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NETTCP Soils & Aggregate Inspector
Questions and Verified Answers
3 Quality Assurance Requirements
Ans: Joint Agency/Industrial Support, Quality Assurance Program, Quality
Assurance Specifications
4 Requirements for Joint Agency/Industrial Support
Ans: Commitment, Training, Communication, Funding @ all levels of each
organization.
4 Quality Assurance Program Requirements
Ans: 1. Must be written
2. Identifies specific requirements qualifying agency & industry labs and personnel
3. Clearly delineates the proper roles and responsibilities in achieving quality
4. Shared with all construction & materials personnel from agency and contractor
5 Quality Assurance Specifications should identify:
Ans: 1. Minimum contractor QC activities to be performed
2. Acceptance activities performed by agency
3. Specific quality characteristics to be measured for QC & QA
4. Targets and limits used for acceptance of completed work
5. Any pay adjustments related to product quality level
Quality Assurance Definition
Ans: All those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide confidence that
a product of facility will perform satisfactorily in service.
6 Core Elements of a Construction Quality Assurance Program
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Ans: 1. Contractor QC
2. Agency Acceptance
3. Agency Independent Assurance
4. Dispute resolution
5. Laboratory accreditation and qualification
6. Personnel qualification/certification
Quality Assurance Program Definition
Ans: The core programmatic elements required for construction quality assurance
implementation
Design-Build Method
Ans: Agency prepares a preliminary engineering package (20-30%) and issuers a
request for proposals (RFP) or qualified D-B proposers. D-B proposer is selected on
"best value" score.
What 3 factors are considered for a "best value" score?
Ans: 1. Technical Proposal
2. Proposal Price
3. Proposal Schedule
23 CFR 637.207(b) Construction QA program requirements for federally-aided D-B
Projects
Ans: Requires both design-bid-build construction QA programs and design-build
construction QA programs to both follow the same Six Core Elements
Quality Control
Ans: A contractor system used to monitor, asses and adjust their process to ensure
final product meets quality level
5 requirements for Quality Control
NETTCP Soils & Aggregate Inspector
Questions and Verified Answers
3 Quality Assurance Requirements
Ans: Joint Agency/Industrial Support, Quality Assurance Program, Quality
Assurance Specifications
4 Requirements for Joint Agency/Industrial Support
Ans: Commitment, Training, Communication, Funding @ all levels of each
organization.
4 Quality Assurance Program Requirements
Ans: 1. Must be written
2. Identifies specific requirements qualifying agency & industry labs and personnel
3. Clearly delineates the proper roles and responsibilities in achieving quality
4. Shared with all construction & materials personnel from agency and contractor
5 Quality Assurance Specifications should identify:
Ans: 1. Minimum contractor QC activities to be performed
2. Acceptance activities performed by agency
3. Specific quality characteristics to be measured for QC & QA
4. Targets and limits used for acceptance of completed work
5. Any pay adjustments related to product quality level
Quality Assurance Definition
Ans: All those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide confidence that
a product of facility will perform satisfactorily in service.
6 Core Elements of a Construction Quality Assurance Program
, Page | 2
Ans: 1. Contractor QC
2. Agency Acceptance
3. Agency Independent Assurance
4. Dispute resolution
5. Laboratory accreditation and qualification
6. Personnel qualification/certification
Quality Assurance Program Definition
Ans: The core programmatic elements required for construction quality assurance
implementation
Design-Build Method
Ans: Agency prepares a preliminary engineering package (20-30%) and issuers a
request for proposals (RFP) or qualified D-B proposers. D-B proposer is selected on
"best value" score.
What 3 factors are considered for a "best value" score?
Ans: 1. Technical Proposal
2. Proposal Price
3. Proposal Schedule
23 CFR 637.207(b) Construction QA program requirements for federally-aided D-B
Projects
Ans: Requires both design-bid-build construction QA programs and design-build
construction QA programs to both follow the same Six Core Elements
Quality Control
Ans: A contractor system used to monitor, asses and adjust their process to ensure
final product meets quality level
5 requirements for Quality Control
