QACON 04-Control of Documents and Archieving
QACON 04-Control of Documents and Archieving
QACON 04-Control of Documents and Archieving
: QA/CON/04 -Rev-
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QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES
CONTROL OF DOCUMENTS AND ARCHIVING Date of Issue: 22/05/19
Authority: QA/QC Manager
Purpose
To ensure that company and project documentation is controlled and filed in a systematic manner, for
identification, action, easy retrieval and archiving.
Responsibility
Procedure
1.1 List of files (project documents) shall be prepared by document controller & categorize the
documents as follows,
i) General documents
ii) Project documents
iii) Confidential / commercial documents
iv) Interface documents/Letters
2.1 Document shall be prepared by the authorized personnel as mentioned in the CQP/PQP and
reviewed & approved as per client approved CQP/PQP of the relevant project.
2.2 Documents generated & maintained at specific project sites related are, hard copy after the
approval of Target/Client (OGC), the approved documents are distributed to the controlled copy holders as
per the approved distribution matrix & recorded.
2.3 “Controlled copy” and “Master Copy” shall be stamped in all project documents for all latest
revision documents prior to distribution to copy holders.
2.4 Contract/Project related documents which are directly involved to production/project shall be
“PREPARED”, “REVIEWED” and “APPROVED” by the authorized personnel only as per the approved
CQP/PQP.
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Document No.: QA/CON/04 -Rev-
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QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES
CONTROL OF DOCUMENTS AND ARCHIVING Date of Issue: 22/05/19
Authority: QA/QC Manager
2.5 None of the project documents shall be submitted to the client without TARGET’s completing
“PREPARED”, “REVIEWED” and “APPROVED” columns are duly signed in each generated documents.
2.6 Document controller in the project site shall be responsible to maintain the generated and
approved documents in category wise in TARGET approved filing system in a rack/DCC with file index and
register arrangement for easy access, retrieval and verification when and where required and IA and
external audit purposes..
2.7 Uncontrolled copy distribution shall not be acceptable at project site unless approved by Project
manager.
2.8 All project documents shall be archived upon completion of project one set of documents will be
handed over to the client.
2.9 Project Manager & QA/QC Engineer will advise the archieved documents for its disposal and storage
duration as per contract requirements.
2.10 All approved RFIs, MAS, MIRs shall be maintained by Document Controller and discipline QA/QC
Engineer in-charge and log/register shall be prepared in uniform agreed format and keep updated on daily
basis and circulate to DC & all related discipline Construction Engineer’s & Managers as and when required.
2.11 At the outset of a Project the Project Manager/Engineer shall inform the Client, Consultant or
Architect etc. where the project post should be addressed and to whom.
2.12 All incoming post shall be opened, date stamped whether at Head, or site offices. Any post
identified for the Project Manager or a high executive and identified as confidential should not be opened.
All post shall be segregated into departments.
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Document No.: QA/CON/04 -Rev-
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QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES
CONTROL OF DOCUMENTS AND ARCHIVING Date of Issue: 22/05/19
Authority: QA/QC Manager
2.13 The document controller shall file the communication letters/mail correspondences in outgoing
register and the reply letter.
All Correspondence should be copied to the Project Team as necessary however, the responsibility
for filing a copy lies with the person nominated for maintaining that original master file (DC).
Filing Index shall be used to index files. The master files shall be maintained by the Document
Controller.
If files are stored away from the main files i.e. surveying files a note stating where these can be
found shall be made on the index.
The Project Manager in conjunction with the project DC shall be responsible for the
archiving of project documents.
After completion of Project, the Project Manager will send all the Project files to the Main
Archiving Section at the Head Office with a complete list of all files.
Prepared By Reviewed By
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