAQC forms are used to implement the Quality Assurance Plan or as an audit tools
(Quality Audit).
Project IMS Audits will be carried out by competence and independent internal
QAQC-HSE Department Team in accordance with the Client, Regulatory & Statutory,
ISO 9001:2008, ISO14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007 and XYZ CONSULTING SDN.
BHD.’s requirements. Third party audits by certification bodies will also be carry on an
annual basis.
In addition to the above Project IMS Audits, the QAQC Engineer and HSE Officer
shall be responsible to conduct regular system compliance audit to verify the
implementation of respective Inspection & Test Plan and Quality Procedures & Work
Instructions adopted. All findings will be forwarded to the Responsible Person for any
corrections and corrective actions. Verification of the action taken and reporting of
verification results will be conducted by QAQC Engineer and HSE Officer.
The quality system shall be review at least once a year to ensure its continuing
suitability, adequacy and effectiveness. QA Department shall advise Project Manager
to convene the management review meeting.
Corrective and preventive actions are assigned and tracked for closure. Actions will
be reviewed in the following cycle to close the loop.
16.1 Meetings
The following meetings are scheduled:
Site Meetings
Frequency : Monthly
Chairman : Client
Minutes : Client
Attendees : Client, Consultants, Project Manager
Minutes Distributed to : All the above
Coordination Meetings
Frequency : Fortnightly / Monthly
Chairman : Project Manager
Minutes : Project Manager
Attendees : Consultants, Project Manager,
Minutes Distributed to : All the above
Safety Meetings
Frequency : Monthly
Chairman : Project Manager
Minutes : Safety Officer
Attendees : Project Manager, Safety Officer, Sub
Contractor’s Representative
Minutes Distributed to : All the above and Project Manager
Staff Meetings
Frequency : Monthly / When Necessary
Chairman : Project Manager
Table 2:
Summary of Integrated
5 Management System Audit Monthly/Quarterly QAQC Engineer
Report
18.1 Purpose
• To ensure that all incoming documents and data are transmitted to appropriate
personnel for follow up action and all outgoing documents and data are issued
promptly.
18.2 Responsibilities
o The Document Controller shall oversee the control of all documents relating to
the Quality Procedures and keeps a Master List of the location of such
documents.
• All staff shall maintain and upkeep documents and data. This includes fax
messages, letters transmittals, drawings, diskettes and calculation reports.
• The Project Manager shall ensure that all drawings, diskettes produced or
received are kept, maintained and readily identifiable.
• The Project Manager shall ensure that fax messages, letters, transmittals and
reports are kept and maintained in the appropriate files or folders.
Controlled copies are indicated by the stamping ‘Control Copy’ on the cover
page in blue or red colour.
• Master List
• Revisions
The Document Controller shall then submit the request to the Project Manager
for approval. If the change is approved, the Document Controller is
responsible for updating affected documents.
• Change Record
• Distribution
Concerned Administrative Staff shall the deliver the document to the relevant
interested parties
• Project Control
A Project Master List is established and kept by the Document Controller who
shall assign new serial numbers.
The Document Controller shall ensure that all files, box folders are labelled.
The Construction / Shop Drawings Master List and Materials / Sample Master
List are kept in project files, These Master Lists are prepared and updated by
the Document Controller and filed
The Project Manager shall direct the respective project staff to follow up on all
incoming fax messages, letters and transmittal to ensure that the information
is responded and updated where necessary.
All in-coming fax messages, letters and transmittals received are initialed by
concerned staff. The date of response is indicated on the first page of the
document before passing it to the functional head for reference or comments.
Comments can be written on any blank spaces on the fax messages, letters or
other means for transmittal.
The Transmittal Form number may also be used in conjunction with the issue
of drawings, calculations and reports.
Authorities may inform the public on the updates of their requirement through
circulars or seminars. If such is the case concerned staff may attend such seminars
on behalf of XYZ CONSULTING Sdn Bhd.
At the conclusion of such seminar, the attendee shall inform the company about such
revisions or updates. Seminar notes or any circulars on the updates shall then be
circulated to those affected and subsequently maintained as a reference documents.
Table 3:
Method of Distribution
Document Approved By Distributed To
Registering Record
Project Manager
Consultant
(acceptance Drawing • Site Office (2 sets)
Drawings, Transmittal
only) Register • Works Contractors
Schedules, etc
Client
Shop Drawing Site Office (2 sets)
Consultant Transmittal
Drawings Register Works Contractors
Client
Construction Site Office
Project Manager Not required Transmittal
Programme Works Contractors
Client
Sub-Elements
Project Manager Not required Transmittal Consultants
Programme
As per distribution list
Project Quality
Client Not required Transmittal in Plan
Plan
As per distribution list
Project Safety
Project Manager Not required Transmittal in Plan
Plan
Client
Consultants
Method Project Engineer Document
Transmittal Site Office
Statements / QC Manager Register
Works Contractors
18.5 Correspondence
All correspondence to Client shall be signed by the Project Director. Only persons
designated by the Project Director to do so may sign in the event of his absence.
- Letter
- Request for Information
- Fax Cover Sheet
- Documents Transmittal
- Confirmation of Instruction (to confirm verbal instruction)
Verbal instruction from Client must be confirmed in writing using the “Confirmation of
Instruction Form” with copies of confirmation send to organizations shown on the
form.
The following XYZ CONSULTING SDN. BHD. staff may formally communicate with
Work Contractors:
- Project Director/Manager
- Contractors/sub-contractor
- Project Engineer
All correspondence to work Contractor other than the Documents Transmittal must
be sighted by the Project Manager and copy to be kept by document controller
according to relevant work contractor/ works package.
A site mail box must be established in the Project Office and Works Contractors
instructed to deliver correspondence via this mail box or by fax addressed to the
Project Manager.
All correspondence from work contractor must be date stamped upon receipt.
Project Manager must review all correspondence/s and decide further distribution
and original copy to be kept and filed by document controller according to relevant
work contractor/ works package.
Responsibility:
- The Project Manager is responsible for the overall running of the Site Office
administration.
- Document Controller is responsible for the filing system ensuring they are
legible, readily identifiable and retrievable.
Procedure:
Responsibility:
- The Project Manager is responsible for the Site Establishment including all
Site Records.
- The Site Engineer and his supporting staffs are responsible for the keeping
of Site Dairy and the preparation of the Site Daily Reports and the Day-
works Record etc.
Procedure:
- The Site Dairy and Site Daily Report shall be completed every day without
fail.
- The Day-Works Record shall be completed as and when the Day-Works are
carried out.
- To submit the Site Diary daily – before 3.30pm on the following day.
- To submit Approval Chit and QAQC Forms / Inspection List – before 3.30pm
for inspection the next morning.
- To submit Material Inspection Form for all construction material used in the
construction works within 24 hours upon delivery.
Filing:
- Ensure that the original record is filed in the filing system
- Site Personnel may maintain their own files in the file but original must
always be filed in the central filing system.
Archiving:
- At the completion of the project, update the file listings
- Place all central filing system records into numbered and labelled boxes
- Enclose a list of all records in the box
- Send a copy of the box lists to head office
Reports
Progress Report shall include the following :
Contract drawings and documents shall comply with the client’s requirements
and approved by the relevant authorities.
Contact Office
No Organization Designation Fax Number
Person(s) Telephone
1. Client
RHB Dev. Berhad, Azman Salim Project 03-2055 4000 03-2055 4555
Director 03-2055 4008 03-2055 4666
Wisma RHB, Jln TAR,
Kuala Lumpur.
2. Contractor
UVW S/B Ir. Razman Project 03-9570 6001 03-9570 6007
Jalan Pinang, Adam Manager
Kuala Lumpur
3. Project Consultants
XYZ CONSULTING S/B
Jln Aman, Ir. Ismail Ibrahim Project 03-9300 7000 03-9300 7001
Kuala Lumpur Manager
It is UVW’s responsibility to handover the project to Client after completed all the major
works at site in accordance to the contract requirements. The handover dates shall be
completion dates (Final completion or Sectional completional) as stated in the contract
document.
Upon receiving the notification from the sub-contractor regarding the Final Inspection,
the site supervisor shall notify the PM, who in turn would arrange with the Employer for a
joint inspection (where relevant) comprising the following personnel;
All non-conformances are clearly recorded on the defect list, confirmed and endorsed by
all parties at the end of the inspection.
The scope and targeted date are to be completed by all personnel involve in the
inspection.
The PM ensures the defect lists are forwarded to the sub-contractor for rectification.
The respective Site Supervisor shall monitor and follow-up with the rectification of the
defects and ensure they are being carried out timely.
21.0 APPENDICES
This Quality System manual together with the management and operational
Quality Procedures that support it, are the foundation of UVW Const‘s Quality
Management System.
In its commitment to Quality, the Managing Director has appointed the Quality
Management Representative, to ensure the effective implementation and
continual improvement of the Quality Management System throughout UVW
Const.
It is our goal that all the staff, in all functions, performs their duties according to the
documented Quality Management System.
Managing Directors
METHOD OF
ACTION CHECKING
ITEM TEST & TESTING/
DESCRIPTION FREQUENCY RESPONSIBILIT RESPONSIBILI
NO INSPECTION PROCEDURE
Y TY
REF
Revision
Reference No. Description
No.
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-00 PRECONCRETING INSPECTION FORM 0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-01
POST CONCRETING INSPECTION FORM 0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-02
REQUEST TO STRIKE FORMWORK 0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-03
GENERAL JOINT MEASUREMENT SHEET 0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-04
PILE HEAVE MONITORING REPORT 0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-05 SUMMARY OF BORED PILE INSTALLATION
RECORD
0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-06
BORING RECORD 0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-07
CONCRETING RECORDS FOR BORED PILE 0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-08
BORE PILE RECORD 0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-09 INSPECTION PRIOR TO LAYING OF
REBARS AND DUCTS CHECKLIST
0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-10 REBARS INSPECTION PRE-CONCRETING
CHECKLIST
0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-11
CONCRETE POURING CHECKLIST 0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-12
DEMOULDING CHECKLIST 0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G-13
GIRDER STRESSING RECORD 0
XYZ/PQMP/40s Works/G014
GROUTING WORKS CHECKLIST 0
Revision
Reference No. Description
No.
XYZ/PQMP/40s Building/G-00 MASTER DOCUMENT REGISTER - GENERAL 0
We request for inspection and permission to proceed with the following work :
Date :
am/pm
Time :
*
Description of works :
Remarks/ comment :
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