AMENDMENTS TO DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 55, SERIES OF 1989 RE: SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS QUALITY CONTROL REPORTS AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS

In line with and in furtherance of the decentralization policy of the
Department and for a more efficient implementation of our Quality
Assurance Program (QAP), the following quality control reports and
documents relative to on-going construction and maintenance projects
undertaken/implemented by the District Engineering and City Offices
shall no longer be submitted to the Undersecretary of the Area concerned
thru the Bureau of Research and Standards (BRS) as required under D.O.
No. 55, series of 1989; instead, these documents shall be submitted up
to the Regional level only:

1. Monthly Materials Reports (MMRs) which shall include the
following:

a. Summary report of field tests performed
b. Status of tests
c. Work Sheets of all tests listed in (a)
d. Test Reports on concrete samples
e. Inspection Reports/Certifications pertaining to quality control
f. Work Sheets for concrete and asphalt mix design including
adjustments made during construction
g. Materials Quality Control Progress Report

2. Contract Documents including a copy of the Contract, Plans and
Specifications
(to be submitted prior to the start of the projects)

3. Change or Extra Work Order that will affect the minimum testing
requirements
(to be submitted upon approval of the order)

However, for projects implemented by the Project Management Offices
(PMOs) and Regional Project Management Offices (RPMOs) of the Department
[e.g. pump priming projects that typically involve numerous regular
and/or special items of works (SPLs), utilization of new
products/technologies, relatively large project contract amount (in
Millions of Pesos), and considerably longer contract time/duration (one
year or more) all the above-mentioned quality control reports/documents
for the projects henceforth should be submitted to the BRS for
evaluation, monitoring and file purposes.

The task of reviewing/evaluating the accuracy, veracity and
timeliness of the aforementioned quality control reports/documents has
been assigned/delegated to the Quality Assurance Units (QAUs), which
will be included and considered as crucial parameters/criteria in the
Annual Rating of Quality Control in Project Implementation of the
Regional/District Offices. As such, the concerned Regional Offices must
have complete records or copies of said documents on file, specifically
at their respective Materials Quality Control and Hydrology Division
(MQCHD), readily available at all times for the conduct of the regular
quarterly QAU project inspection/assessment.

The concerned Regional Offices shall submit to the BRS within the
first week of each month the hereto-attached prescribed Form on
Monitoring of Quality Assurance (QA) Implementation by the District
Engineering and City Offices in DPWH Infrastructure Projects indicating
vital data/information obtained from the project documents that are
strictly required under other pertinent policies/issuances of the
Department.

This Order supersedes D.O. No. 55, series of 1989 and shall take
effect immediately.

Adopted: 26 March 2010

(SGD.) VICTOR A. DOMINGO
Acting Secretary