Item 21 - Construction Contract for the Santa Ana Zoo Hive Building

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I. INTRODUCTION A Quality Assurance Program (QAP) consists of an Acceptance Program and an Independent Assurance (IA) Program that will provide assurance that the materials and workmanship incorporated into a construction project are in conformance with the contract specifications. A QAP should be updated as needed, and at least once every five years. There are no federal QAP regulations for local agency administered Federal -aid projects off the National Highway System (NHS). However, to ensure that a local agency is a good steward of public funds and to ensure that the materials and workmanship incorporated in a construction project are in conformance with the contract specifications, the use of a QAP is essential. Consequently, Caltrans has included the requirement in the Local Assistance Procedures Manual that every local agency receiving funds for a Federal -aid transportation project must have a QAP. This manual provides guidelines that local agencies can use to develop a QAP for all Federal -aid projects off the State Highway System (SHS) which would include agency transportation projects off the NHS and the essential connecting roads on the NHS that are off the SHS. II. PURPOSE The purpose of this program is to provide assurance that the materials incorporated into the construction projects are in conformance with the contract specifications. This program should be updated every five years or more frequent if there are changes of the testing frequencies or to the tests themselves. To accomplish this purpose, the following terms and definitions will be used: III. DEFINITION OF TERMS • Acceptance Testing (AT) - Sampling and testing, or inspection, to determine the degree of compliance with contract requirements. • Independent Assurance Program (IAP) - Verification that AT is being performed correctly by qualified testers and laboratories. • Quality Assurance Program (QAP) - A sampling and testing program that will provide assurance that the materials and workmanship incorporated into the construction project are in conformance with the contract specifications. The main elements of a QAP are the AT, and IAP. • Source Inspection - AT of manufactured and prefabricated materials at locations other that the job site, generally at the manufactured location. In order to ensure that the materials and workmanship incorporated in each state and federally - funded project are in conformance with the contract specifications, the City of Santa Ana shall apply the following procedures: City of Santa Ana Quality Assurance Program 2020 Page 3