BuildBuild: Week one…
Page 30
Every inspection the client wants is on the plan: what, who, and how much notice. Page 30 goes up on the cabin wall.
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Hold points
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The right way
BuildBuild: Thursday…
The toll booth
The steel waits at the toll booth. The Clerk of Works inspects it and records it on the site app, with photos of steel, not thumbs.
BuildBuild: Monday…
Very nearly smiles
Friday's six trucks poured on time, the record already in the quality file. The Clerk of Works opens it, nods, and very nearly smiles.
It looked fineFour photos, three thumbs, and three weeks of cores.
The toll boothA record before the pour, and a Clerk of Works who very nearly smiles.
Now there is: Toll booths on the plan (hold points), and a signed record before the pour (a quality record).
What's going on here
Some information can only be made at one moment: once the concrete is in, nobody can inspect the steel. Putting every toll booth on the plan from week one, with who and how much notice, and recording the inspection before the work moves on, is how the job proves what's hidden inside it.
New at this stop
- Toll booth
- A point the work can't pass until someone has inspected it. (A hold point.)
- The quality file
- The records that prove the work was checked: inspections, tests, photos. (Quality records.)
In the town See it in the town: The concrete is booked. Has anyone written down the steel?
Some information can only be made at one moment, and the toll booth is that moment. Client Town's plan put the Clerk's inspection on page 30, but it only worked once it reached the cabin wall with who and how much notice. The record goes into the quality file in the Site Office before the trucks roll. Once the concrete is in, the steel is a memory, and a phone full of thumbs isn't a record.
Fix it Forgotten toll booths? Find them before the next pour.
- List every toll booth in the client's plan, with inspector and notice.
- Put that list on the cabin wall and in the programme.
- Record each inspection in the quality file before work moves on.
A note for the information manager: Treat a missing inspection record as a stopped job, because once the concrete sets, nothing else can prove what's underneath.
Try it on your job
Find the next toll booth on your job's plan. Does the person who'll inspect it know when?
ISO 19650 From page 30 to the quality file
| ISO 19650 says | Means | In the town |
|---|---|---|
| Not from ISO 19650: the hold point | A point in the inspection and test plan where work stops until someone named has inspected it | The toll booth |
| Not from ISO 19650: quality records | The evidence that work was inspected and tested, kept as part of quality management | The quality file |
| Information container | Each inspection record is a named piece of information kept in the shared environment, like any drawing | The Clerk's record, in the Site Office |
Based on the ISO 19650 series: the ideas come from the standard; the plain-English wording, examples and advice are InfoTown's. ISO 19650 and its UK National Annex are © ISO and BSI. You'll hear the same language across the industry. Read more for free in the Information Management Initiative (IMI) Framework guidance from BSI and nima. For the full requirements, use the standard itself.