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A comprehensive set of questions and answers related to construction quality management (cqm) for the usace exam. It covers key concepts such as the purpose of cqm, contractor quality control functions, and the benefits of cqm. The document also includes detailed explanations of various submittals, including pre-construction submittals, product data, samples, design data, test reports, certificates, manufacturer's instructions, operation and maintenance data, and manufacturer's field reports. It also discusses closeout submittals, guiding principle validation (gpv), third-party certification (tpc), and the roles of approving authorities and submittals in the construction process.
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Construction quality management - correct answer ✅The performance of tasks, which ensure that construction is performed according to plans and specifications, on time, within a defined budget, and a safe work environment. Quality - correct answer ✅Conformance to properly developed requirements Purpose of CQM - correct answer ✅The government's efforts, separate from, but in coordination and cooperation with the contractor, assure that the quality set by the plans and specifications is achieved. Contractor quality control function - correct answer ✅To assure that the completed project meets all quality requirements of the contract. Contractor benefits of CQM - correct answer ✅Increased profit and production, better communications, planning, improved organizational skills, and outstanding performance evaluations to obtain future contracts.
Two factors cause construction industry to become highly specialized - correct answer ✅Changing market and increased tech and regulations Factors that will influence both the govt and construction industry in the future - correct answer ✅New govt regulations, greater influence from customer, improvement of QC and QA requirements, construction- oriented mgmt info systems, formal partnering involving stakeholders, more reliance on design-build, more consideration for life cycle requirements, increased performance based incentives Pre construction submittals - correct answer ✅Required prior to or at start of construction or the next major phase on a multi phase contract Preconstruction submittals include: - correct answer ✅Scheduled and a tabular list of locations, features, and other pertinent information regarding products, materials, equipment, or components to be used in work
product, system, or material meets spec requirements. Must be dated after award of project contract and clearly name the project Manufacturer's instructions - correct answer ✅Preprinted material describing installation of a product, system, or material, including special notices and concerning impedances, hazards, and safety instructions Operation and maintenance data - correct answer ✅Data provided by the manufacturer, or system provider, including help and product line documentation, necessary to maintain and install equipment for operating and maintenance use Manufacturer's field reports - correct answer ✅Documentation of the testing and verification actions taken by manufacturer's representative at the job site, or on sample taken from the job site, on a portion of the work, during or after installation to confirm compliance with standards and instructions. Must be signed by an authorized official of testing laboratory or agency and state the test results to indicate pass or failure
Closeout Submittals - correct answer ✅Documentation to record compliance with technical or administrative requirements or to establish an administrative mechanism Special requirements to end a contract or major phase if a multi phase contract GPV - correct answer ✅Guiding principle validation TPC - correct answer ✅Third party certification Approving Authority - correct answer ✅Office or designated person authorized to approve submittal Work - correct answer ✅On and off site construction required by contract documents, including labor necessary to produce submittals,
correct answer ✅contractor quality control systems manager CR - correct answer ✅Conformance review "G" designation - correct answer ✅Government approval required "D" designation - correct answer ✅Designer of record approval required "R" designation - correct answer ✅Requires designer of record approval and government conformance review "A" designation - correct answer ✅Requires designer of record approval and government approval
correct answer ✅Residential management systems contractor mode "C" designation - correct answer ✅Requires government conformance review SpecsIntact - correct answer ✅Software system used by government to generate the submittal register that is loaded into RMS-CM Design submittal packages - correct answer ✅Include: drawings, specs, design analyses, and other deliverables Specs in sufficient detail to fully describe and demonstrate quality and performance of materials and workmanship Must comply with manufacturer's recommendations, unless otherwise noted
Government will not formally agree or provide an opinion prior to DOR approval or recommendation and reserves the right to reject Substitutions - correct answer ✅Requires details submitted for government acceptance, DOR must confirm and document the the proposed product meets contract requirements and is equal in function, performance, quality, and salient features Format of SD 01 precon submittals - correct answer ✅Contractors approval stamp applied to separate sheet accompanying document Provide data in full unit of measure used in contract document Format of SD-02 shop drawings - correct answer ✅Not less than 8 1/2 by 11" nor more than 30 by 42" except for full size patterns or templates Accurate size with scale indicated
Ensure suitable for reproduction and of quality to produce clear, distinct lines and letters, with dark lines on white background Electronic copy submitted in PDF format Drawing Identification - correct answer ✅Must have title, number, date, revision numbers and dates Numbers in logical sequence, bear the number of submittal in uniform location next to title block, government contract number in margin immediately below for each Format of SD-03 product data - correct answer ✅Present for each section, include a table of contents, listing the page and catalog numbers Prominently notate each and the specification section number and paragraph number to which it pertains
Standards - correct answer ✅Where equipment or materials are specified to conform to industry or technical society reference standards. Label or listing is acceptable compliance, in lieu of those, a certificate from an independent testing organization, competent to perform testing, and approved by the contracting officer. Certificate must state that item has been tested in Accor with specified organization's test methods and that item complied with spec. org's reference standard Format of SD-09 manufacturer's field reports - correct answer ✅By prominent notation, indicate each report in the submittal. Indicate the spec and paragraph number to which each pertains SD-10 O&M - correct answer ✅Operation and maintenance data requirements to be complied Format of SD-11 closeout submittals - correct answer ✅Documents to be used in the project or to become part of the project record, other than as a submittal, contractor's
approval stamp is not to be applied to the document itself but to a separate sheet accompanying the doc. Data is to be provided in the unit of measure used in the contract documents.