Product Description
This is a practical guide for building and construction contractors and sub-contractors and other construction professionals. Also for undergraduate and postgraduate students of building and construction.
From the Back Cover
Quality is today's buzzword. Quality assurance has evolved from a manufacture-centred discipline to one with broad management implications across all industries and professions. However, the construction industry has been slow to embrace the ISO 9000 concepts of quality assurance in its practice, a phenomenon particularly apparent in small to medium-sized companies. In the midst of a movement toward employing only quality-endorsed contractors and subcontractors for new projects, a contracting company operating a quality system complying with ISO 9000 tends to enjoy a competitive edge in its business.
Understanding Quality Assurance in Construction is a practical and accessible guide to establishing an ISO 9000-compliant quality system. The concepts and practice of quality management are described in the context of building construction, with special attention to project-quality planning. Using a do-it-yourself approach, the author directs the contractors on their journey towards ISO 9000 certification.