SPARK – EASTERN PERIPHERAL ROAD PROJECT (EPR)

WEEKLY QUALITY MEETING

CONTRACT No.: 6600044021
Meeting Report No.: 116
B.I. No.: 25-00040-0003
EFFECTIVE DATE OF CONTRACT: Apr
27, 2019 Data Cut-Off Date: Sep. 16, 2021 Meeting Date: Sep. 19, 2021
COMPLETION DATE: Apr 16, 2021
SAUDI ARAMCO CONTRACTOR
Division: Name:
SPECIAL KINGDOM PROJECTS DEPARTMENT CHINA COMMUNICATIONS CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
Address: Address:
KHOBAR BUSINESS GATE 6 TH
FLOOR P.O. Box 3974; Khobar 31952
Telephone No. Fax No. Telephone No. Fax No.
(013) 892 7012 - (013) 896 9803 (013) 896 9806
Date: Time: Meeting Location
19 September 2021 08:00 AM Virtual Meeting through Skype
B.I. No. Title:
25-00040-0003 Spark – Eastern Peripheral Road Project (EPR)
ATTENDEES
No. Name Company Position Contact No. Email Address
01 Bashir Somali SA ID Unit Supervisor 0543150788
02 Ruel Metrillo SA ID Civil 0565590894
03 Abdulmalik M. Abdulgani SA ID Civil 056 9011632
Nafea A. Almarhabi SA ID Civil 056 6777974
04 Mohammed Lateefuddin SA ID Civil 0550961328
05 Murtaja SA ID Electrical 0562755066
06 Oscar M. Almenario SA SAPMT 0566963334
07 Dwight P. De Guzman SA SAPMT 0565463513
08 Anilou Espina SA SAPMT 0559319948
09 Ahmed Elkasas SA SAPMT 0538574192
10 Tahir Munir Shad CCCC QA Manager 0534450536
11 Shabbar Abbas CCCC QC Manager 0531349012
12 Hu Yanchao CCCC Construction Rep. 0550058363
13 Mohammed Adnan CCCC PQCS 0536606967

PREVIOUS COMMULATIVE THIS WEEK TO DATE CUMULATIVE

DESCRIPTIO
N
Plan Actual Variance Plan Actual Variance Plan Actual Variance

PROCUREME
100.00% 99.37% -0.63% 0.00% 0.03% 0.03% 100.00% 99.40% -0.60%
NT

CONSTRUCTI
100.00% 79.39% -20.61% 0.00% 0.10% 0.10% 100.00% 79.49% -20.51%
ON

OVERALL 100.00% 90.68% -9.32% 0.00% 0.06% 0.06% 100.00% 90.74% -9.26%
WEEKLY PROGRESS UPDATE

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 SPARK – EASTERN PERIPHERAL ROAD PROJECT (EPR)
WEEKLY QUALITY MEETING
CONTRACT No.: 6600044021
Meeting Report No.: 116
B.I. No.: 25-00040-0003
EFFECTIVE DATE OF CONTRACT: Apr
27, 2019 Data Cut-Off Date: Sep. 16, 2021 Meeting Date: Sep. 19, 2021
COMPLETION DATE: Apr 16, 2021
OVERALL QUALITY STATISTICS FOR THE PROJECT

03 Months Status May-21 June-21 July-21 August-21 Remarks If Any

PQI Scores 92.5% 94.3% 96.4% 95.5% Required PQI is ≥ 94%

Reasons for low PQI

Area of Improvement

Request for Inspection (RFI’s) Summary from EPM

Discipline Issued Closed Open Rejected Pending/Open RFI Details Count

Civil 78 0 78 0 3rd Party Test Reports 519

Electrical 21 21 0 0 SAPMT & SAPID Sign 283

Telecom 0 0 0 0 Pending with QCIs’ 327

Mechanical 0 0 0 0 Ready for Uploading 24753

This Week 99 21 78 0 Uploaded in EPM 0

Cumulative 25943 24862 936 136 Total: 25882

Quality Personnel
Manpower/
Description Required Actual Variance Remarks
Equipment
QA Manager Overall 01 01 00

QC Manager Overall 01 01 00

Procurement QC Supervisor Overall 01 01 00

Construction QC Supervisor Overall 01 02 +01 1 QC Supervisor against 8 QC Inspector

10 Steel Fixer + 10 Carpenter
Road & Bridges QC Inspector See Remarks 03 03 00 8 Roller Compactor + 8 Bulldozer + 6 Asphalt
Roller

Batch Plant QCI 2 02 01 -01

Electrical QC 8 01 01 00 15 Electricians

Material receiving Overall 01 01 00

Underground Piping Inspector Overall 00 00 00

Total 11 11 00

LOGBOOK ENTRIES
General Comments Pro-Active Notifications Standard Violations
Discipline
Issued Closed Open Issued Closed Open Issued Closed Open

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 SPARK – EASTERN PERIPHERAL ROAD PROJECT (EPR)
WEEKLY QUALITY MEETING
CONTRACT No.: 6600044021
Meeting Report No.: 116
B.I. No.: 25-00040-0003
EFFECTIVE DATE OF CONTRACT: Apr
27, 2019 Data Cut-Off Date: Sep. 16, 2021 Meeting Date: Sep. 19, 2021
COMPLETION DATE: Apr 16, 2021
Civil 5 0 5 9 0 9 0 0 0

Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mechanical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

This Week 5 0 5 9 0 9 0 0 0

Cumulative 378 205 173 1246 812 434 170 160 10

Note: Detailed Summary of Standard Violations shall be attached in a separate sheet for follow up.

Saudi Aramco NCR Summary (Construction)

This Week Cumulative
Discipline
Issued Closed Open Issued Closed Open
Civil 0 0 0 1 1 0
Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mechanical 0 0 0 0 0 0
Note: Detailed Summary of SA NCR’s shall be attached in a separate sheet for follow up.

Contractor INCR Summary (Construction)

This Week Cumulative
Discipline
Issued Closed Open Issued Closed Open
Civil 2 0 2 166 160 6
Electrical 0 0 0 38 35 3
Mechanical 0 0 0 3 3 0
Cumulative 2 0 2 207 198 9
Note: Detailed Summary of Internal NCR’s shall be attached in a separate sheet for follow up.

NCR Summary (Procurement)

This Week Cumulative
Issued By
Issued Closed Open Issued Closed Open
Saudi Aramco 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contractor 0 0 0 1 1 0
Note: Detailed Summary of NCR’s shall be attached in a separate sheet for follow up.

POs Summary

Total Planned Placed this Week Total Placed Balance

Overall 39 0 38 01

Main PO 39 0 38 01

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 SPARK – EASTERN PERIPHERAL ROAD PROJECT (EPR)
WEEKLY QUALITY MEETING
CONTRACT No.: 6600044021
Meeting Report No.: 116
B.I. No.: 25-00040-0003
EFFECTIVE DATE OF CONTRACT: Apr
27, 2019 Data Cut-Off Date: Sep. 16, 2021 Meeting Date: Sep. 19, 2021
COMPLETION DATE: Apr 16, 2021
Sub PO 0 0 0 0

Procurement Inspection Activities

This Week Total Remarks

Pre-Inspection 0 0
Meetings
Inspection 0 0
Conducted
Inspection Release 0 0
Note

Identified Submitted Approved Under

Discipline Remaining Remarks
ITPs Status Review
Civil 20 20 0 20 0

Electrical 6 6 0 6 0

Plumbing 2 2 0 2 0

Total 28 28 0 28 0
EPR Project ITP’s Status
TESTING STATISTICS

Quality Tests Performed Test Passed Test Failed Test

(Add More Test As Required)
This Week Cumulative This Week Cumulative This Week Cumulative

FDT 123 107739 120 106445 3 1294

Core Testing 0 211 0 203 0 8

Concrete Compressive Strength Testing 6 1629 6 1609 0 20

Grout Compressive Strength Testing 1 210 1 210 0 0

DFT 0 1118 0 1118 0 0

Pile Integrity Testing 0 195 0 195 0 0

Plate Load Test 0 29 0 28 0 1

Pile Load Testing 0 2 0 2 0 0

Total 130 111,133 127 109,810 3 1323

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 SPARK – EASTERN PERIPHERAL ROAD PROJECT (EPR)
WEEKLY QUALITY MEETING
CONTRACT No.: 6600044021
Meeting Report No.: 116
B.I. No.: 25-00040-0003
EFFECTIVE DATE OF CONTRACT: Apr
27, 2019 Data Cut-Off Date: Sep. 16, 2021 Meeting Date: Sep. 19, 2021
COMPLETION DATE: Apr 16, 2021
Note: All ITPs & Checklist shall be submitted to Saudi Aramco for approval Seven (7) days prior to start the relevant activity.

EPR Project Special Process Status

SR.#. Identified Special Process / QCP Planned Date Status Remarks

1 Field Engineering Change Control 20-Jun-19 Approved

2 Concrete Pouring 20-Jun-19 Approved

3 Concrete Repairing 05-Jul-19 Approved  
4 Concrete Finishing 20-Jul-19 Approved  

5 Waterproofing Membrane 02-Aug-19 Approved

6 Leak Test for Wet Area and Roof 1 Month Prior to Start activity    
High/Medium Voltage (HV/MV) Cable
7 1 Month Prior to Start activity    
Splicing/Termination
8 Electric Power Systems Energization 1 Month Prior to Start activity    

Cable Gland/Seal & Conduit Seal

9 1 Month Prior to Start activity    
Installation

10 Others 1 Month Prior to Start activity  

Note: All Special Process / QCP’s shall be submitted to Saudi Aramco for approval Twenty-One (21) days prior to start the relevant activity.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED
SN The following items have been discussed earlier during the previous Weekly Quality Meeting: (Date)
ACTION
1.0 TOPIC RAISED DUE STAT
BY REMARKS
DATE DATE US
SAPID advised the Contractor to scan the closed RFIs for uploading in the
EPM system once activated.
CCCC has started the scanning for closed RFIs as instructed, and 21,700
RFIs are already scanned. PID emphasized to clear scanning back log In Progress
1.1 within 10 days. CCCC 13-Sep-20 Continuous Open 21700
Scanned
Status is updated in the remarks.

ID reminded on backlog of uploading RFIs in EPM.

PID informed that RFIs can be initiated in EPM now.
CCCC EPM access is re-activated and RFI initiation through EPM has
started.
1.2 CCCC requested 3 additional EPM account to fulfil the requirement. CCCC 13-Sep-20 25-May-21 Open 
PID instructed CCCC to start uploading previous Hard Copy RFIs to EPM.

CCCC is has started initiating RFIs through EPM.

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 SPARK – EASTERN PERIPHERAL ROAD PROJECT (EPR)
WEEKLY QUALITY MEETING
CONTRACT No.: 6600044021
Meeting Report No.: 116
B.I. No.: 25-00040-0003
EFFECTIVE DATE OF CONTRACT: Apr
27, 2019 Data Cut-Off Date: Sep. 16, 2021 Meeting Date: Sep. 19, 2021
COMPLETION DATE: Apr 16, 2021
PID instructed CCCC to upload all Quality Submittals previously reviewed
on hard copy to EPM.
1.3 CCCC 25-Jul-21 On Going Action 
CCCC is already uploading the documents in EPM.
CCCC informed that Mr. Tahir Munir Shad, QA Manager, is on scheduled
vacation till 24th Aug 2021 as notified earlier and Mr. Shabbar Abbas, QC
Manager, is covering for him.

1.4 Mr. Tahir Munir could not get back on scheduled date of return due to CCCC 25-Jul-21 Closed 
family issues. He shall come back on 13th Sep 2021. His ticket is shared
with ID.

Mr. Tahir Munir joined duty on 14th of Sep 2021.

PID advised that sequence of work shall be such that grounding works are
1.5 completed prior to asphalting activities on the road where grounding rods CCCC 05-Sep-21 Info 
are in asphalted areas

PID required that all test reports from 3rd party testing agencies shall be
1.6 CCCC 05-Sep-21 Info 
submitted to simultaneously to PID also/

PID inquired whether draw pit covers are Heavy Duty.

1.7 CCCC 05-Sep-21 Info 
CCCC responds that draw pit covers in traffic areas shall be heavy duty.

PID reminded CCCC to respond to all LBEs (SV, PN, GC) in on time so as
close out of the LBEs is not delayed.
1.8 CCCC 19-Oct-21 Info 
CCCC responded that all LBEs are being responded without delay.
Outstanding Nonconformities:
INCR
LBE
SANCR
See attached file
1.9 ID reminded the contactor to rectify the non-conformances within the given CCCC 09-Aug-20 Continues Open 
ACD to prevent escalation as per SAEP-381
CCCC will ensure to rectify the non-conformance within ACD.
PID again reminded CCCC to close all non-conformance on the earliest
without waiting for ACD.

NEXT MEETING DETAILS

DATE: 26 September 2021 TIME: 08:00 AM LOCATION: Virtual Meeting through Skype

Tahir Munir Shad Hesham Fakeeha Bashir Somali

Contractor, Saudi Aramco Saudi Aramco
QA Manager Project Engineer Projects Quality Supervisor
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