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1.0 PURPOSE

Quality is a characteristic that all FasTracks projects (designs and construction) must
have. Quality consists of three components: Quality Requirements (QR), Quality Control
(QC), and Quality Assurance (QA). The purpose of this procedure is to describe these
elements of Quality and how they will apply to FasTracks projects.

2.0 SCOPE

The Quality QR-QC-QA Procedure defines the three quality components, lists the Quality
Requirements that are expected to be used for the design of FasTracks projects,
describes the Quality Control methods to ensure those Quality Requirements are met, and
outlines Quality Assurance actions taken to guarantee a quality end product is achieved.

3.0 RESPONSIBILITY

3.1 RTD Engineering Technical Support Staff

The RTD ETS staff responsibilities include:

A. Develop Quality Plan for In-house design work.

B. Follow Quality Plan for all In-house design work.
C. Follow Quality Plan for review of In-house design work.

3.2 Project Management Staff

The Project Management staff responsibilities include:

A. Follow Quality Plan for review of In-house design work.

3.3 Quality Management Staff

The Quality Management staff responsibilities include:

A. Maintains and manages QMO program and database.

B. Monitor and enforce the Quality Plans of outside consultant design teams and
verifies that proper QC and QA procedures have been followed.
C. Conduct internal quality audits of the RTD FasTracks team to determine if
internal RTD procedures are being effectively implemented.

3.4 Document Control Staff

The document control staff responsibilities include:

A. Maintains copies of Quality Check Prints.

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B. Maintains and updates library copy and distributes procedure updates to

individuals issued copies of the EDG.

3.5 Contracted Consultant Design Team

The contracted consultant design team responsibilities include:

A. Each design consultant working on FasTracks shall be contractually required to

develop and submit a Quality Management Plan for RTD’s approval.
B. Effectively implement approved quality plan.
C. Demonstrate to the FasTracks team that each product delivered has been
through their QC-QA process.

4.0 REFERENCES

A. Quality Management Oversight Program Manual

B. RTD Quality Assurance Program Plan
C. Engineering Review Checklists

5.0 PROCEDURES

5.1 Quality Component Definitions

A. Quality Requirements – All the procedures, criteria, and standards required to

produce a quality end product.
B. Quality Control – The planned and schematic engineering process of meeting
the quality requirements and the checks and balances that allows designers to
ensure their designs are sound and their work is free of mistakes (and defined
by the RTD QMO Plan as: Operational techniques and activities that are used
to fulfill a set of quantitatively or qualitatively stated requirements;
implementation of the quality plan).
C. Quality Assurance – The planned and schematic process by which the
designer or construction contractor demonstrates and a third party verifies that
the final product (design and construction) meets the quality requirements (and
defined by the RTD QMO Plan as: All of the planned and systematic activities
implemented within the quality system, and demonstrated as needed, to
provide adequate confidence that the product will fulfill quality requirements
and will satisfy given needs. QA is a management tool).

5.2 Quality Requirements

Quality Requirements are defined in RTD’s Quality Assurance Program Plan, which
is based on the International Quality Standard ISO 9001. Project specific
requirements may be included in the contracted scope of work and may also be
found in the following criteria, procedure, regulation, and guideline documents:

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• FTA QA/QC Guidelines

• FHWA
• CDOT
• Local Jurisdiction
• Utility Owners
• Railroads

5.3 Quality Control of In-House Designs

A. All designs must meet the Quality Requirements for design. In-house designs
shall follow the Quality Control procedure outlined in this section. Outside
designs shall follow the Quality Control procedures established by the outside
design consultants and approved by RTD.
B. Quality Control is ensured by the following:
• Develop Engineering Design Guidelines and Procedures.
• Follow the Engineering Design Guidelines and Procedures.
• Use designer checklists.
• Perform reasonable and prudent self-checks of all design work.
• Seek peer review back-checks of all design work.
• Seek inter-disciplinary reviews thru coordination meetings.
• Place designer name on all design work (plans, calculations, estimates).
C. Peer review / independent checks for FasTracks designs shall be done on an
official check-print set (drawings, calculations, estimates), and shall be signed
and dated by the peer-reviewer. The check-prints shall be color coded as
follows:
• Yellow highlight = Good
• Red = Delete
• Green = Add
• Blue = Back Check
• Black = Comments
After the design is color coded by the peer-reviewer, the first check-print shall
go back to the designer to fix all mistakes and design flaws, and then shall be
reviewed a second time by the peer-reviewer. When a check-print is
completed, the entire check-print should be highlighted in yellow.
D. Peer-review check-prints shall be completed for all submittals at and above the
50% design phase.
E. Checkprints shall be filed with the project documents in RTD’s document
control and kept until the completion of RTD FasTracks Program.

5.4 Quality Assurance

A. All designs (by both in-house staff and outside consultants) must demonstrate
a level of Quality Control in order to prove that Quality Requirements have
been met for the project. Review of in-house designs shall follow the Quality

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Assurance procedure outlined in this section. Outside consultant designs shall

follow their own approved Quality Assurance Plans and procedures.
B. Quality Assurance is demonstrated and verified by the following:
• Completed check-prints.
• RTD FasTracks Interdisciplinary Review Check-Stamp.
• Quality Assurance Verification Form signed off by the ETS Quality Lead.
C. The RTD FasTracks Interdisciplinary Review Check-Stamp shall be used for all
in-house reviews. The same stamp shall be used for all submittals (drawings,
calculations, specifications, estimates) and shall include a list of titles (names)
applicable to the individual design, initials of each reviewer, and the date the
reviewer signed off approval of the particular design. The following is a list of
titles that may be included on the check-stamp as appropriate:
• Civil
• Drainage
• Structural
• Systems (Electrical/Mechanical)
• Trackway
• Utilities
• Park-n-Rides
• Architecture & Landscape
• Operations
• Maintenance
• Safety
• Constructability
• ETS Manager
• Corridor APM
• Corridor PM
The check-stamp shall be placed on the check-print and shall be walked
around to each required approver for sign-off. Each phase of design shall
require different levels of review and different list of approvals. The following is
a breakdown of the expectations per approximate design phase:
Basic Engineering (DEIS) phase – no formal QA/QC required
50% design phase – Interdisciplinary Awareness
65% design phase – Partial Review
90% design phase – Full Review
100% design phase – RFC Approval

6.0 ATTACHMENTS

Form 11-1: QC Color Code for Check Prints

Form 11-2: Internal QA Check Stamp
Form 11-3: QA Verification Form

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Revision Level Approved By Signature Date

Major Revision John Shonsey Senior Manager i

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Minor Revision Henry Stopplecamp
Engineering Technical Services
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Revision Level Revision Date Summa Date

Approval
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10 Initial Baseline Issue

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Highlight in YELLOW everything that is correct.

incorrect
Strike in RED everything that is incollect or needs to be deleted.

Write all additions and corrections in GREEN.

Back-check in BLUE.

All comments that do not require edits are to be made in BLACK ink or
pencil.

Form 11-1
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 INTERNAL QA CHECK-STAMPS

RTD FASTRACKS PROJECT: East Corridor 30% - 65% RFC

DISCIPLINE REVIEWER INITIAL DATE
Civil: Greg Straight GS 3/15/06
Drainage: N/A
Structural: N/A
Systems (Elec/Mech): Ken Moss KM 3/18/06
Trackway: Kirk Strand
Utilities: Jim Kelley
Park-n-Rides: Jeff Kay JK 3/15/06
Arch & Landscape: Garrett Christnacht
ETS Manager: Henry Stopplecamp
Other:
Corridor APM: Carol Duecker

RTD FASTRACKS PROJECT: East Corridor 90% - 100% RFC

DISCIPLINE REVIEWER INITIAL DATE
Civil: Greg Straight GS 3/15/06
Drainage: N/A
Structural: N/A
Systems (Elec/Mech): Ken Moss KM 3/18/06
Trackway: Kirk Strand
Utilities: Jim Kelley
Park-n-Rides: Jeff Kay JK 3/15/06
Arch & Landscape: Garrett Christnacht
Constructability: Paul Deeley PD 3/15/06
ETS Manager: Henry Stopplecamp
Operations: Llyod Mack
Maintenance: N/A
Safety: David Genova
Other:
Corridor PM: Mike Turner

Form 11-2
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 QA VERIFICATION FORM

RTD Corridor or Project:_________________________________________________

Design Description: _____________________________________________________

Designer: ___________________Ext. _________ Date Submitted: _____________

QC Checkprint Reviewed and is Complete and Correct: 

QA Check Stamp Signed Off Reviewed and is Complete and Correct: 

Outstanding Issues:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

Date Re-submitted: ___________________

ETG Quality Lead Name: ________________________________________________

ETG Quality Lead Signature:_____________________________________________

Date Complete: ________________________________________________________

Form 11-3
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