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Quality assurance plan

As a construction manager, you need to plan the processes to ensure that the construction meets the expected quality of the project.
To ensure this, Dalux helps you define the extent and criteria of quality checks. As a result, you have a clear overview of the delivered quality and status on-site.

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Quality assurance plan in action

With a successful implementation, you, as a construction manager, can get an overview of all documentation and the state of completion of all your QA processes either in a list view, as donut charts, or in a matrix. This lets you compare the current status with your planned schedule and ensure the on-site work is properly executed and documented.

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Quality assurance for the on-site teams

Your contractors can document all of their work before, during, and after finishing the construction/installation of their work.

This allows you to keep an overview of all processes on the construction site and check if their work and documentation match the expected quality.

At the same time, your contractors get an easy-to-use plan for their outstanding and completed quality checks.

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Recommended implementation

To implement your QA processes, set up a test plan for each trade of your project. This allows you to assign expected quality documentation to the contractors who are responsible for it. You can use your work packages as orientation, which should be set up according to our best practice: Work packages and workflows - best practice.

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Divide in execution phases

For each test plan, we recommend using the headings to structure them into three phases. Your contractors should

  1. Before construction: document the area they are working in to record if the work of previous contractors and site conditions allow for executing their work,
  2. During construction: document their work during execution, especially if they are covering some of their work later, and
  3. After construction: document the final result of their work, before handing it over to the next team.

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Define inspection points

Use subheadings and inspection points to divide the QA process into the elements/qualities that should be documented and the specific tests that need to be executed and recorded.

Define the subject, reference, method, time acceptance criteria, and documentation according to your plan. These fields will solely provide explanatory information for your on-site team.

Extent

Define, where and how many inspections should be executed per inspection point. Whether these are done per element, in areas, or without placement, it always makes sense to structure your project in related zones.

This is for example done per unit for apartment and office buildings, hospitals or hotels, however, other building types are typically also divided into construction areas that can be used for creating zones.

Other work, like shell construction, facade installation, or site facilities are often zoned independently and should be set up as separate zone layers. You can read more about this here: Zones and zone layers.

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While for technical elements the inspections are done per element and thus the extent of checks is tied to 3D object groups, other inspections are less defined. Here are some examples:

  • Previous work: Inspection is done once per area before starting work.
  • Site conditions: Inspections are done every time before starting work, either once per day or multiple times during the day.
  • Material inspections: Inspections are done for each delivery.
  • Mechanical elements: Inspections are done for each element.
  • System checks: Inspections are done for each closed system.
  • Large-scale elements, e.g. concrete slabs: Multiple inspections are done per element, preferably on pre-defined locations (set up as 2D object groups).

The following example shows a simple implementation for jointless floor coverings:

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 Read more

For a detailed explanation of how to set up test plans, read more about it in this article: Test plans.

If you want to learn more about how to set up Dalux according to best practices, read this article:

User groups - best practice

Work packages and workflows - best practice

Locations - best practice

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