Pavlos Inglesis

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Pavlos Inglesis

Construction Quality and Management Systems Professional

Chartered Civil Engineer CEng MICE · Chartered Quality Professional MCQI CQP · ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Lead Auditor

Pavlos Inglesis has worked in Quality Management, Quality Assurance and Quality Control since 2005 across major construction, infrastructure and project environments in the UK, Greece and the Middle East.

His experience includes highways, rail, infrastructure, data centres, water reservoirs and complex project-delivery environments. His work focuses on practical management systems, audits, nonconformities, Inspection and Test Plans, corrective action, supplier control, project quality plans, quality reporting and handover records.

Pavlos created QIC Management Systems to make ISO standards, Quality Assurance and Quality Control easier to understand and apply in real organisations and projects.

  • Construction quality management
  • ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
  • Inspection and Test Plans
  • NCR and corrective-action management
  • Internal and supplier audits
  • Document and supplier control
  • Quality metrics and reporting
  • Project handover and quality records
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Disclosure: Pavlos creates and sells the editable management-system and construction-quality templates available through QIC Management Systems.

Pavlos Inglesis

Pavlos Inglesis is a Chartered Civil Engineer CEng MICE and Chartered Quality Professional MCQI CQP with quality-management experience dating from 2005. He is also a Lead Auditor in ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. His experience covers major construction and infrastructure projects in the UK, Greece and the Middle East.

Construction Quality Dashboard Excel Template | Monthly Reporting

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quality dashboard

Construction projects generate a large amount of quality data: nonconformance reports, document submissions, audits, inspections, training records and recurring issues. The challenge is not collecting more numbers. It is presenting the right information clearly enough for project managers, directors and clients to understand it quickly. A well-designed construction quality dashboard turns that data into a … Read more

6 TIPS for writing a good Inspection and Test Plan (ITP)

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construction itp

Inspection and Test Plans are probably the most important documents for the Quality Control of a construction project. A clear, robust and concise ITP will make things on site easy, it will define each party’s responsibilities during the works and after all it will be the “Bible” for compiling the As-Built Packages at the end … Read more

Construction Document Control Procedure: Register, Workflow and Best Practices

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Document control on a construction site is a critical process. Not setting it up properly from the beginning of a project can have significant implications for the final product—and for the successful delivery of the project itself. Every construction project produces a large volume of information that has to be organised, reviewed, approved, stored and … Read more

Why I hate CARs and why you Should Avoid them

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sakichi toyoda

CAR is a well known abbreviation to everyone who works in a Quality- related role across all industries (and not only in construction). CAR stands for “Corrective Action Report”. Corrective Actions are probably representing the essence of Quality Management and Lean techniques: you should provide a solution that will fight the root cause of the … Read more

How BIM technology can transform Quality Management in Construction Industry

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BIM Technology is becoming more and more a reality in the construction industry every day. It’s definitely the most attractive innovation we’ve seen in the industry since the CAD technology swept away pencils, rulers and rapidographs that were the norm after WW2. We have all probably heard about the ways that BIM could transform the … Read more

5 Ways To Raise Quality Awareness At Your Site

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quality awareness

So,you are the new Quality Manager of a new amazing construction project. Great! You probably want to build a great relationship with your Client and their representatives, you would like to focus on engaging your workforce into a “quality” and “Right First Time” culture, promote a proactive approach within the construction teams and finally handover … Read more

The holly grail of “Collaboration in Construction”

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construction engineers

There is no doubt there is a revolution happening in construction industry during the last 5 years. This revolution is not happening on 3D printing, amazing new materials or innovative design (as many viral videos have you believe) but on the field of project and construction management which is probably where all the problems start. … Read more

ISO 9001 Management Review: Agenda, Inputs, Outputs and Template

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ISO 9001 management review meeting with quality professionals reviewing KPI charts and quality-performance data on a projector screen.

Management review is one of the clearest requirements of ISO 9001—and one of the most misunderstood. Many organisations treat it as a formal annual meeting held only because the auditor expects to see it. A long presentation is prepared, people sit around a table, old audit findings and KPIs are read out, minutes are signed, … Read more

Quality Procedures for a Construction Project

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quality procedures construction

In order for a construction company or a construction project to function properly, internal processes and procedures that set up the framework of its basic operational activities are almost always required. ISO:9001 clearly specifies which Procedures need to be documented in order to fulfil the standard’s minimum requirements. These are the following 5: Taking into … Read more