About Us
Quality & Safety
A quality plan following ISO 9001 guidelines, the submittals that support it, and the induction and site training programmes behind safe execution.
Quality management
Our quality plan follows ISO 9001 guidelines.
VLS adopts the procedures, inspection and test plans and formats of the Quality Assurance Plan submitted to the client. The system is built around four areas: the project quality management system, product realisation, measurement and analysis, and management reviews and evaluations.
A quality system is only as good as the documents that reach site. The submittals listed below are issued against the contract programme so that inspection regimes are in place before the work they govern begins.
The system
Quality management system
Project quality management system
The framework governing how quality is planned, assured and recorded on the project, aligned to ISO 9001 guidelines.
Product realisation
Control of the processes that turn design into built work, including inspection and test plans and method statements.
Measurement, analysis and review
Audit schedules, non-conformance tracking, and management reviews and evaluations that close the loop.
Quality submittals
- Quality manual
- Project quality plan
- Audit schedule
- Inspection and test plans
- Procedures, work instructions and method statements
- Quality organisation chart and CVs
- Welding inspector certifications
- Welder experience certificates
- Concrete and mechanical inspector certifications
Benefits of a QMS
What the system is for
- SatisfiedCustomers
- BetterService
- HigherEfficiency
- GreaterProductivity
- ControlledCost
- ProtectedProfits
- FewerNon-conformances
- AuditableRecords
Safety management
Training and site safety
Safety on a construction site is a function of what people were taught before they started work, not what is written in a manual afterwards.
- Induction safety training for all new employees
- Bi-monthly safety training at all project sites by field experts
- Safety personnel encouraged to keep their training updated
- Induction for all new labourers on safe working practices
- Kick-off meeting at every new project site
- Project-specific safety work plan, prepared with the client and consultant and detailed further before any new activity
Training topics
What we train on
- Hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA)
- Excavation and confined space
- Electrical safety
- Scaffolding erection and dismantling
- Gas cutting and electrical welding
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Material handling
- Working at heights
- Construction equipment and machinery
- Emergency planning and fire safety
- Accident investigation and reporting
- Behaviour based safety
Need a quality or safety regime for your project?
We prepare the quality plan, inspection and test plans and site safety plan to your contract requirements.