Quality Assurance Manual

QAM-2013-Rev2

Quality Assurance Manual

Presidents Policy and Authorization of Quality Control
The management system for the Steel Structural Fabrication of Pinnacle Industrial Services entrusted
through furnishing high quality and reliable products that comply with the requirements of the
customer and applicable standards of Pinnacle Industrial Services products.
I now declare that this Quality control program has been authorized and approved by myself and will
be strictly enforced.
All company personnel will strictly adhere to the procedures in this manual. No exceptions will be
tolerated or allowed.
The Quality Assurance Department Manager is given authority over the administration and
application of the Quality Control system and has the organizational freedom to identify quality
problems; initiate, recommend or provide solutions to those problems and verify that the required
action has been properly carried out. The Quality Assurance Manager also has the authority to reject
and stop work at any moment if they deem it necessary.
In the case of a possible conflict between the Quality Assurance Manager and any related
Department, the matter shall be referred to the undersigned for resolution. All resolutions shall meet
the requirements of the applicable standards and/or codes & specification requirements.
No formats or procedures other than those prescribed in this Quality Manual shall be issued for
inspection purposes.
It is emphasized that all planned and systematic activities toward the achievements of Quality
Assurance should be focused on good plant performance, high quality and reliability and should not
be prejudicial to the achievements of the projects schedule.

Joe Wollner
President & CEO

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CONTENTS
General Introduction
Quality Control program
1.

General

2.

Quality Control Organization

3.

Quality Control Management

4.

Specifications, Drawings and Charges

5.

Purchasing Control

6.

Process Control

7.

Tooling

8.

Material Identification and Status

9.

Shipment and Storage

10.

Measuring and Test Equipment

11.

Inspection and Test

12.

Quality Records and information Feedback

13.

Non-conforming Material

14.

Corrective Action

Quality Assurance Manual

Production Facility
Major Performance Record
References
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Quality Control Program
1. General
a) Introduction
This Quality Control Program assures that all the quality related work elements for all products,
manufactured by Pinnacle Industrial Services are inspected and controlled through each phase
of production.
b) Procedures
Written Quality Control procedures with specific instructions shall be applied to all operations
about the current revision control.
Any flaws can be discovered through the conscientious application of these written instructions
in the early stages so that corrective action can be expedited.

2. Quality Control Organization

2-1 General
Quality Control Department has been established for developing and maintaining the product
quality through the Quality Control Program. In addition to this, a committee has been formed to
support and encourage the Quality Control activities of the Production Departments.
The detailed functions of these specific organizations are described as follows:

2-2 Quality Assurance Department

The Quality Assurance Department has two sections whose responsibilities are as follows;

2-2-1 Quality Assurance Section

(a) Establishment, maintaining and application of the in-plant standards.
(b) Reviewing the in-plant standards by comparing actual operations with the standards.
(c) Collecting and statistically analyzing the data concerning Quality Control.
(d) Necessary education and training for the people and specific personnel concerning Quality
Control.

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(f) Reviewing errors in design and operation, inspection of the specific items in question and
suspending its operation.
(g) Advising the selection of possible subcontractors from the point of view of Quality Control
(h) Acting as a host for the Q.C. promotion Committee.

2-2-2 Quality Control Section

(a) Inspection and Test of,
(1) Raw materials, received
(2) Shop assembled items
(3) Fabricated individual members
(4) Welding
(5) Corrosion Control (Hot-Dip-Galvanizing)
(6) Purchased standard parts and other subcontracted products
(7) Painting
(8) Packing
(b) Preparation for the inspection by the Customers inspectors and report generation.
(c) Investigation, settlement and reporting of the defects or failures which are claimed by
customers.

2-2-3 Quality Committee

Quality Control circles will be formed in every section of proposed development. Each circle will
select their subject for improvement of the production quality. The Quality Committee will
encourage the activities of the Quality Control circles. The Committee will consist of department
managers in factory.
Analysis and evaluation of the performance of the activities which are conducted by the committee.

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3. Quality Program Management
3-1 General
In practice, the Quality Control Department takes leading part in the quality program management,
while the quality is the responsibility of each operational section. The function, responsibility and
authority of the Quality Control Department are as stated in section 2-2.

3-2 Flow of Quality Control

Following chart shows the standard manufacturing and Quality Control Process.

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Standard Manufacturing and Quality Control Process

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4. Specifications, Drawings and Changes
4-1 General
The specifications and drawings are the most important information for the production of space
frame.
The Steel Structural & Machinery has various in-plant standards to develop and maintain the
uniformity and reliability of the quality of the products.
Should Customers specifications or furnished drawings conflict with or be not covered by the inplant standards, the matters in question are subject to review and study by the Quality Control
Section, the Design Section and the Sales Department. The specific requirements are then
incorporated temporarily into the in-plant standards for the particular contract only.
All the changes in design and shop drawings are distributed to the sections concerned through a
sheet, NOTICE OF CHANGE IN DRAWING. The sheet is filled by the design engineer or the
Drafter in charge, reviewed by the Production Planning section and the Quality Control Section and
then distributed to the related operation section in the shop. The review is made to ensure that the
charge will not adversely affect quality or compliance with contract requirements.
The above change control system ensures that only current documents shall by available to
operating personnel and provides for initiation of documents charge.

4-2 Information Included In Technical Documents

The following information is included, when applicable, in technical documents, such as drawings,
work specifications, etc. for each contract.
(a) Characteristics and design criteria necessary for material procurement, manufacturing inspection
and test operation.
(b) Characteristic tolerance for all dimensions, process variables or measured attributes specified in
the technical documents.
(c) Identification to which procurement, fabrication, processing, inspection and test can be related.

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4-3 Specification and Change
Sales Department will receive Customers specifications and their complete copies are deliveries to
the Production Planning, Quality Control and Design Sections.
The Sales Department, the Design Section and the Quality Control Section jointly evaluate and clarify
the particulars of the specification. They prepare a draft of the input specification against the
Customers specification to simplify understanding by the persons concerned.
The finalized in-plant specification with remarks by the Quality Control Section on the points to be
paid attention to be delivered through the production planning Section to all the sections concerned
Should any changes in the specification be advised by the Customer, the changes are treated in the
same manner as the customers initial specification. The written change notices shall be delivered to
related sections. The manager of each section who has received the notice has to return the old
specification without fail to the Quality Control Section.

4-4 Drawing and Change

4-4-1 Design Drawing
The design drawings prepared by the Design Section are submitted to the Customer for approval
through the Sales Department.
Upon receipt of the reviewed drawings from the Customer the Design Section checks them and
reports the results to the Production Planning section and the Sales Department. In case, Customer
requests any change, the Design Section shall evaluate the request and revise the drawings
accordingly.

4-4-2 Shop Drawing

The basic shop drawings are prepared by the Design Section and checked by the manager of the
Design Section, the Production Planning Section and the Quality Control Section for predictability,
interchange-ability, and inseparability. Their submittal to and receipt from the customers are executed
in a manner similar to that for the design drawing.
Should any error or discrepancies be found in the drawings during the shop assembly, the details are
reported to the Design Section, the Production Section, the Quality Control Section and the Sales
Department. The corrective actions to be taken are discussed among them and determined.
Then the related design and/or basic shop drawings are revised and the Sales Department shall inform
the Customer.
The final drawings and any other drawings required under the contract are submitted through the
Sales Department.
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4-4-3 Customer Furnished Drawing
When Customer furnishes design drawings, shop drawings and other kinds of drawings, these are
delivered to the Design Section through the Sales Departments and the Production Planning Section.
The results of the evaluation by the Design Section are informed to the Quality Control Section the
Production Planning Section and the Sales Departments.
Any change in the furnished drawings should be advised to the Customer, the Design Section checks
the changes and informs the result to the Quality Control Section, the Production Planning Section
and the Sales Department.
Revised drawings are delivered to the related sections and the managers of these sections return the
original drawings to the Design Section upon receipt of the revised drawings.
Should any error or discrepancies be found in the furnished drawings during the process of shop
assembly and other inspection, the Quality Control Section informs the Customer of the corrective
action to be taken.

4-4-4 Erection drawing

The erection drawings are prepared by the Design Section and checked by the Manager of the Design
Section, the Erection Department, the Structural Analysis Section and Quality Control Section about
interference between adjacent components, right components selection, force reaction during erection,
and integration with related items. Should any error or discrepancies be found in the drawings during
this checking time; the details are reported to the Design Section and Quality Control Section.
If any errors or discrepancies in the drawings are found during erection, Site Manager has to report
the details to the Design Section, the Sales Department and Quality Control Section through the
management of the Erection Department.
The corrective actions are taken after discussion among the Design Section, the Quality Control
Section, the Structural Analysis Section and the Erection Department.
Design Section shall revise the related erection drawing and inform to the Customer.

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5. Control of Purchase
5-1 Purchases Control System
The Materials Department is in charge of assuring that all materials, supplies and services of
subcontractors conform to the quality requirements. In selecting a subcontractor, the Quality Control
Section has the authority to disapprove the use of subcontractors who do not have a Quality Control
System that will meet the procurement requirements. The control by the Materials Department
includes the following:
(a) The order sheets to subcontractors specify all technical and quality requirements.
(b) The Quality Control Section surveys the subcontractors plant before placing the order and checks
the suppliers Quality Control System. The Quality Control Section informs the Materials
Department of these results. The Quality Control Section periodically visits and reviews each
supplier who has been approved to see if he is maintaining his system.
(c) When necessary and as required by the Materials Department, the Quality Control Section will
provide technical assistance and training to subcontractors to achieve required quality levels.
(d) All documents showing the compliance of the supplies by subcontractors to the quality
requirements are received and fielded with the receiving note and purchase order.

5-2 Receiving Inspection

Raw materials, finished products and semi-finished products, procured from mills and subcontractors
are subject to receiving inspection by the Inspection Section before acceptance. The inspection is
conducted in accordance with a Test and Inspection Plan where the method of sampling, reviewing
documents, etc. is specified.
When incoming materials are failed the receiving inspection, the chief of the Inspection Section will
inform Quality Control section for considering degree of the defects, and their percentage. Quality
Control Section shall request the Materials Departments to order the Subcontractor to take such action
as complete replacement, selection of only conforming material, repair, etc. as happens may be.
Non-conforming materials shall be segregated and disposed in accordance with the relevant in-plant
standards. The subcontractor shall propose and obtain approval by the Quality Control Section as to
preventive means and corrective action.

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6. Processing and Fabrication Control
Processing and Fabrication of Steel Structural shall be done by the Standard Specification of
Fabrication prepared by Pinnacle Industrial Services.

6-1 The Fabrication Controls are managed by the Production Planning Section in the
manner described below:
(a) Planning of fabrication of contracted and expedited work to ensure the optimum operation of the
plant and the meeting of delivery requirements.
(b) Establishing of operation standards.
(c) Establishing workmanship standards including characteristics and allowable tolerance.
(d) Controlling non-conforming material including procedure for its identification, Segregation and
disposition.
(e) Arrangement and maintenance of tooling, jigs, fixtures, templates and other equipment.
(f) Education and training of fabrication personnel to improve their technical skills and Quality
Control procedures.

6-2 Process Controls

Controls are carried out to assure uniform quality for the process such as cutting, machining, welding,
heat treatment, galvanizing and painting.
Welders and welding operators should be all qualified according to CSA W47.1 (Latest Edition).
All welding to be in accordance to CSA W59 (Latest Edition)
The Quality Control Section maintains certificates of the qualification records.

6-3 Processing and Fabrication Inspection

Fabrication inspection is classified as follows:
(a) In-process Inspection
(b) Shop Assembly Inspection
(c) Final Inspection
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6-3-1 In-Process Inspection
Every operation section has the responsibility to transfer materials or semi-finished products,
conforming to the specification, to the next section and in-process inspection of fabrication is carried
out by Inspector at each fabrication step.
The inspection results are recorded in the Internal Inspection Report.
Dimensions & shapes are checked with templates or drawings. Should any non-conforming members
or nodes be found, it is identified by white paint and segregated from the conforming members.
The non-conforming members are then repaired or replaced in accordance with the provision in the
standard and/or relevant requirements given in the contract specification and repairing or replacement
of the non-conforming materials is done conforming to the relative in-plant standards.

6-3-2 Shop Assembly Inspection

If necessary, shop assembly inspection will be done to assure conformity with the relevant shop
drawings, correct fit and proper field erection.

6-3-3 Final Inspection

After galvanizing and/or painting, Inspection shall be carried out on all welded components by the
Inspection section in regard with straightness, assorting and component identification mark before
packing.
Should any non-conforming member or node be found, these are then repaired or replaced in
accordance with the provision in the standard and/or relevant requirements given in the contract
specification.

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7. Tooling
7-1 General
It is essential for appropriate Quality Control and efficiency to have the manufacturing facilities and
equipment kept in good condition by the operators themselves and not by the maintenance personnel.
This assumption is made in establishing operation standards, training systems, qualification systems,
personnel evaluation etc.
Only these who have the required level of skill are permitted to operate the facilities.
Preventive and Routine Maintenance is performed by the Maintenance Section in addition to the daily
check, adjustment and control by the operator.
Preventive maintenance is defined as the maintenance to be performed in advance of the facilities or
parts reaching their full life.
The operators report each month the information on the facilities through the foreman and Production
Section to the Production Department for appropriate maintenance work.
The routine maintenance refers to the maintenance of electrical system, cutting, machines, welding
machines, cold saw drilling machines and etc. which may require the dismantling of the facilities for
examination and adjustment.
This is done by the maintenance Section and not by the operators concerned.
The maintenance section holds the list of facilities and equipment with the maintenance history of
each major facility and equipment.
The maintenance Section shall keep and update the detail drawings, catalogues and other documents
and information necessary for the routine maintenance.
The Material Department does such checks or adjustments, which require specific techniques or
equipment, through maintenance sub-contractors with relevant companies (recommended by the
Maintenance Section).

7-2 Facilities Improvement

The facilities are not only maintained but also constantly improved for the purpose of better safety
and Quality Control.
Only the Maintenance Section is allowed to do improvement work. No operator is authorized to
modify any facilities.

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7-3 Control of facilities
All facilities are operated and controlled only by authorized personnel.
No other personnel are allowed to operate or repair them without permission.
The facilities are inspected regularly using a special checklist and the results are reported monthly to
the Manager of Production Department.
In case of facilities being found out of order, its detail is recorded in the daily report sheet and
reported to the Maintenance Section.
Should a defect adversely affect quality or safety, the operation is immediately suspended. Such
defective facilities are market for prohibition of their use.

7-4 Control of Jigs and Fixtures

All the production jigs and fixtures shall be inspected and renewed in accordance with the relevant
provisions.

7-5 Control of Tool and Index

All the production tools and indexes shall be inspected and renewed in accordance with the relevant
provisions.

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8. Material Identification and Status
8-1 Material Identification
Steel shapes, pipes, doors and necessary components are stored and fabricated so that manufacturing
lot number can be identified.
Color coding will be used for the identification of steel grades and component assorts.
A Job Order Number identifies each Contract. The manufacturing lot number is stamped or marked
on each material for identification.

8-2 Material Status

The Production Planning Section plans and controls all production schedules.
All information on the status of material preparation subcontracts production, process, test, inspection
and shipment is reported by the relative sections to the Production Planning Section. Based on these
reports, Production Planning Section will arrange the manufacture and shipment schedules and finally
confirm the schedules by holding the Production Planning conference once a week with the Managers
of every operation and inspection section.
In addition, for the long and midterm projects, the Production Planning Section provides production
plan at intervals of two weeks.
Application for witnessing of test and inspection is made under instructions from the Production
Planning Section.

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9. Shipping and Storage
9-1 General
The Packing Section together with the Inspection Section controls the quality during packing,
storage and shipment.
The specification of packing, storage and shipment meeting the customers requirements is
prepared by the Sales Department and the Quality Control Section prior to starting these operations
and delivered to the Packing Section.
The personnel of the Inspection Section also performs the inspections as stated in Section 6-6-3,
which may be witnessed by the inspector of the customer.

9-2 Packing
All Steel Structure & Machinery components are packed in accordance with the in-plant standards,
Standard Specification for packing of product, unless otherwise specified by the Customer.
In addition to checking as described in section 9-1, the following are checked:
(a) Description and appearance of component marks
(b) Description and appearance of shipping marks
(c) Description of packing list
(d) Quality of components per package
(e) Size and quality of the materials for packing
(f) Rigidity of each package

9-3 Storage
All the components are stored in such manor where the final coating is not affected by harmful
substances like acids, salts etc. The packages are handled using slings and/or forklift in a manner,
which will prevent damage to final coating and the package.
Should the final coating be found damaged, repairing or replacement is performed depending on the
extent of the damage and the provision of the contract specification.

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9-4 Shipment
All the components are shipped only after the inspector from the Quality Control Department
and/or from the Customers if necessary have released them for shipment after the satisfactory
execution of specified tests and inspections.
The following precautions are taken during shipment.
Careful handling of the material to prevent damage to it when loading and unloading off the truck

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10. Measuring and Test Equipment
10-1 Measuring Equipment
Measuring equipment such as steel tape, vernier calipers, micrometers, straight and angle rules, etc.
are to appropriate standards.
All of them are maintained and calibrated monthly by the authorized personnel of the Inspection
Section in accordance with the in-plant standard.
The steel tape with the accuracy certificate is established as the factory standard tape.
Only the equipment, whose accuracy has been verified by receiving periodic calibration will be listed
in the measuring equipment list and shall be used in the shop.

10-2 Test Equipment

N.D.T. equipment and other test equipments are calibrated by the qualified public inspection
organization within specified calibration periods.
The calibration certificate label, showing next calibration due date, should be kept on the test
equipment.

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11. Inspection and Test
Inspection and tests are performed so as to confirm the conformity of the product to the contract
specification, drawings and quality requirements.
In case that the Customer wants to inspect and test components of the contract, an inspection and test
plan is prepared for the contract by the Sales Department and the Inspection Section, and reviewed by
the Quality Control Section.
The plan is then submitted to the Customer for approval.
The plan may cover the inspection and the test from the receiving inspection to the shipment
including those for the subcontracted items. In planning, the detail of the customers specification is
checked with the related in-plant standards and the differences, if any are clarified.
Details of the plan with the explanation on such differences are proved in written by the Quality
Control Section to the sections concerned.
The Inspection Section will generate reports based on results of the inspection and the test and
submitted to the Quality Control Section and their copy with the related data is submitted to the
Customer by the Quality Control Section.

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12. Quality Records and Information Feedback
12-1 Quality Records
The related sections shall report all the information of the quality of the products to the Quality
Control Section.
The information includes not only the inspection and test data per contract but also the general inplant inspection and test records, defective materials, corrective action, calibration, quality cost data
etc.

12-2 Information Feedback

The quality information gathered at the Quality Control Section is fed back to design, purchases,
operation and other sections concerned as well as the associated sub-contractors.
Before the feedback, the information is analyzed or arranged by the Quality Control Section
statistically or by means of other Quality Control techniques.
The failure costs are periodically summed up, statistically analyzed and presented to all people of
Production Department for better understanding of quality costs and improvement of quality
consciousness.

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13. Non-conforming Material
Non-conforming materials, if found, are controlled or discarded as follows. The Quality Control
Section creates the records of the non-conformance for cause analysis and feedback to the sections
concerned.
(a) Incoming Materials
When incoming materials fail the receiving inspection, the Materials Department will according
to the advice by the Inspection Section and the Quality Control Section, order the sub-contractor
to take such action as overall replacement, selection of any conforming material, repair etc. as the
case may be.
Non-conforming materials are separated and discarded in accordance with the relevant inplant
standards.
(b) In-Plant Fabrication Materials
Should any non-conforming materials be found in the process of fabrication or inspection, those
materials are identified by white paint or with a label and separated from other correct materials.
The non-conforming materials are then repaired or replaced in accordance with the provision in
the in-plant standard and/or relevant requirements given in the customers specification.
(c) Shipped Materials
The non-conforming materials, unacceptable to the customer are repaired or replaced according
to the decision made by the customer and the Inspection Section.

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14. Corrective Action
The following corrective actions are taken so as to prevent reoccurrence of non-conformance.
(a) Incoming materials
The Quality Control Section analyses the report on the non-conformance submitted by the Inspection
Section and supplies to the sub-contractors.
After the analysis, the Quality Control Section requires the suppliers or sub-contractors to establish a
preventive action, and check their actual performance.
Their Quality Control System is also subject to review by the Quality Control Section.
(b) In-Plant Fabricated Materials
The Quality Control Section analyses the cause of the non-conformance with the related sections and
advises them to perform the following, where applicable.
(1) Training of operational or engineering personnel.
(2) Improving manufacturing process and procedure.
(3) Reviewing and proposing amendment to the related in-plant standard.
(c) Shipped Materials
The Quality Control Section analyses carefully with the related section the causes of nonconformance claimed by the Customer and takes the following action, where applicable
(1) Improving the Quality Control System of sub-contractors and suppliers.
(2) Improving the test and inspection plan and system
(3) Amending the in-plant standard

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Contents
General Introduction
Quality Control Program
Quality Assurance Manual
Chapter 1. Definitions

Chapter 2. Manual Control

Chapter 3. Organization, Authority and Responsibility

Chapter 4. Design and Engineering Control

Chapter 5. Document Control and QA Records

Chapter 6. Material Procurement Control

Chapter 7. Vendor and Subcontractor Qualification

Chapter 8. Inspection and Test Program

Chapter 9. Measuring Control and Test Equipment

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1. DEFINITIONS
For this entire Quality Assurance Manual, the following definitions shall apply:

Accuracy The degree of correctness with which a method of measurement yields the true value of a
quality usually expressed in terms of errors

Calibration A comparison between a standard and measuring equipment, instrument or items of

equipment with a standard of higher accuracy to detect, correlate, adjust and document the accuracy
of the instrument or equipment item being compared or tested.

Customer/Client The Party(s) or his representative(s) issuing a contract for obtaining items and/or
services.

Engineer The Experienced and Qualified Officer authorized by Pinnacle Industrial Services for
placing order for the work with the contractor or other officers as may be authorized and appointed in
writing by the company to act as the Engineer for the contract.

Evaluation An appraisal to decide whether a management system can lead to quality control or
service and generating evidence to support decisions of acceptability.

Inspection The process of measuring, examining, testing, gauging or otherwise comparing one or
more characteristics of the product or service against the specified requirements

Item Any level of unit assembly, including structure, system, subassembly, component, part or
material.

Material A substance or combination of substances forming components, parts, pieces and plant
items

Measuring Equipment All devices used to measure, gauge, test, inspect or otherwise quantify the
characteristics of an article.

Process Procedure or techniques followed in the production/erection of a product.

Quality All features and characteristics (attributes) of a product or service that bear on its ability to
satisfy a given need.

Quality Assurance All those planned or systematic action necessary to provide adequate
confidence that an item or a facility will do satisfactorily in service.

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DEFINITIONS (Continued)
Quality Assurance Manual A document specifies the general quality policies and practices of an
organization.

Quality Control Those quality assurance actions that provide a means to control and measure the
characteristics of an item, process or facility to established requirements.

Quality Control Surveillance The monitoring activity by the purchaser, his representative or an
independent organization acting on his behalf of a contractors quality control organization and
methods.

Quality Plan A document setting out the specific quality practices and procedures used for a
particular component, part or material.

Quality Program Total management and procedure for the execution of a specific contract or
project

Standard An instrument, device or material of known characteristics and higher precision used to
establish and maintain the sources of a measurement system or device.

Sub-contractor For these Requirement the purchase of all precuts or services by a contractor is
considered as subcontracting and the sources of supply as subcontractors.

Use-as-is A disposition which may be imposed for non-conformance when it can be established that
the discrepancy will result in no adverse conditions and that the item under consideration will
continue to meet all engineering functional requirements including performance, maintainability, fit
and safety.

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2. MANUAL CONTROL
Scope
This section defines the responsibilities and control for preparation, distribution, revision and recall of
Quality Assurance Manual of Pinnacle Industrial Services.

Responsibility
The Manager of Q.A. shall be responsible for preparation, review, distribution withdrawal and
revision of Quality Assurance Manual. The president of Pinnacle Industrial Services shall be
responsible for approval of Quality Assurance Manual.

Distribution and Control of Quality Assurance Manual

This Quality Assurance Manual shall be identified and classified as Controlled or Uncontrolled
according to its use, and distribution shall be recorded in the Quality Assurance Manual Distribution
Record under the responsibility of the Manager of Q.A. Staff.
Distribution and Quality Assurance Manual Distribution Records shall be controlled and maintained
by the Manager of Q.A. by the use of Quality Assurance Manual Transmittal Control Slip and the
classification of Quality Assurance Manual shall be identified on the cover sheet as Controlled or
Uncontrolled.
All Quality Assurance Manuals shall be assigned a serial number which shall be used for the
identification of the issue.

Review
The Quality Assurance Manual shall be reviewed once a year. Q.A. Manager shall be responsible for
review and to finalize the revision of Q.A. Manual if required. Any proposals to the Q.A. activities
shall be tabled in the meeting held periodically by Q.A. Staff.
Should any activity be decided at the meeting to be revised soon, the Manager of Q.A. shall arrange
for its revision as early as possible.

Distribution and revision Control

Quality Assurance Manual and revisions shall be distributed by use of Quality Assurance Manual
Transmittal Control Ship [Quality Assurance Manual T.C.S.].
The return Receipt portion of the Quality Assurance manual T.C.S. shall be completed and returned to
Q.A. Staff by the receipt.
The record of Quality Assurance Manual and revisions distribution shall be maintained by Q.A. Staff
on the Quality Assurance Manual Distribution Record.
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MANUAL CONTROL (Continued)
This record shall include the person assigned for preparation of Quality Assurance Manual, the serial
Numbers, Controlled or Uncontrolled revision issue, date of issue and the date when the Return
Receipt is received. All Quality Assurance Manual Receipts shall be inserted in the Transmittal
Portion of the Quality Assurance Manual T.C.S. in the Quality Assurance Manual.
Quality Assurance Staff shall note return of the Return Receipt and record it in the Quality Manual
Distribution Record. The Manager of Q.A. Department shall be responsible for assuring that
Controlled Manuals are updated, as necessary to meet the applicable codes and/or standards.

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3. ORGANIZATION, AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
Scope
This chapter defines general responsibilities & authorities for Pinnacle Industrial Services.
This manual shows the General Organization Chart including the Quality Assurance Organization.
The details of specific and further responsibilities are defined in each chapter of this Manual.

President
The President assumes total and ultimate responsibility for activities done in accordance with this
Q.A. Manual. The responsibilities shall include the following as a minimum.
To provide administrative guidance and control of Pinnacle Industrial Services personnel to ensure
that policies executed.
Direct a Management Audit to ensure that all activities comply with this manual.

The Manager of Q.A. Department

The Q.A. Manager reports to the CCO and shall have total responsibility in carrying out the quality
assurance system as defined in this Quality Assurance Manual.
These responsibilities shall include.
Establishment and promulgation of Q.A. System.
Preparation and issuance of Quality Assurance Manual.
Review of all Q.A. activities by the audit.
Overall control of Q.A. for the procurement items.
Execution of test and inspection on the fabricated items.
Execution of receiving inspection on the procurement items.
Total control for non-conforming items during all stages of production.
Responsible for stopping the production activity as and when any deviation from the
requirements of Q.A. manual or specification requirement occurs.
Issuance of test/inspection reports & certificates.
Review of specifications and bid documents.
Approval of vendor/subcontractor
Documentation of Q.A./Q.C. Procedures.
Communication with Authorized Inspector of the customer on quality aspect.
Periodical review of Quality Assurance Manual.

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The Manager of Production Department
The Manager of Production reports to the Plant Manager and shall be responsible for Planning and
fabrication of Steel Structure & Machinery and is delegated following authorities.

Responsible for total control of fabrication

For issuance of operation planning cards
Total control of fabrication lines
Control of shop floor personnel
Control of in-process materials and items
Control of distribution of drawing, superseded drawings and documents with respect to
fabrication/production and procurement
Preparation and issuance of fabrication flow chart
Preparation and issuance of instruction manual for fabrication and check sheet Control of
electrodes during welding

Engineering and Design Manager

The Engineering and Design Manager reports to the CCO and is delegated the following
responsibilities.
Review and control of customer specifications, drawing and related documents
Preparation, review and approval of all design documents, shop drawings, material order lists,
material specification for procurement and erection drawing.
Standardization of products and parts
Design of products and design modification
Checking of clients drawings and material order lists when these are Free Issue by client.

Material Manager
The Material Manager reports to the Plant Manager and is delegated the following responsibilities.

Preparation of inquiries and subsequently purchase order for raw material and consumable
procurement
Preparation of purchase order for offside fabrication items
All purchase activities regarding equipment, instruments etc.
Purchased material release from warehouse
Purchased material control at warehouse
Maintaining up-to-date records
Maintaining the list of approved vendors/subcontractors

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ORGANIZATION, AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY (Continued)
Site Project Manager
The site project Manager reports to the Plant Manager and is delegated the following responsibilities.

Understanding the contents of project

Preparation of project performance scheme
Control of site personnel
Management of project progress
Management of safety in the site
Management of construction equipment and false work equipment
Management of materials in the site
Site Financial Management
Control of subcontractor in the site
Final project inspection
Coordination with the main contractor in the site

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4. DESIGN AND ENGINEERING CONTROL
Scope
This chapter identifies the responsibilities and measures established and implemented to control
design and engineering activities according to customer requirements including the proper review of
drawings, specifications and the translation into fabrication/working documents for use.

Order Entry
The receipt of a contract from the customer is prepared by the Sales Manager. The Sales Department
shall forward all customers contract specifications, drawings and relative documents to the Contract
Coordinator in the Sales Dept. Production Planning, Engineering and Q.A. Department Manager.
The responsible Design Engineer in the Design Staff and Q.A. Staff shall review the customers
specifications and order contract documents such as standards for adequacy and prepare their
recommendations. If necessary, contract specification review meeting shall be convened to discuss
the contractual requirements.
During Q.A. review, special attention shall be given or tested inspection requirement and inspection
by an independent authority.

Design Drawings, Specification & Production Drawings

The Manager of Engineering & Design shall be responsible for the preparation and obtaining
approval of drawings from the client or consulting engineer.
The shop drawings shall define all the requirements and data of fabrication of an item, such as
identification, material specification, joint details and dimensions with necessary tolerance.
The shop drawings and design calculations shall be submitted to the customer or inspector for review
and approval as required by contract agreement.

Revision control of All Design Documents

The responsible Design Engineers shall verify the appropriate revision numbers of the design
documents before these documents are issued for Production/fabrication.
Above all, when the standard production drawings stored in Document Service Room are issued, the
responsible Design Engineer shall show the revision numbers on the Engineering Instruction and the
date of issue.
The Chief Engineer is responsible for reproducing and distributing these drawings according to the
Engineering instruction to Q.A., Production Planning and Sales Departments.
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DESIGN AND ENGINEERING CONTROL (Continued)
Revision control of All Design Documents (Continued)
When any change occurs in the design documents during production, the obsolete drawings shall be
superseded or the Engineer in charge shall issue a notice promptly to the responsible Design Engineer
and the obsolete prints removed.

Procurement Specification
The Design & Engineering Staff shall prepare all procurement specifications for materials according
to approved drawing.
All procurement specifications shall meet the applicable code, design drawings and specification
requirements.
The procurement specification shall be forwarded to Q.A. Department for review & acceptance. If
procurement specification is acceptable, it shall be transmitted to the Materials Department for
preparation of the purchase order according to Material procurement procedure.
Any revisions in the procurement specifications shall be referred to the originator and handled as an
original issue.
The procurement specification shall include but not be limited to the following
(a) Material identification requirement to the applicable standard or code i.e., shape, weight & quality,
shipping & payment details.
(b) Inspection/test to be conducted by the vendor.
(c) Mill Certificate requirements.
(d) Documents required to be supplied by the vendor.
(e) Drawing and specification identification and their revisions.

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5. DOCUMENT CONTROL AND Q.A. RECORDS
Scope
This chapter identifies the methods, established to control the issuance, distribution and revision of all
manufacturing documents, these measures shall ensure that all manufacturing documents including
revisions are properly reviewed, approved and released by the authorized personnel, distributed to the
assigned locations and as a result the latest applicable documents are in use always.

Responsibilities
Design
The Manager of Engineering Department is responsible for preparation, review, obtaining approval
from client and distribution of all design documents as identified in the specifications. The Manager
of Engineering Section has been delegated the authority to control all design documents.

Production planning
The Manager of Production Planning Department is responsible for preparation of cutting Lists,
Process Sheets, Job Records, Priority Lists and distribution of Material Weight List documents to all
concerned.
The Manager of Production Planning has been delegated the authority to control the fabrication
documents within his scope of management.

Quality Assurance
The Manager of Q.A. Department is responsible for the preparation, review, approval and
distributionof all Quality Records such as day-to-day inspection records, tests certificates etc.
The Quality Assurance Manager has been delegated the authority to control the quality assurance
documents and if required to review, to confirm quality assurance documents, issued by the other
department concerned.

Check & Approval

Approval of documents shall be by a responsible person who specifies checkers for documents.

Distribution
The distribution of drawings shall be by the copy flow system.
The Originators of the documents shall be responsible for distribution of the Documents
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DOCUMENT CONTROL AND Q.A. RECORDS (continued)
Document Control
Confirmation of change Documents
All the changes to documentation that will affect manufacture and Q.A. activities shall be in writing.
The record of all changes shall be made with the standard sheets and be maintained by originator.
The Engineering Coordinator is responsible for distribution of change documents and to confirm
delivery by Distribution List & Receipt.

Document Identification
All related documents shall be identified according to the identification procedure. All documents
except general issue must have contract number in prominent place plus date and revision number.

Updating
Drawings
The Manager of Engineering Dept. shall be responsible for the updating drawing revision by
replacing outdated drawing with revised ones.

Other Documents
The issuing department manager shall be responsible for the updating documents.

Retention of outdated Documents

The issuing department could keep the outdated documents for reference. The outdated documents
shall be identified with VOID stamp.

Retention
Drawing Control Staff
The Manager of Engineering shall be responsible for retention of following drawings:
(a) Drawings, specifications and instructions registered to the drawing registration system

Originator
The originator shall be responsible for all original documents in the appropriately protected cabinets.
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6. MATERIAL PROCUREMENT CONTROL
Scope
This chapter defines the responsibilities and methods practiced during the planning, procurement and
receiving of all materials, items and control of services by Pinnacle Industrial Services.

Responsibility
The Manager of Materials Department shall be responsible for procurement of all materials, items and
services to be used.

Procurement of Specification
The Procurement Specifications shall be initiated for the procurement of all materials, items and
services. The responsibilities for preparation of procurement specification are as follows:
(a) Materials and items
The Manager of Design & Engineering shall be responsible for preparation of the Procurement
Specifications and Engineering Instructions for materials or items, and or distribution of Procurement
Specifications and Engineering Instructions by marking the group code identification, the
specifications and instructions.
(b) Services
The respective requisition section shall prepare the Procurement Specifications for purchase.
All procurement specifications shall be reviewed and approved by the Q.A. Manager.
The Manager of Q.A. Department is responsible for assuring those all applicable standards are to the
customers satisfaction. Q.A. requirements are compiled for the procurement of materials, items, and
services. The Procurement Specifications shall include all necessary documents such as engineering
procedures, standards and other Pinnacle Industrial Services requirements applied to the purchase
order.
The procurement Specifications shall be transmitted to responsible Materials Manager for preparation
of purchase requests.

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MATERIAL PROCUREMENT CONTROL (Continued)
(b) Services (continued)
The Purchase Requests with attached Procurement Specifications and other applicable documents
shall be forwarded to the Purchase Section for preparation of Purchase Orders and issuing of Purchase
Orders.
The Procurement Specifications shall be attached to the Purchase Order for issue. Before issue the
Purchase Orders shall be reviewed/signed/stamped and dated by the Manager of Materials Section to
ensure that they meet Procurement Specifications and Purchase Requests and that the vendor is
properly qualified.
The copies of the finalized Procurement Specifications shall be forwarded to the Q.A. Department
and in turn Q.A. Department shall forward to the Inspector & Inspection Staff.
If changes are made in drawings, specifications or inspection requirements during the procurement
cycle, the revision shall be documented and approved by use of Engineering Change Notice (ECH).
The approved ECN and attached/revised Procurement Specification shall be forwarded to the
vendor/subcontractor via original path.
Revised Procurement Specification shall be forwarded to the Q.A. Staff to replace the original
Procurement Specifications to conduct proper receiving inspection upon receipt of materials, items
and services.

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7. VENDOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR QUALIFICATION
Policy
The Head Q.A. and representatives from Design, Production & Material Department shall be
responsible for carrying out Vendor Survey [Audit Surveillance] to assess the capabilities of
vendor/subcontractor and to evaluate the quality ratings according to approved procedure. The advice
of Head of Q.A. in selection of vendor/subcontractor is final and binding to all concerned.
The assigned survey members shall record the results of survey according to above-mentioned
format. The report shall also include one of the following.

The vendor/subcontractor is qualified and recommended as supplier.

The vendor/subcontractor has discrepancies requiring correction and must be reevaluated after
correction.
The vendor/subcontractor is not qualified.

The team shall prepare the vendor Survey Audit Report that shall include their appraisal and
recommendation of the vendor/subcontractor and shall forward complete Vendor Survey/Audit
Report to the Manager of Q.A. Department for final evaluation and approval.
After the vendor approval has been made, the Vendor Survey Audit Report shall be filled in the
vendors list of Materials / Purchase Department and Q.A. Department.
The Manager of Q.A. Department through Q.A./Q.C. Engineer shall schedule program and do
Inspection/Testing periodically during fabrication phase and perform qualified vendor audit according
to terms and conditions of contract.
Q.A. Department shall maintain the records of vendor/subcontractor evaluation during fabrication
phase inspection according to the procedure prescribed by Pinnacle Industrial Services.

Materials Receiving Control

The Q.A. Manager through Material Receiving Inspector shall be responsible for the material
receiving inspection of all procured items. All items shall be accepted in the following manner by
receiving inspection before use.
Receiving Inspectors shall check documentation for completeness & compliance with Purchase
Order, Procurement Specification, and Receiving Inspection Checklist. Acceptance Tag and Certified
Materials Test Reports, Mill Certificates as appropriate and Non-Destructive Test Records according
to the applicable code/standards required.
Receiving Inspector shall check the material identification against above-mentioned documents and
ensure that any off cuts from the materials drawn from the stock issues have identification markings
transferred by hand stamping or other permanent marking, from the parent pieces before return to
stock and that purchasing has full details of such returns.
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VENDOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR QUALIFICATION (Continued)
Materials Receiving Controls (Continued)
Materials as received against purchase orders shall be inspected to see that they comply in all respect
with the purchase order, drawings, specifications etc., and issued as good.
Receiver Inspection Acceptance/Rejection Note: The Q.C. Inspector will record the actual dimensions
of materials inspected and ensure that these are within specified tolerance and attach a yellow sticker
tape or label or place a Green Sticker Tape or Label on each item.
Sample tests or inspection compared with code/standard requirement procurement and specification
requirements shall be conducted upon receipt of the materials.
The Receiving Inspector shall draw samples according to governing code/standard requirements and
shall contact a third party Laboratory for carrying out test/inspection.
Results of test/inspection shall be recorded on the Receiving Inspection Report and results shall be
reviewed and approved by the Q.A./Q.C. Engineers.
Materials or items, on which a process required by the procurement specification was not done by the
vendor, shall be segregated as non-conforming items and processed according to the relevant clause
stipulations.
Rejected materials, either form own stocks or outside supplier that do not conform in all respects with
the purchase order, specifications and drawings shall be reported to Q.A. Engineer immediately and
endorse the Acceptance/Rectification/Rejection Note accordingly, giving full details of reasons for
rejection and affix a Red sticker for Rejection and Pink Sticker for Rectification.
Arrange to put rejected or doubtful materials in holding area.

Materials Distribution Control

The Quality Assurance manager through Q.A./Q.C. Engineer and Q.C Inspection Control the
distribution as follows;
The Receiving Inspection distributes the inspection reports to all departments concerned.
Warehouse supervisor issues all control materials to the workshop required by production control.
No goods what so ever are issued unless they have the original Green Sticker or Label attached
showing Inspection clearance.
The various shop floors Q.C. Inspection check the identification before cutting or other workmanship
is begun and ensure that identification numbers will appear on each piece after cutting and will not be
canceled when further operations are carried out.
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VENDOR AND SUBCONTROL QUALIFICATION (continued)
Materials Distribution Control
Any material or items that may become surplus to requirements due to design changes, off cuts or
other reasons, come back within the control of the Raw Material Inspector.
Raw Materials Inspectors shall issue a surplus materials note, for contract costing and enter details of
surplus material in the stock materials card for reference by materials and warehouse personnel.

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8. INSPECTION AND TEST PROGRAM
Scope
This chapter identifies the responsibilities & measures established to assure that all personnel in
charge of inspection and tests are properly trained and qualified if necessary, and the procedures of
inspection and test are properly reviewed and approved according to the governing code/standards.

Responsibilities
The Quality Assurance Manager through Q.A./Q.C. Engineer and various Inspectors shall be
responsible for carrying out the inspection/test at all stages of fabrication.

Standards, Drawings and procedures

All inspection & test shall be performed according to the customers specific requirements,
standard/code requirements, approved inspection procedures and drawing requirements.
Quality plans with reference documents for inspection shall be readily available to the inspectors.
The Quality plans and inspections shall be completed to clarify items and procedures of inspection
and test, and acceptable tolerance depending on drawings, specifications and standards.
Quality Assurance Engineer and Q.C. Staff shall prepare the Quality Plans and inspection test
procedures respectively within the scope of specification.

Quality Plan
This inspection and test procedures planned according to various requirements concerned shall be
prepared by a responsible Quality Assurance Engineer and submitted to the customer for approval.
The inspection and test sequence according to production flow and document No./check lists shall be
stated on the quality plans from receiving inspection (beginning of fabrication) through final
inspection.

In-Process Inspection
In-Process inspection except hold points may be carried out by process inspection after completion of
each operation according to the Quality plans particularly important phases of fabrication stated on
the quality plans shall be checked by inspector of in-process.
Quality Control In-process Inspection Reports shall be prepared daily in each work stage such as
cutting drilling, punching, welding and etc.

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INSPECTION AND TEST PROGRAM (continued)
Assembly Fit-Up Inspection
Assembly Inspector is responsible for carrying out assembly fit-up check. Dimensional and tack
welding checks according to drawing and quality plan requirements.
Inspector shall ensure that the fabrication will be carried out on a flat and level surface.
If assembly required to be taking welded as per drawing, tack welder shall be qualified prior to
commencing the fabrication according to AS or ASME or applicable code/standard.
Prepare the Assembly Inspection Reports daily.

Welding /Pre-final Inspection

Welding /Pre-final Inspection shall be carried out by Q.C. Inspector and ensured that welder
performance qualification tests and weld procedure qualification carried out on the special test pieces
according to welding control chapter as prescribed in the Quality Manual.
Inspect weld preparations and fit up in all subassemblies and carry out dimensional checks. Where
heavy welds are called for check that suitable allowance for shrinkage has been allowed
Checks that preheat requirements are satisfactory.
Inspect weld runoff pieces and carry out dimensional checks, orientations, etc. according to the
drawing/Quality Plan requirements.
Inspect all welding runs, final runs, back gouging or grinding & record. Any local preheats and postheats treatments or other approved methods or code/standards as required by the drawings and quality
plans.

Non Destruction Inspection

Quality inspection shall carry out all NDT examination comprising liquid penetrate magnetic particle,
Ultrasonic and Radiography as required by the quality plan/specifications.
If defects require to be repaired, inspector shall inform production personnel through Material
Rectification Note.
Repaired material shall be inspected by NDT according to approved procedure.

Pre-final Inspection
Qualified inspection according to drawing & the Quality Manual shall carry out pre-final inspection
such as dimensional checks to clear the complete fabrication.
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INSPECTION AND TEST PROGRAM (continued)
Surface Treatment Inspection
Surface Preparation
Bare steel components of steel structure, after fabrication shall be prepared by short blasting or sand
blasting according to governing code/standard requirement
Q.C. Inspection shall check the blasting abrasive used for blast-cleaning, silica sand grades or
shot or grit so that it will produce an average keying profile on the surface according to paint
manufacturer recommendations.
After blast cleaning, surface shall be visually inspected for mill scales, oil spatter, grease, soil,
cement, salts, acids or other corrosive chemicals, which are harmful for Painting.

Painting
To ensure the success of the painting operation, following environment conditions shall be monitored.
Surface temperature shall be measured to ensure that no condensation occurs on the surface.
Relative humidity will be measured to prevent condensation on the surface.
The instrument used for wet bulb/dry bulb temperature measurement is whirling Hygrometer.
The wet/dry bulb temperatures, recorded shall be used to calculate relative humidity by help of
dew point calculator.
Relative humidity and dew point temperature will be recorded periodically before the painting
operation starts.
Before painting, type of paint, mix ratio etc. according to paint manufactures recommendation
shall be inspected and recorded.
After completion of painting on the steel structure surface, dry film thickness will be visually
examined to establish application defects such as over spray, dirt inclusions, blisters, sags, runs,
adhesion, flaking in confined corners etc.
Paint coating dry film thickness shall be measured by use of Elcometer. Number of readings
according to clients specification requirements shall be recorded in Planning Inspection
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INSPECTION AND TEST PROGRAM (continued)
Painting (continued)
Elcometer shall be calibrated daily before use according to approved procedure.
If the result of DFT is varying from the specified value or if defect is observed on paint surface
it shall be sent for rectification.
Rectification of paint defects shall be carried out according to the instructions of Inspector.
After satisfactory completion of painting inspection, material shall be offered for clients
representative, if necessary, according to contractual agreement for carrying out random paint
inspection.

Records
All the results of inspection and tests shall be recorded and retained with other related documents
according to standard format documents control.
The identification number of measuring instruments used for inspection and test shall also be
recorded on the Inspection Reports.
These Inspection Reports shall be reviewed and approved by Q.A./Q.C. Engineer and shall be
documented according to the chapter, Document Control.

Feed-Back
All evidence and Inspection Reports related to quality of items that have been revealed through out
inspection and test shall be fed back to concerned departments.

Facilities for Tests & Inspections

The Manager of Staff and section in charge of test and inspection shall be responsible for planning,
arrangement and maintenance of facilities for tests and inspections.

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9. MEASURING CONTROL AND TEST EQUIPMENT
Scope
This chapter identifies the responsibilities for the control of measuring and test equipment, including
measuring tools, gauges. Measuring and test equipment shall be periodically calibrated according to
the instructions Measuring Devices Calibration Control Procedure.

Responsibility and Authority

The Manager of Q.A. Department shall be responsible for the overall calibration/control of measuring
and test equipment through the Quality Control Staff and maintenance/production for use and
maintenance.
The Q.C. Engineer shall be directly responsible for calibration of measuring devices and maintaining
reference standards used in the shop floor.

Mechanical & Electrical Measuring Equipment

The Manager of Q.A. Staff shall be responsible for the control and calibration of mechanical
equipment as follows;

Maintaining master list of mechanical & electrical measuring equipment used for production.

Establishing calibration plan for mechanical & electrical measuring equipment according to the
requirements.

Doing calibration of equipment according to the calibration plan.

Preparing & maintaining equipment calibration records according to enclosed format.

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MEASURING CONTROL AND TEST EQUIPMENT (continued)
Equipment calibration
All measuring and test equipment shall have calibration label attached and shall be calibration
according to the specified time schedule.
Instrument Calibration Records shall be maintained for all measuring & test equipment. They shall
contain the following information:
(a) Instrument Identification
(b) Manufacturer
(c) Calibration due dates
(d) Required accuracy
(e) Location assignment
(f) As-found condition
(g) Calibration results
(h) Sign/Stamp and dates of person conduction calibration
(i) Standard used for Calibration

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PRODUCTION CONTROL
Scope
This chapter defines responsibilities and the control of fabrication operations to ensure all the
operations are carried out under controlled conditions.
All operations such as Cutting, Machining, punching, Drilling, Heat-treating, Pre/Post heating,
Assembling, Welding etc. shall be carried out according to the documented instructions,
specifications and drawings as systemized at shop floor workstations.
These documents shall include the criteria for acceptability of workmanship to ensure that the
operations have been satisfactorily accomplished.

Production Control
The operators shall be responsible for the productivity and quality of product.
The Production Engineer shall supervise and supply the necessary instructions regarding operations at
their workstations.

Operation Control
The operation shall be progressing with the job card system and shall be carried out according to the
drawings, Inspection Sheets, officially distributed by Planning through Charge Heads.
Any discrepancy and deviation shall be reported to the responsible personnel according to Quality
Manual Stipulations.
Production Planning Staff shall prepare Cutting Lists, Sketches, Templates, and Tapes for C.N.C.
Machines, Drawings on all steps of processes for fabrication sequence and welding procedures.
(a) The Instruction sheets shall be identified with Contract number and Drawing number and shall be
approved by Production Manager, Engineering Department and confirmed and by the Manager of
the Q.A. Department.
(b) If any new standard, instruction or cutting list is necessary, Production Planning Department shall
prepare them.
(c) If the previous sheets/documents are available for repeat order or new order, Production Planning
staff shall initial the review of those sheets with personnel concerned before commencing the job.

Planning of Fabrication Sequence

Fabrication sequence including inspection by inspector stated on the Instruction Sheets shall be
designated on the Operation Planning Card with drawing numbers to be referred to.
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PRODUCTION CONTROL (continued)
Revision of Inspection Sheets
If any change is required on the sheet after setting down, Planning shall prepare the change as follows
Temporary/minor change of fabrication sequence and/or fabrication procedures shall be carried out
according to the control standard for change of Technical Details
Operations of special processes such as Beveling, Drilling, Punching, Welding, Cutting, Plating, Subassembly fit-up etc. shall be carried out by qualified workers certified by a Qualification Institution.
The Q.A. Manager shall review all such qualification records and approve of the personnel.

Non-Conformance Control
If non-conforming items are detected, they shall be identified, recorded, noted, segregated and
disposed according to related instructions in this Manual.
Finished/Semi-finished items shall be protected from penetrable conditions such as rust, rust damage
and so on, and clearly distinguished with one or any combination of the following procedures
throughout production (1) painting (2) labeling (4) Sampling (5) Sanding (6) Bagging & Stocking.

Handling
Acceptable or preferable handling procedures shall be prepared for handling the items during
different fabrication phases and issued to shop floor personnel according to design requirements.
Any prohibition on handling shall be informed clearly by production staff on the documents.

Control of Production Facilities

The Production Manager shall be responsible for the control of fabrication facilities through
Maintenance Section. The Production Manager shall control special machines or equipment and tools.

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WELDING CONTROL
Scope
This defines the responsibility and system for welding at Pinnacle Industrial Services to assure that
qualified welders and qualified welding procedures are used.

Responsibilities
The Quality Assurance Manager, through Quality Assurance Engineer & Quality Control Engineer &
Welding Supervisor will be responsible for control of welding quality according to welding procedure
documents.
The Production Manager shall be responsible for control of welding electrodes, assignment of
qualified welders and execution of welding at shop floor.
The Manager of Engineering staff shall be responsible for design of weld joints, welding parameters
etc.
The Welding Supervisor shall be responsible for calling Independent Inspection Authority CWB
(Canadian Welding Bureau) representative to witness the Welding Procedure, Welding Specification
& Welder Qualification Tests and keep full master record of the procedure and welder operator test
against an independent record system.
Pinnacle Industrial Services will be audited by a CWB (Canadian Welding Bureau) Representative
Semi-Annually, ensuring all documentation and testing as per CSA W47.1 and W59 Latest Edition.

Qualification of Welder Procedure & Welders

The welders shall be qualified with weld performance qualification by CWB (Canadian Welding
Bureau) representatives. The Quality Assurance Engineer with the help of welding Engineer shall
prepare the Welder Procedure Specification (WPS) for qualification of procedure and welders.

Welding Procedure Qualification

i.

The Welding Supervisor shall select competent welders to do welding procedure qualification
test.

ii. Selected welders shall do the trial welding of the test pieces.
iii. The welded test pieces shall be mechanically tested and recorded by Q.C. Engineer.
iv. The parameters for welding shall be identified by evaluation of the test results of trial welder.
v. These results shall be documented as Welding Procedure Qualification Record (PQR).
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WELDING CONTROL (continued)
Welder Performance Qualification
i. The Welders receiving test shall do welding of test pieces according to approved WPS order
under supervision of Q.C. Engineer, CWB (Canadian Welding Bureau), Welding Supervisor &
Welding Engineer.
ii. The welded test pieces shall be tested according to CSA W47.1 and/or engineer standards
requirements.
iii. Q.C. Engineer and Welding Supervisor shall review welding procedure and results of mechanical
test for welder test pieces.

Qualification Renewal Control

The Welding Supervisor shall prepare and maintain current list of qualified welders.
The lists, so called Welders Renewal List identify personnel by name, Identification number and
Specific Qualification.
The Welder Renewal List shall be prepared, distributed and updated periodically. With the updating
of the Welder Renewal List, the Welder Process Record shall be maintained by Welding Supervisor.
This list shall include sufficient information to identify all qualified welders and their qualifications.

Welding Consumable Storage, Drying & Issue

Engineering instructions shall be given according to the material procurement procedure and clients
specification for the purchase of all consumables.
The Electrodes shall be placed separately and stored at a controlled temperature. All electrodes
having low hydrogen covering shall be dried at least two hours between 230 oC and 260 oC or
according to manufacturers recommendations before use.
The welders then place them in the heated ovens provided, local to the job. The production
Supervisor ensures that only sufficient rods are drawn for the particular work period, approximately
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WELDING CONTROL (continued)
Welding Consumable Storage, Drying & Issue (continued)
In addition, for low Hydrogen Electrodes, if exposed more then four hours, they shall be returned to
the storage room for drying again.
Damaged and used welding rods shall be disposed in the designed waste containers.

Operation
The welding operation shall be performed according to approved WPS and Welding Engineers
Instructions.
The Welding materials to be used shall be specified on the approved WPS. The Welding Supervisor
shall monitor welders activity to ensure compliance with approved WPS.
The Welding Supervisor shall monitor welding parameters and in-process welding data according to
approved WPS parameters.
The Welding Supervisor shall record welding parameters on the Welding Process Record. The
Welding Inspector shall check fit up of Assembly immediately before first run weld.
If non-conforming condition is noted during welding process, for example the parameters of
fabrication instruction sheet or approved WPS have been violated, welding shall be stopped and the
non-conformity tag and non-conformity notice shall be prepared and processed according to nonconformance chapter of this Manual. The Welding Inspector shall examine first side back gouges or
grinding before second side welding begins in full strength joints.
When the welding has been completed, the weld dimensions, visual inspection & NDT shall be
carried out by Welding Supervisor. The Welding Inspection Report shall be prepared, signed/stamped
and dated by the Inspector, if acceptable. The completed report shall be reviewed and approved by
Quality Assurance Engineer or Q.C. Engineer.
Q.A./Q.C. Engineer shall maintain the completed record after the inspection.

Welding Equipment
The operating control and maintaining of all welding equipment shall be responsibility of the
Welding Supervisor & Production Manager and maintenance shall be included in the scheduled
program.

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