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Project Quality Plan
Project-specific quality plan aligned to owner specification, contract, ISO 10005 and discipline codes — the governing document for every quality activity on your project.
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Project Quality Management System
An owner-side, project-specific quality system that governs inspection, testing, non-conformance and documentation from FEED through commissioning — delivered end-to-end by independent specialists across North America.
Overview
What is a Project Quality Management System?
A Project Quality Management System (PQMS) is the project-specific framework that plans, executes and evidences every quality activity on a capital project — from ITPs and third-party inspection to non-conformance control and the final turnover data-book.
Unlike a Corporate QMS, which persists across the enterprise, a PQMS is scoped to the contract, standards and lifecycle of one project. Its job is to make sure the completed asset can be handed over with a full, auditable trail of evidence — and that nothing that shouldn’t be there ever gets built in.
How Jags Assurance delivers it end-to-end
We mobilise before procurement: writing the Project Quality Plan, issuing ITPs, qualifying vendors, and standing up NCR and document workflows. Through fabrication and construction, our independent inspectors and lead auditors carry the plan into the shop and onto site. At handover, we deliver a certified data-book with every hold point traceable to a signed record.
What’s included
Six pillars, one project quality system.
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Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs)
Discipline ITPs with hold, witness, review and monitor points mapped to codes, drawings and procurement packages — issued before fabrication starts.
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Vendor & Supplier Surveillance
Pre-qualification, kick-off, in-process surveillance and pre-shipment release at vendor shops — supported by expediting and documentation review.
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Third-Party Inspection
ISO 17020-aligned independent inspection at fabrication yards, module shops and construction sites — dated, photo-evidenced reports.
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NCR & CAPA Management
Non-conformance identification, disposition, root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive action tracked to verified closure — no open items at handover.
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Data-Book & Handover
System-based turnover dossiers — mill certs, weld maps, NDE, pressure test, punch lists — assembled into a certified, auditable data-book.
Project lifecycle
Quality applied across every phase.
Our PQMS integrates into your project schedule — not alongside it — so quality gates and hold points are honoured before, not after, the next phase begins.
- PHASE 01Engineering & Design
Quality plan, ITP framework, code and specification alignment established before procurement.
- PHASE 02Procurement
Vendor qualification, purchase-order quality clauses, criticality rating and surveillance planning.
- PHASE 03Fabrication
Shop surveillance, WPS/PQR review, welding and NDE oversight, pre-shipment inspection and release.
- PHASE 04Construction
Site inspection, receiving QC, hold-point management, NCR control and progressive turnover.
- PHASE 05Commissioning & Handover
Pre-commissioning walkdowns, punch-list closure, data-book compilation and certified handover to operations.
Business outcomes
Where the value lands.
- Predictable schedule — defects intercepted at the vendor, not at site.
- Lower total cost of quality — rework caught early, warranty exposure reduced.
- Regulator-ready evidence — every hold point traceable to a signed record.
- Independent verification — no supplier bias, no conflict of interest.
- Cleaner turnover — zero open non-conformances at asset handover.
- Knowledge transfer — client teams up-skilled through the engagement.
What you receive
Deliverables
- 01Project Quality Plan (PQP)
- 02Discipline Inspection & Test Plans
- 03Vendor surveillance reports
- 04Independent inspection reports (photo-evidenced)
- 05NCR / CAPA register with closure evidence
- 06Weld & NDE traceability records
- 07Certified turnover data-book
- 08Lessons-learned and continual-improvement register
Applicable industries
All industriesWhere our PQMS is deployed.
FAQ
Common questions on PQMS.
Answers to the questions owners, EPCs and regulators ask us most often.
What is a Project Quality Management System (PQMS)?
A PQMS is a project-specific quality framework that governs how quality is planned, inspected, verified and documented across a single capital project — from engineering and procurement through fabrication, construction and handover. It defines the inspection & test plans (ITPs), hold and witness points, non-conformance workflows, document control and turnover data-book that make the finished asset auditable and certifiable.
What is included in an end-to-end PQMS engagement?
End-to-end coverage means Jags Assurance owns quality from FEED through handover: Project Quality Plan, discipline ITPs, vendor qualification and surveillance, third-party inspection at fabrication and site, NCR and CAPA management, document control and a certified turnover data-book at close-out.
How is PQMS different from a Corporate QMS?
A Corporate QMS governs the whole enterprise — policies, processes, KPIs and internal audits that persist across every project. A PQMS is scoped to one project's contract, standards and lifecycle, and is retired at handover once the data-book is transferred to the owner.
Which industries do you deliver PQMS for?
Oil & gas, pipelines, power, mining and metals, chemicals and petrochemicals, water, renewables, nuclear, rail and transit, marine, and heavy civil infrastructure — anywhere a capital project needs auditable quality evidence.
Can you provide only inspection, without the full PQMS?
Yes. Independent third-party inspection, vendor surveillance and audit services are available as standalone engagements under ISO 17020, and can be plugged into your existing project quality organisation.
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