This investment allows us to offer clients and Principal Contractors the highest standard of installation process monitoring and quality assurance throughout the duration of your project, with a fully comprehensive documented quality assurance package, supported by photographic evidence, at every stage from delivery of material to site to each phase of the installation process.

The application of this process is developed on a project specific basis to meet the varied needs of our clients but will include as a minimum:

1.0 - Material Selection and proof of supplier to installation delivery chain

1.1 - Technical Submissions

Our in house technical department will collate all available technical information for each material specified for the project. This will include a general summary of the material characteristics along with all available Material/Product/Safety/Fire Data Sheets Declarations of Performance, Installation guides, BBA certification and environmental certification such as BRE Global/BES 6001. This process ensures any party within CSW or the client team tasked with specifying materials, has access to the latest information and are able to make informed decisions when selecting the correct product.

1.2 -Delivery Records

CSW will record all material deliveries along with dispatch and delivery notes ensuring the products specified are the products delivered and installed. All photographic evidence Is maintained within our digital platform with associated time/date and GPS location stamps.

1.3 - Installation Checklists

Our installation QA inspection sheets will describe the materials specified and include relevant material data sheets. Photographic evidence will be collected for every material installed. This process as managed via our digital platform with integrated version controls and time/date/GPS location logged for all evidence collected.

2.0 - Installation Quality Control checklists and evidence

2.1 - Inspection test Plan (ITP)

An inspection test plan will be produced for the project outlining inspection phases and hold points defined by industry best practice and considering any client/project specific requirements.

2.2 - Quality Assurance Inspection Register

A QA inspection register will be maintained for the duration of the project and shared with all relevant parties as a live cloud stored file. The register will include:

• Relevant project info including key people and report recipients
• Description of works package
• Description of QA inspection IDs with associated task and material
• Elevation mark up sheets to visually identify progress for each inspection phase
• List of inspection reports issued for each inspection phase
• Links to cloud storage for inspection reports for each inspection phase
• Version control with change log and author

2.3 - Quality Assurance Inspection reports

The Inspection report process is fully managed via our digital platform offering live access to all data by CSW head office within moments of its collection in the field. This system offers CSW and its client’s massive benefits over historical paper based systems including:

• Fully integrated version control system.
• Contact free sign off for client representatives witnessing inspection hold points.
• Ability to rapidly adjust and re-deploy inspection reports in response to changes such as material changes, client requests or as-built information supplied by 3rd parties.
• All inspection reports contain material relevant checklists supported by photographic evidence.
• Time, Date and GPS location stamping for all photographic evidence collected.

3.0 – Access, Handover and O&M

All documentation produced as part of the process’s described will be available to the client throughout the duration of the project via a cloud shared folder. This unrivalled accessibility ensures you can have full confidence in the installation service CSW Cladding Limited supply with a fully documented, evidence supported package of information available at programme completion.

Following completion, our O&M Manual can include any elements of the data collected during our programme. This offers our clients and principal contractors a robust record of the entire rainscreen installation process that can be maintained for the lifetime of the building, and inform any future works undertaken on the building façade.