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CITY OF EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS <br /> SPECIAL PROVISIONS <br /> SECTION 014000 -QUALITY REQUIREMENTS <br /> PART 1 -GENERAL <br /> 1.1 SUMMARY <br /> A. Section includes administrative and procedural requirements for quality assurance and quality <br /> control. <br /> B. Testing and inspecting services are required to verify compliance with requirements specified <br /> or indicated. These services do not relieve the Contractor of responsibility for compliance with <br /> the Contract Document requirements. <br /> 1. Specified tests, inspections,and related actions do not limit the Contractor's other quality- <br /> assurance and -control procedures that facilitate compliance with the Contract Document <br /> requirements. <br /> 2. Requirements for the Contractor to provide quality-assurance and -control services <br /> required by the Engineer, Owner, Owner's Representative, or authorities having <br /> jurisdiction are not limited by provisions of this Section. <br /> 3. Specific test and inspection requirements are not specified in this Section. <br /> 1.2 DEFINITIONS <br /> A. Quality-Assurance Services: Activities, actions, and procedures performed before and during <br /> execution of the Work to guard against defects and deficiencies and substantiate that proposed <br /> construction will comply with requirements. <br /> B. Quality-Control Services: Tests, inspections, procedures, and related actions during and after <br /> execution of the Work to evaluate that actual products incorporated into the Work and <br /> completed construction comply with requirements. Services do not include contract <br /> enforcement activities performed by the Engineer or Owner's Representative. <br /> C. Preconstruction Testing: Tests and inspections performed specifically for Project before <br /> products and materials are incorporated into the Work, to verify performance or compliance <br /> with specified criteria. <br /> D. Product Testing: Tests and inspections that are performed by an NRTL, an NVLAP, or a testing <br /> agency qualified to conduct product testing and acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction, to <br /> establish product performance and compliance with specified requirements. <br /> E. Source Quality-Control Testing: Tests and inspections that are performed at the source, e.g., <br /> plant, mill,factory, or shop. <br /> F. Field Quality-Control Testing: Tests and inspections that are performed on-site for installation <br /> of the Work and for completed Work. <br /> WFP Operations Building Seismic Retrofit-Rebid January 6, 2017 <br /> WO#UP3600 014000 - 1 <br />