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9/2/2020 <br /> <br /> 014000 - 1 <br />SECTION 014000 - QUALITY REQUIREMENTS <br />PART 1 - GENERAL <br />1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS <br />A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary <br />Conditions and other Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section. <br />1.2 SUMMARY <br />A. Section includes administrative and procedural requirements for quality assurance and quality <br />control. <br />B. Testing and inspecting services are required to verify compliance with requirements specified or <br />indicated. These services do not relieve Contractor of responsibility for compliance with the <br />Contract Document requirements. <br />1. Specific quality-assurance and -control requirements for individual construction activities <br />are specified in the Sections that specify those activities. Requirements in those Sections <br />may also cover production of standard products. <br />2. Specified tests, inspections, and related actions do not limit Contractor's other quality- <br />assurance and -control procedures that facilitate compliance with the Contract Document <br />requirements. <br />3. Requirements for Contractor to provide quality-assurance and -control services required <br />by Architect, Owner, Commissioning Authority, or authorities having jurisdiction are not <br />limited by provisions of this Section. <br />1.3 DEFINITIONS <br />A. Quality-Assurance Services: Activities, actions, and procedures performed before and during <br />execution of the Work to guard against defects and deficiencies and substantiate that proposed <br />construction will comply with requirements. <br />B. Quality-Control Services: Tests, inspections, procedures, and related actions during and after <br />execution of the Work to evaluate that actual products incorporated into the Work and completed <br />construction comply with requirements. Services do not include contract enforcement activities <br />performed by Architect. <br />C. Preconstruction Testing: Tests and inspections performed specifically for Project before products <br />and materials are incorporated into the Work, to verify performance or compliance with specified <br />criteria. <br />D. Product Testing: Tests and inspections that are performed by an NRTL, an NVLAP, or a testing <br />agency qualified to conduct product testing and acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction, to <br />establish product performance and compliance with specified requirements. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 7D9ACD4F-8F6C-42B6-9ADB-C60032DB6D03