CONTENTS - Central Public Works Department

286 SECTION 53
53.3 Method Statement
In all major works of contract costing more than Rs. 10 crores, provision shall be made in the tender
documents for the contractor to submit a ‘Methods statement’ for the approval of the department soon
after the award of work to him. The ‘Methods statement’ is a statement by which the construction procedures
for important activities of construction are stated, checked, and approved. The ‘Methods statement’,
should have a description of the item with elaborate procedures in steps to implement the same, the
specifications of the materials involved, their testing and acceptance criteria, equipments to be used,
precautions to be taken, mode of measurement, etc.
53.4 Responsibility for Quality Assurance
The direct responsibility for ensuring proper quality of work as per approved specifications for achieving
the intended performance and structural, functional and aesthetical parameters, and the desired life of the
building/installation/structure rests with the construction team of Executive Engineer, Assistant Engineer
and Junior Engineer. The Superintending Engineer shall be overall responsible for management of Quality
System and Procedures for the works under his charge. The powers of acceptance of substandard work
delegated to the Superintending Engineer should be used sparingly and under exceptional circumstances
as emphasized under para 31.2 of this Manual. The Chief Engineer shall periodically review and monitor
the Quality Assurance system. Para 53.17 may also be seen in this regard.
53.5 Quality Assurance Set-up
Independent Quality Assurance set up which keeps a watch on the effectiveness/adequacy of quality
control measures at site and also provides guidance to the field engineers comprises of the following:
(i) QA wings in each region under the Additional Director General of the Region.
(ii) Core Wing at the Directorate under the Chief Engineer (CSQ).
53.6 Organisational set-up of Quality Assurance Unit
The implementation of Quality Assurance in the field will require close co-operation among the three
agencies, namely (a) field engineers (b) the construction agency, and (c) the Quality Assurance team at
Circle level for strict compliance of Quality Assurance Procedure forming part of agreement.
53.7 Responsibilities of the construction staff, Executive Engineer and Superintending Engineer
The broad responsibilities of the field staff and the EE & SE will be as under:
(i) To ensure that materials duly approved by the competent authority are used in the work.
Samples of various materials in repetitive type, important/ big works of power of SE and
above shall be approved by Superintending Engineer concerned and for works upto the
power of EE, the samples of various materials shall be approved by the Executive Engineer.
(Modified as per OM/MAN/221)
(ii) Wherever necessary the Executive Engineer/SE shall approve the sources for respective materials.
(iii) Samples of materials should be approved by the Executive Engineer/SE and signed by him and
the contractor and preserved till the end of the project.
(iv) Samples of various materials, fittings to be used shall be approved well in advance and displayed
at sites of works with make and name of the manufacturer/supplier.
(v) As early as possible after award of work full-scale sample should be prepared for repetitive items.
Such samples should be approved by the Executive Engineer/SE with regard to their specifications,
execution, performance and aestheitics. Some examples are:
(a) Frames and shutters for door windows
(b) Water supply, drainage and sanitary lines and fittings
(c) External and internal finishing
(d) Flooring, including levels and slopes and dado
(e) Electrical switch board/electrical fittings/points