Housebuzz's Quality Control Management Certification
All our projects are configured according to the Quality Standard in QUALCON. We have also appointed a Quality Manager to check the quality. He will suddenly visit all our projects and check the quality. He will issue a red-card to engineers who do not adhere to Quality. Our goal is to minimum wastage in all stages of construction by maintaining quality.
Civil Execution
- Pre-excavation
- Excavation, backfilling & Anti-termite treatment
- Brickwork and size stone and block work masonry
- Shuttering, Plastering & Waterproofing
Architectural, Structural Compliance
- Floor Plan, Elevation
- Tiling, Painting
- Frame Arrangement
- Design requirements
- IS codes
- Structural expertise
- Structural reports
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing
- Mechanical
- Electrical
- Plumbing
Project Management
- Material Management
- Team Management
- Process Management
- Schedule Management
- Quality Management
Checklist of 200 questions
Surveying
- Check for Identification of REFERENCE BASE LINES & PERMANENT BENCHMARKS
- Is the establishment of MAIN GRID LINES in both directions as per drawings?
- Is the establishment of SUB-BASE LINES and BENCHMARKS as per drawings?
- Is the location of INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS as per drawings?
- Are the MARKINGS OF BMs, CLs & GRID LINE as per specifications?
- Is the PROTECTION of SURVEY PILLAR up to mark?
- Is the establishment of BLOCK LEVELS acceptable?
- Is the preparation of EGL Map been done?
- Check for the control of SURVEY WORK in the vertical direction
Excavation
- Is the EXCAVATED AREA cleared of all obstructions?
- Is the LAYOUT, ALIGNMENT & SIZE of excavation marked on the ground as per plan?
- Have adequate WORKING SPACES been provided all around?
- Is the FOUNDING STRATA suitable for laying PCC (i.e. is it free from any soft pockets.If not, remove and fill with lean concrete/sand)?
- Is the DRESSING of the excavated area acceptable?
- Is the STABILITY of side slopes acceptable?
- Is the DEWATERING of the waterlogged area acceptable?
- Has the DISPOSAL of excavated soil to the specified area been done?
- Have the BARRICADING & CAUTION SIGNS been provided for deep excavations?
- Are the JOINT INSPECTION RECORDS complete?
Backfilling
- Is only QUALITY APPROVED SOIL being used for backfilling?
- Is the backfilling being done in LAYERS, as specified?
- Is the backfilled area being WATERED sufficiently?
- Has the COMPACTION been done as specified?
- Is the backfilling done up to the SPECIFIED LEVEL?
- Has the BACKFILLED LEVEL been RECORDED?
- Has the DISPOSAL of surplus soil from the worksite been completed?
Anti-Termite Treatment
- Is the treatment of the earthworks for the area COMPLETE?
- Has the loose soil been removed from the area and CLEANED?
- Has RODING or CHANNELING been completed as specified (wherever applicable)?
- Is the CHEMICAL being used as per specifications?
- Is the CONCENTRATION of chemical emulsion acceptable?
- Is the spraying equipment (pumps & more) in GOOD WORKING CONDITION?
- Is the RATE OF APPLICATION of the chemical emulsion as specified?
- Check for UNIFORM APPLICATION of chemical emulsion?
PCC
- Have the preceding activities for the area completed?
- Is the FORMWORK & DIMENSIONS acceptable?
- Is the MIX PROPORTION as specified?
- Is the PLACEMENT & COMPACTION acceptable?
- Is the FINISHED LEVEL as specified?
- Is the SURFACE FINISH acceptable?
- Is the CURING acceptable?
Before Concreting
- Is the cleanliness of the area to be CONCRETED acceptable?
- Is the FORMWORK & REINFORCEMENT as per relevant checklists?
- Are the other preceding activities (fixing of inserts, embedments & service conduits, etc.)COMPLETED?
- Is the SUPPORT to forms & rigidity of the assembly acceptable?
- Check for provision of ACCESS PLATFORMS & WALKWAYS
- Check for provision and working condition of CONCRETE AIDS
- Has the sequence been explained to & understood by the CONCRETING GROUP?
- Check for readiness of CONCRETE & FINISHING GROUP
During Concreting
- Is the SLUMP of the concrete being poured?
- Is the CONTINUOUS FLOW of concreted being ensured?
- Is the POURING HEIGHT of concrete acceptable?
- Is there PROPER VIBRATION for the concrete to fit tightly against all the surfaces,reinforcements & embedments?
- Is the CONCRETE BLEND being poured in separate layers?
- Check for correct use of PLANT & MACHINERY
- Is the concrete being poured with INITIAL SETTING time of cement?
- Check for provision of CONSTRUCTION JOINTS, if necessary
- Is there LEVELLING & FINISHING of exposed concrete surface for planar structures likes slabs & pavements?
After Concreting
- Check for suitable CURING ARRANGEMENTS
- Is the adequate amount of CURING being ensured for the specified period?
- Check for inserts and embedments EXPOSURE that are flush with the concrete surface
- Check for MARKING of location for service conduits & fittings wherever applicable
- Is there CORRECTIVE ACTIONS being taken for surface defects on exposed concrete?
- Check for removal of FORMS and its cleaning
Brickwork Masonry
- Is there AVAILABILITY of BRICKS as per daily requirements?
- Is the work area CLEANED off of loose mortar, concrete, debris, etc
- Is the ALIGNMENT & LOCATION of masonry as specified?
- Is the SUITABILITY & SAFETY of scaffolding acceptable?
- Check for wetting of BRICKS before using it
- Check for MORTAR MIX PROPORTION & JOINT THICKNESS
- Are the bricks being laid up with their FROGS UP?
- Are the dimensions, plumb level & right angles as specified?
- Check for BOND between old & new masonry
- Is the staggering of vertical joints being ensured?
- Check for the sizes of door & window openings
- Check for CLEANING & RAKING of joints
- Is the CURING for old masonry sufficient?
- Check for removal of DEBRIS
Size Stone Masonry
- Is there AVAILABILITY of SIZE STONES as per daily requirements?
- Are the HEARTING, BOND, QUOIN & FACE STONES properly hammer dressed to obtain desirable shapes?
- Is the ALIGNMENT & LOCATION of masonry as desired?
- Is the WETTING of size stones being ensured?
- Is the MORTAR MIX PROPORTION as specified?
- Is the staggering of VERTICAL JOINTS being ensured?
- Is the THICKNESS OF MORTAR JOINTS as specified?
- Are the DIMENSIONS & LEVELS as per drawings?
- Is the PACKING of interstices within masonry with stone chips effective?
- Is the CLEANING & RAKING of joints being done?
- Is the CLEANING OF DEAD MORTAR completed?
- Is the sufficiency of CURING acceptable?
Block Work Masonry
- Is there AVAILABILITY of BRICKS as per daily requirements?
- Is the work area CLEANED off of loose mortar, concrete, debris, etc.?
- Is the ALIGNMENT & LOCATION of concrete block masonry as specified in the construction drawings?
- Is the SUITABILITY & SAFETY of scaffolding acceptable?
- Is the MOISTURE of concrete blocks before placing suitable?
- Check for MORTAR MIX PROPORTION & JOINT THICKNESS
- Check for BLOCK SIZES & WALL DIMENSIONS
- Are the dimensions, plumb level & right angles as specified?
- Check for BOND between old & new masonry
- Is the staggering of VERTICAL JOINTS being ensured?
- Check for sizes of door & window openings
- Check for CLEANING & RAKING of joints
- Is the CURING for old masonry sufficient?
- Check for removal of DEBRIS
Reinforcement
- Is the BAR BENDING SCHEDULE prepared?
- Is the bar bending schedule AVAILABLE for reference?
- Is the CUTTING & BENDING OF BARS as per BBS?
- Check for CLEANLINESS of bars
- Is the FIXING OF BARS correct as per construction drawings?
- Is the TYING OF REINFORCEMENT with BINDING WIRE satisfactory?
- Check for LOCATION of service conduits
- Check for READINESS of reinforcement to release for concreting
Shuttering
- Is the CLEANLINESS of forms acceptable?
- Check for assembly of scaffolds & shutters w.r.t. SHUTTERING SCHEMES?
- Check for provision & arrangement of SHUTTERING SCHEME
- Check for RIGIDITY of assembled forms
- Check for CONFORMANCE of the assembled forms according to the DIMENSIONS, SHAPES, LINES & GRADE in the drawings?
- Check for SEALING OF JOINTS & HOLES in shutter forms
- Check for SEALING OF JOINTS & HOLES in shutter forms
- Check for READINESS of shutter forms for release to fix reinforcement
- Check for removal of shutter forms & scaffolds after SPECIFIED DURATION
- Check for CLEANING of scaffolds & shutters (post removal)
- Check for PROPER STACKING of scaffolds & shutters (post removal)
Plastering
- Are the PRECEDING ACTIVITIES like fixing of service conduits, water supply & sanitation lines COMPLETE?
- Check for RAKING of MASONRY JOINTS & HACKING on RCC surfaces
- Check for CLEANING & WASHING of masonry & RCC surfaces
- Check for SUITABILITY & SAFETY of scaffolding
- Check for REMOVAL of mould-releasing agent stains from the exposed concrete surfaces
- Check for AVAILABILITY of cement & fine aggregate for plastering
- Check for PROPER MIXING of MORTAR
- Check for MORTAR MIX PROPORTION
- Check for ADDITION of WATERPROOFING COMPOUND, if specified
- Check for completion of CEILING PLASTER prior to plastering
- Did the PLASTERING start from the top and worked its way downwards to the floor?
- Check for THICKNESS & NUMBER OF COATS of plaster
- Check for true level surface, right angles & plumb
- Is the MORTAR being consumed within the initial setting time of cement?
- Check for STRAIGHT EDGES, SHARP CORNERS & SMOOTH FINISH
- Check for ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES such as grooves, bands, etc
- Check for TRUE LEVEL SURFACE & SMOOTHNESS of plaster
- Check for REMOVAL of dead mortar & debris
- Check for SEALING OF OPENINGS in masonry for scaffolds
- Is the DATE OF PLASTERING marked on the plastered walls?
- Check for CURING ARRANGEMENTS?
- Check for curing up to SPECIFIED DURATION
Tiling
- Check for CLEANLINESS of base surface. Has the loose mortar & debris been removed from the work area?
- Have the preceding activities (fixing of doors, partitions, false ceiling, etc) been COMPLETED?
- Check for PROVISION of service conduits, junction boxes, etc
- Is the APPROVED PATTERN of LAYING available for reference?
- Are SLOPES for the tiled surface finalized?
- Check for availability of TILES & other construction aids
- Check for availability of TILING MASONS
- Is the MORTAR MIXING PROPORTION as specified?
- Is the THICKNESS OF MORTAR BED acceptable?
- Check for PATTERN of LAYING
- Check for the THICKNESS of JOINTS between tiles
- Check for TILING around doors, sanitary fittings, columns, partitions, etc
- Check the FINISHING of EDGES for cut tiles
- Check for the ADDITION of PIGMENT to cement, if required
- Check for CURING OF TILING for the specified period
- Check for CLEANING of tile surface
- Check for GRINDING & POLISHING
- Final check for TRUE LEVEL SURFACE, PATTERN, SURFACE FINISHES, SLOPE, etc
Painting
- Are the MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS for painting available for reference?
- Check for AVAILABILITY of APPROVED SHADE DETAILS
- Check for cleaning of WALL & CEILING. Is it free from dead mortar, dirt, dust, algae, grease, etc?
- Check for FILLING OF PITS or UNDULATIONS in the PLASTER
- Check for SUITABILITY & SAFETY of scaffolding
- Is the SCAFFOLDING erected away from the surface so as to protect the surface from being painted?
- Check for AVAILABILITY of sufficient number of plastic emulsion containers
- Check for availability of PAINTING GROUPS
- Check for PRIMER APPLICATION
- Is the PROPORTION of PAINT & WATER MIX as per manufacturer’s specifications?
- Check for the CONSISTENCY of PAINT
- Check for UNIFORM APPLICATION of PAINT
- Check the NUMBER OF COATS
- Check the INTERVAL TIME between two coats
- Check for REMOVAL of scaffolds & cleaning
Doors & Windows
- Check for plumb for the doorframe w.r.t. MASONRY OPENING
- Check for plumb for the doorframe w.r.t. MASONRY OPENING
- Check for PLASTERING of WINDOW FRAMES to walls by screws
- Check for DIMENSIONS OF JAMBS & REVEALS
- Final check for PAINT, SURFACE FINISHES & GLAZING
- Check for REMOVAL of protective coating & cleaning of the aluminum door before handover
Frame Arrangement
- We design the structure/frame arrangement based on the requirement and ensure that it’s aesthetic in nature.
Design requirements
- We design structural elements depending on the loads & design them keeping economy and elegance in mind, guaranteeing a safe, serviceable and durable structure.
IS codes
- Structural elements are designed as per relevant Indian Standard Codes
Structural expertise
- The structural detailing is done with expertise using the latest architectural softwares focusing precisely on safety while designing the framed structure.
Structural reports
- We work on the structure based on the soil test reports, which ensures the stability of the structure along with its longitivity.
Electrical
- Is the FFL given from the PROJECT’S TEAM correct & verified?
- Is BUTTON MARK LEVEL on the wall for plastering correct?
- Have the BOXES been fixed according to the button mark?
- Are all of the FIXED BOXES in one level?
- Is the SPACING between adjacent BOXES correct?
- Are the required TOOLS for CHIPPING available?
- Has the RIGHT ANGLED CHIPPING been ensured at the corner of the chipped area?
- Have the CONDUITS been inserted into the box?
- Is the PROPER SIZED BOX fixed?
- Check for completion of PROPER CURING for all the places where chasing/chipping has been done. Is it filled with CONCRETE/CEMENT MORTAR?
Plumbing
- Are the latest GFC drawings for the activity available?
- Are all the REQUIRED TOOLS available?
- Has the necessary CLEARANCE from CIVIL EXECUTION TEAM been given to start the plumbing work?
- Has the CUTOUT been provided as per the approved drawings?
- Has the BLOCK WORK PLASTERING & WATERPROOFING been completed?
- Has the MARKING of INTERNAL PLUMBING LINES on the walls been done accurately according to the meter marking?
- Have the THREADED JOINTS been properly covered with teflon tape?
- Has the CONCRETE PACKING been done properly wherever required?
- Have the OUTLET LEVELS been levelled properly using spirit level?
- Is the height of PLUMBING FIXTURES as per drawings?
- Check for PROPER CURING for the concrete that has been packed
- As per requirement, is the PROPER SLOPE being maintained for sewage and wastewater lines?
- Are the SHAFTS for TOILETS, fixing of CLAMS using ANCHOR BOLTS for holding pipes in position been fixed away from the bore packing area?
- Is PROPER SLOPE being maintained for the same as prescribed in the drawings?
- Check for the SOIL LINES connection to the inspection chambers at the ground level or at the basement
- Check if the WASTE WATER LINES are connected to the gully traps at the ground level or at the basement and then connected to the inspection chambers
- Check if all the TRAPS are sealed with a gunny bag & a layer of PLASTER OF PARIS at the top to minimise the choke up problem
- Check for the COMPLETION of PROJECT as per the floor plan & elevation
Management Checklist
- Ensure HIGH QUALITY MATERIAL management
- Check for ADHERENCE of project schedule at every stage
- Check for PROCESS ADHERENCE at every stage
- Check if QUALITY CHECKS are being done at every stage of the construction project