Civil Engineer

Responsibilities of Independent Engineers:

1) As the part of second tier of Quality Control structure, periodic inspections of works will be carried out by the Independent Engineers and they will be independent of the Executive Engineer/PIUs. This tier of Quality monitoring is very important and has been designed to see that the Executing agency is carrying out the Quality Controls per specifications. The following process is to be adopted for 2nd Tier Quality Monitoring.

2) The programmed for IE shall be drawn up through systematic sampling in online mode in such a way that every work is inspected at-least two times. The first inspection of every work shall be carried out during the execution of work and the last inspection shall be carried out on the completion of every work, within one month of its completion.

3) The Quality Monitoring Cell will draw up a monthly Schedule for IE (Block/ District wise) so as to ensure systematic coverage.

4) The Quality Monitoring Cell will send the IE’s reports to the Project Implementing Unit with a copy to the concerned SE/CE.

5) The IE will hold Meetings with PIUs and the Contractors and inspect Field/ District Laboratories to ensure smooth functioning of the Quality Control Mechanism.

6) The IE will have to interact with the State Technical Agencies in matters relating to the design, testing and execution.

7) IE will prepare a monthly report and send to Central Quality Monitoring Cell containing the analysis which would include findings of the PIU reports, IE reports, action taken in individual cases and systemic deficiencies detected and remedied.

8) All cases of delay in reporting compliance and major cases of deviation from acceptable Quality shall be taken seriously.

+) It is note that all the reports shall be in hard form and simultaneously shall be submitted online into the web portal.

10) The IE would be given a detailed format in online mode for the inspection report that should cover the following aspects.
• Design of pavement and CD works & HL Bridges
• Provisions made in estimates with regard to site requirements.
• Management of the contract, deployment of qualified staff by the Contractor and establishment of a functional Quality Control Laboratory by the Contractor.
• Construction Programme and progress of work.
• Execution methodology and adherence to specifications.
• Arrangement at Quality Testing Laboratories.
• Record of Tests- Quality Control Registers and their upto date maintenance.
• Accuracy of Quality Control Tests, issuance of Non-Conformance Reports (NCR) and action of Contractor on NCRs.
• Inspection of departmental officer and compliance of their instructions.
• Provision and execution of CD works and side drains & H L Bridges.
• Road furniture, Logo, Signboards and caution boards
• Other issues including the technical knowledge of the staff of the executing agency and the Contractor.

11) An Independent Engineer shall be deployed for overall quality check on field. These Independent Engineers shall be responsible for:
• They will conduct required tests and submit reports to Quality Monitoring Cell. Other responsibilities include:
• He shall be responsible for reviewing the entire Project implementation activities of the Contractor.
• He shall ensure execution of works on site as per specification and standards and agreement; continuously interact with the Quality Monitoring Cell.
• He shall interact with the personnel’s of the contractor to ensure that all the construction related activities are occurring as per the schedule.
• He shall review and prepare reports as per format on inspection of Road/ bridge. Review of emergency response arrangements needs special attention.
• He shall undertake Project site visits and shall guide, supervise, coordinate and monitor the work