Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Quality Management Module: Technical Submittals

The Quality Management module is another critical project control system (PCS) module. The module addresses the quality assurance and quality control requirements. Those include technical submittals, calibration tests for quality inspection equipment, work inspection requests, material inspection requestions, concrete pouring inspection, rotary and static equipment inspections, and non-conformance reports. That Read more…

Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Cost Management Module: Change Management

There is a very slim chance that a construction project is completed without encountering changes. There are many events that could cause a change. For example, those include the intent of documents not “reasonably inferable” and corrections required, unknown conditions necessitating changes, the project owner’s requirements change, changes in code Read more…

Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Schedule and Resource Management Module: Schedule Delays

Function 4: Schedule Delays  On construction projects, schedule delay claims that affect the project completion date are becoming a common event. Those are the delays that are beyond the contractor’s control and the events that entitle the contractor to delay claims are normally specified in a contract provision. For example, Read more…