Responsibility and Authority. a. Executive management shall have the responsibility and authority to plan and determine the overall direction of Developer and its relationship to the quality efforts. Executive management shall ensure the quality policy is documented and understood by all employees and management by formal and informal indoctrination and shall further ensure the implementation of the quality policy by everyone in the organization. b. The quality system shall be an integral part of the overall management system, and as such, shall be supported and implemented from the top down. On a public-private partnership project, most employees are involved in managing, performing, or verifying work that affects quality. Quality shall not be the sole domain of the design checkers, QC inspectors, or QC personnel. All workers, including design and construction production personnel, including those of Contractors, shall be aware of the quality system requirements that govern their respective work. c. A description of the organizational arrangements, such as a chart, shall be available and kept current. All key roles and persons, and lines of communication and authority between Developer and IFA and their representative(s), and with other organizations involved, shall be identified. d. The responsibility, authority, and interrelation of personnel who manage, perform, and verify work affecting quality shall be defined and documented, particularly for personnel who need the organizational freedom and authority to do the following: 1) Initiate action to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformities relating to the product, process, and quality system. 2) Identify and record any problems relating to the product, process, and quality system. 3) Initiate, recommend, or provide solutions through designated channels. It shall be everyone's responsibility to report any and all quality and safety problems. 4) Confirm, in a timely manner, the implementation of solutions. The verification shall also investigate if the solution to the identified problem created another quality problem. 5) Control any further processing, delivery, or installation of nonconforming product until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected. Controls shall be established, including stopping work if necessary, once a significant quality problem is identified, until the cause of the problem can be identified and the required corrective action can be implemented.
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Samples: Public Private Agreement, Public Private Agreement, Public Private Agreement
