EGNATIA ODOS A.E. implements a documented Quality Management System to ensure high quality both in the execution of works and in the whole range of company activities. The Quality Management System implemented by the Construction Supervision Units is part of the EGNATIA ODOS A.E. Quality Management System. Each Construction Contractor implements at his construction site his own Quality Management System. In other words, the Egnatia Odos Motorway is being constructed following the guidelines of a pyramid of Quality Management Systems that are inter-related and interactive, and guarantee quality in design and construction.

EGNATIA ODOS A.E. systematically supervises and controls the quality of construction works by means of its Construction Supervision Units. It monitors the project and supervises its Construction Supervision Units directly through its Regional Services in Ioannina, Grevena, Thessaloniki and Komotini.

The company provides the Construction Contractors with manuals, administration procedures and guidelines. The mechanism for the technical supervision of quality control by the company is organised on a modern basis.

In case of defects, the company enforces their immediate repair, in accordance with contractual requirements.

The Quality Management System of EGNATIA ODOS A.E. complies with the requirements of Standard ELOT EN ISO 9001:2008. TUV HELLAS A.E. has granted EGNATIA ODOS A.E. a Quality Management System Certificate of Conformity, which is valid until 24/09/2015. During the period 18/05/2001-24/07/2012, the Quality Management System of EGNATIA ODOS A.E. was certified by the Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT) A.E.

AUDITING

EGNATIA ODOS A.E. performs audits throughout the Egnatia Odos Motorway construction period.

Daily checks and inspections are performed to ensure the observance of contractual terms, the strict compliance with Regulations, Specifications and Legislation, in general. Furthermore, laboratory tests are carried out in the Construction Contractors’ laboratories in the presence of Supervision, as well as in the Construction Supervision Units’ laboratories. Construction inspection and laboratory test results are maintained in a specially created database.

Construction works, laboratories and concrete / asphalt concrete manufacturing plants are audited by the competent Quality Assurance Officers in the Works Units, as well as by the company Quality Assurance Unit, in order to ensure that Procedures are properly implemented.

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