2023 Committees' Annual Report

QA / QC COMMITTEE

MISSION ■ Evaluate the current QA/QC programs across the disciplines including lessons learned from projects and consistency throughout offices. ■ Identify gaps and enhancements. ■ Continue to implement and promote Departmental, Company-wide QA Plan; continue to train staff on best practices so as to incorporate such practices into BL’s processes and systems. 2023 YEAR IN REVIEW ■ Reviewed 103 projects in Q1 and 96 projects in Q3 that were over $10,000 in value and were opened during the two quarters prior to each audit. Members of the Committee reviewed the project files and discussed their findings with the respective Project Managers. The discussions focused on execution of the QA/QC process, use of the QA tracker, kick-off meetings, and design QC reviews. Committee members then met with the Executive Directors and/or Directors to share their findings. ■ Developed and presented “Back-to-Basics” day to review both the Company’s QA/QC Plan as well as their group specific QA/QC Plans. ■ Provided approximately 35 new Employee/Owners with their QA/QC Orientation and continued to hold periodic QA/QC meetings within their respective groups and discussed various topics related to QC Reviews, Design Checklists, and “lessons learned.” ■ Land Development and Architecture groups worked to incorporate greater use of “check sets” during the design process to allow for greater visibility of drawing status during design. This effort was intended to help reduce rework during design and to allow for course corrections earlier in the design process. ■ Evaluated design, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control checklists for their respective disciplines and updated them to reflect changes in technology and processes. The Energy team updated Structural and Erosion Control