MANUAL FOR QUALITY CONTROL IN ROAD & BRIDGE …

1 MANUAL FOR QUALITY CONTROLINROAD & BRIDGE WORKSP ublished by:INDIAN ROADS CONGRESSKama Koti Marg, Sector-6, Puram, New Delhi-110 022 NOVEMBER, 2017 Price : ` 1500/- (Plus Packing & Postage)IRC:SP:112-2017 First Published : November, 2017(All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication shall be reproduced, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the permission of the Indian Roads Congress)Printed by India Offset Press, Delhi-110 064 500 Copies IRC:SP:112-2017 CONTENTSS. of the General Specifications and Standards Committee (i)SECTION 1 : INTRODUCTION1 SECTION 2 : GENERAL wise procedure in Total QUALITY Management6 SECTION 3 : QUALITY Assurance / CONTROL Unit of Contractor and its Hierarchical Position in Personnel of Personnel of Engineer14 SECTION 4 : QUALITY ASSURANCE Assurance Plan for Different Stages of Project Implementation19 SECTION 5 : QUALITY REQUIREMENTS FOR FACTORY MANUFACTURED MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND of of of Engineer/Consultant/ Materials36 SECTION 6 : FIELD LABORATORY SET and Maintenance63 SECTION 7 : CALIBRATION OF INSPECTION, MEASURING AND TESTING of for of Procedures77 SECTION 8 : INSPECTION AND & Third Party Guidelines for Inspection & Testing86 SECTION 9.

2 DOCUMENTATION AND Principles of Documentation and for Establishing Mechanism for Documentation for Security/Authentication of Formats for Communication180 SECTION 10 : STATISTICAL of and Principles of Statistical Analysis189 IRC:SP:112-2017 SECTION 11 : ACCEPTANCE/ NON to meet Acceptance for Dealing with Non Conformance Formats196 SECTION 12 : THIRD PARTY QUALITY Objectives and Party QUALITY Audit of road Projects- General of Projects for Third Party QUALITY of Third Party QUALITY Level Project Monitor201 SECTION 13 : SAFETY, HEALTH AND Planning & , Health & Environmental Safeguards During Process to take care of Safety & Environment211 IRC:SP:112-2017iPERSONNEL OF THE GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE (GSS)(As on 24th June, 2017)1 Kumar, Manoj(Convenor)Director General(RD) & Special Secretary to the Govt.

3 Of India, Ministry of road Transport & Highways, New Delhi2 Singh, (Co-Convenor) Additional Director General, Ministry of road Transport & Highways, New Delhi3 Verma, Dr. (Member Secretary) Chief Engineer SR&T(R), Ministry of road Transport & Highways, New DelhiMembers4 Basu, KaushikChief Engineer, Ministry of road Transport & Highways5 Bhardwaj, Principal Scientist, Central road Research Institute, New Delhi6 Chacko, Dr. , Shriram Institute of Industral Research, Delhi7 Eligar, Engineer, Ministry of road Transport & Highways8 Gupta, (RD) & AS (Retd), Ministry of road Transport & Highways, New Delhi9 Jain, Prof (Dr) , IIT Roorkee10 Jhamb, Director General(Retd.), Central Public Works Department, New Delhi 11 Joshi, (Retd.), Ministry of road Transport & Highways, New Delhi12 Lal, BhureChairman, Environment Pollution (Prevention & CONTROL ) Authority, Delhi13 Mathur, Dr.

4 AjayDirector General, The Energy & Resource Institute, New Delhi14 Narain, SunitaDirector General, Centre for Science & Environment, New Delhi15 Goel, General(Retd), Central Public Works Department, New Delhi16 Pandey, Engineer, Ministry of road Transport & Highways, New Delhi17 Parrikar, NaikSuperintending Engineer, PWD Goa18 Pateriya, Dr. (Technical), National rural road Development Agency, New Delhi19 Puri, (RD) & SS (Retd), Ministry of road Transport & Highways, New Delhi20 Rajoria, (Retd.), Delhi PWD, New Delhi21 Raju, (Retd.), R& B Deptt., Hyderabad22 Rajvanshi, Ms. Asha Head, EIA Wild Life Institute, DehradunIRC:SP:112-2017ii23 The Director (Reddy, )Engineering Staff College of Engineering, Hyderabad24 The CEO & PD (Sahay,Vishvajit)National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project, New Delhi25 Sarangi, DChief General Manager, National Highways Authority of India26 Sharma, D.

5 Scientist, Central road Research Institute, New Delhi27 Sharma, M. Engineer, Ministry of road Transport & Highways, New Delhi28 Sharma, R. Director, M/s STP Ltd New Delhi29 Sharma, V. General Manager (LA), National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi30 Sinha, (RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of road Transport & Highways, New Delhi31 Sinha, Engineer (Retd.), Central Public Works Department, New Delhi32 Tawade, (Technical), National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi33 The Director General, (Mathur, Vishnu)Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, New Delhi34 The Director (Urdhwareshe, Mrs. Rashmi)Automotive Research Association of India, Pune35 Vasantha, Dr. Engineer, PWD Hyderabad36 Verma, S KAdvisor, Engineering Staff College of India, Hyderabad37 Verma, Maj , M/s Oriental Structures Engineers Pvt.

6 Ltd., New Delhi38 Vyas, NehaSenior Environment Specialist, World Bank, New DelhiCorresponding Members1 Momin, Engineer, PWD Meghalaya2 Parsekar, U PPrincipal Chief Engineer, PWD Goa3 Sachdev, Engineer (Retd), Ministry of road Transport & Highways, New Delhi4 Temjen, R. TemsuAddl. Chief Engineer, PWD Nagaland5 Vanlaltluanga, , PWD MizoramEx-Officio , IRC(Pradhan, ) Engineer-in-Chief cum Secretary to the Govt. of Odisha, General (RD) & Spl. Secretary to the Govt. of India(Kumar, Manoj) Ministry of road Transport and Highways, New General(Nirmal, ) Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi IRC:SP:112-20171 MANUAL FOR QUALITY CONTROL IN road & BRIDGE WORKSSECTION Three special publications were published by IRC in different years regarding QUALITY CONTROL on road and BRIDGE works as mentioned below:IRC:SP:11-1984 Handbook for QUALITY CONTROL for Construction of Roads and Runways;IRC:SP:57-2000 Guidelines for QUALITY Systems for road Construction;IRC:SP:47-1998 Guidelines for QUALITY Systems for road & above publications were formulated in pre NHDP environment when bridges were mostly constructed on stand-alone basis.

7 Need was felt to merge the three publications to suit the manner of implementation of highway projects post NHDP and also upgrade the content to capture all aspects of QUALITY assurance and CONTROL in line with best international Accordingly, it was decided in the 1st meeting of Project Preparation, Contract Management, QUALITY Assurance and Public Private Partnership Committee (G-1) held on to merge the 3 special publications as above and upgrade the same. A sub-group was formed under the chairmanship of Co-Convenor with other members to prepare the draft of the MANUAL for QUALITY CONTROL in road & BRIDGE Works . The sub-group prepared different sections of the special publication, which was discussed in different meetings of G-1 Committee between and and lastly on under the chairmanship of Convenor Shri Singh where Shri D.

8 Sarangi; Shri Kishore Kumar; Shri Sinha; Shri Ashok Kumar; Shri Ashok Bhasin and Shri Nirmal attended. The sub-group gratefully acknowledges peer review of the draft by Shri D P Gupta. Finally the draft of the entire publication was considered and approved by G-1 Committee (personnel given below) in its 9th meeting held on Singh, ConvenorSarangi, D. Co-ConvenorNirmal, Member-SecretaryMembersBanerjee, Kumar, Ashok Bhasin, Col. Kumar, M. Kishore IRC:SP:112-20172 Bongirwar, Pandey, Chand, Faqir Pandey, , Bimal Chandra Patwardhan, , Alok Puri, , , Dr. , Maj Gen. , , , , , , , , MembersVenkateshan, , Maj MembersPresident, IRC(Pradhan, )DG (RD) & SS, MoRTH(Kumar, Manoj)Secretary General, IRC(Nirmal, ) The document was approved by the General Standards and Specifications Committee (GSS) in its meeting held on 24th June 2017 for placing before the IRC Council.

9 The draft was finally approved by the IRC Council in its 212th meeting held at Udaipur(Rajasthan) from 14th to 15th July, 2017. IRC:SP:112-20173 SECTION 2 GENERAL Beginning in the year 1998, when implementation of 4-laning of Golden Quadrilateral was announced, there have been huge strides in development of roads in India. The road development programme is also very wide and vast starting from expressways to rural roads. road infrastructure has seen a quantum jump in investments during the past two decades. The agencies involved in road construction are quite disparate. The contracting modes are also different. But what is demanding from and common to all road projects is total QUALITY starting from Project Planning to Construction to Operation and Maintenance.

10 QUALITY of the projects/works should be such that the road performs according to the specified standards during the design life. QUALITY is essential so that i) users enjoy safe and comfortable riding QUALITY throughout the design life and ii) vehicle operating costs are minimised and iii) resources of the nation are otherwise efficiently utilised. It also simultaneously ensures enrichment of knowledge in the industry, lower bid prices and faster completion of projects. This MANUAL endeavours to describe different components and aspects of Total QUALITY Management in road Projects. It covers various steps/procedures required to be followed to ensure QUALITY matching with international standards. This MANUAL does not embody extracts from other IRC Codes, Manuals and MORT&H Specifications for road & BRIDGE Works.