Clerk of the Works Massachusetts: Organizing for Quality and Safety
It is feasible to use a range of different organizations to oversee construction-related quality and safety. A typical concept is for an organization to have a group in charge of quality control and another group whose primary responsibility is safety. In big organizations, the quality control and safety departments may designate a Clerk of the works to take on these responsibilities on particular projects. These and other duties may be taken on by the project manager or an assistant for smaller projects. In both scenarios, the project manager in overall command of the project is concerned with ensuring safe and high-quality construction in addition to personnel, money, schedule, and other management challenges. In a project, inspectors and quality assurance staff will participate as representatives of various organizations. The owner, the engineer/architect, and the numerous construction companies are just a few of the stakeholders directly involved in the project that could each hav