Construction Quality Assurance/Quality Control Blog

Infographic: What are the USACE Three Phases of Control?

Posted by Ed Caldeira

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Construction Quality Plans: Preparing Your Organization Chart

Posted by Ed Caldeira

A Quality Control Organizational Chart may strike you as a trivial part of your construction quality plan. However, without organization chart, your quality plan  will most likely be rejected. Plus, when it comes to managing quality, creating a project quality organization chart is the first step in identifying who is responsible for what on your project. 

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Tags: quality plan, project plan, organization chart, usace, navfac, military, corps of engineers, government

What are the USACE Three Phases of Control?

Posted by Ed Caldeira

Developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the three phases of control are required for all military-related quality control plans and are the core of their Construction Quality Management Systems.
 
In fact, in addition to the USACE, the Navy Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), the Air Force Civil Engineering Support Facility (AFCESA) and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have all adopted the quality control policies and procedures that make up the Three-Phase Control System.

So what are the three phases of control? As the owner of a construction company, you may already be performing them, but you'll need to explain how in your construction quality control plan.

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18 (Yikes!) Documents for your Construction Quality Plan Submittal

Posted by Ed Caldeira

If you want a shot at winning a government construction contract, you'll want to dive in and tackle the mound of documents you'll need for your comprehensive quality control plan.

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Tags: quality plan, quality control, quality assurance, submittals, government