Specification/Inspection Test Plan

Each project will have a set of specifications that detail the requirements for acceptance of products delivered under the contract. To communicate this to the project team, this is translated into a set of documents called Inspection Test Plans. Each Inspection Test Plan is a list of items to check, and test to verify conformance with the specifications.

The Specification/Inspection Test Plan Register (ITP Register) is used to create both ITPs and checklists. An ITP lists in detail the required inspection and testing performed on a specific element of the work (say Subgrade Preparation) while a checklist or QVC is generally a subset of the ITP that is used in the field as a record that the personnel responsible have verified conformance with the specification. As both documents contain a significant overlap, it makes sense to prepare them from the same data and avoid double entry.

The ITP register is accessed from the Main Menu and consists of the main grid, related items panel and detail panel. New ITPs are created by typing directly into the main register, and then the required inspection points are entered into the ITP Detail page, which is accessed by double clicking the ITP or using the "Show ITP Detail" item from the context menu.

Fig 1. The ITP Register

ITP Records

An ITP record consists of the following

ITP Definition consists of;