Project Management in the Oil and Gas Industry

participation of the owner, engineer, subcontractors, and suppliers.

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Preparation and implementation of the QC plan must be more than a 
“cosmetic” fix. The quality control program may look good on paper, but it 
can only serve its intended purpose by daily execution of the stated quality 
control procedures.
The plan must be easily understood by the person, who is going to imple-
ment the procedure listed in the manual. Items that should be included 
are organizational charts showing the chain of command, explanation of 
duties, lists of procedures, and examples of documents to be used.
The plan must be kept up-to-date by reflecting all changes required to 
maintain effective quality control on the job-site. This may include using 
suggestions from the employees responsible for QC duties.
The following guidelines have been established by the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers to be used when writing an organizational chart for the QC 
department:
• Lines of authority
• QC 
resources
• Adequately sized staff
• Qualifications of QC personnel
• List of QC personnel duties
• Clearly defined duties, responsibilities, and authorities
• Deficiency identification, documentation, and correction
• Letter to QC personnel giving full authority to act on all 
quality issues
• Letter stating responsibilities and authorities addressed to 
each member of the QC staff
• Procedures for submittal management
• Submittals must be approved by the prime contractor before 
review by owner’s representative
• Log of required submittals, listing all required submittals 
showing scheduled dates that submittals are needed
• Control testing plan
• Testing laboratories and qualifications identified
• Listing of all tests required as stated by contract documents
• Testing frequencies listed
• Reporting 
procedures
• Quality control reporting procedure addressed