The document discusses quality in construction. It defines quality as meeting or exceeding client requirements. It discusses quality management principles including quality control (QC), quality assurance (QA), ISO 9000 standards, and seven quality management principles. It also outlines various quality tests civil engineers should be familiar with for infrastructure, road, and building projects. Maintaining quality provides advantages such as satisfying contract specifications, on-time completion, meeting owner requirements within budget, avoiding disputes and claims, and ensuring facilities serve their intended purpose.

1. Quality in construction
CEPA-Civil Engineers Progressive Association

2. Quality in construction is defined as
meeting or exceeding the
requirement of client/owners.
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3. SYNOPSIS
 Quality Management
 QC-Quality Control
 QA-Quality Assurance
 ISO 9000
 7 Quality Management Principles (QMP)
 Quality Tests
 Advantages of Quality in construction

4.  QUALITY MANAGEMENT

5. Total Quality Management

6.  QC-Quality Control
• Quality control is the periodic inspection to
ensure that the constructed facilities meet the
standard specified in the contract.
• It’s an overall commitment to produce defect
free products.
• Most often implemented in the manufacturing
and monitoring the quality of finished
products.

7. QC includes
– Setting up specific standard for construction
– Checking the deviation from the standard
– Taking action to correct or minimize the variation
– Improvement of the standard.

8.  QA-Quality Assurance
• Quality Assurance (or QA) covers all activities
from design, development, production,
installation, servicing and documentation.
• It’s a scheme adopted by a construction
company to maintain the standard or quality
consistent.

9. QA program includes
– Arranging periodical training for its worker
– A good safety Program
– A sound procurement system to get best quality
material and suppliers
– A reward scheme for innovative work and
competitive career progress scheme

10. QA V/S QC

11.  ISO 9000
• ISO 9000 is a set of international standards on
quality management and quality assurance
developed to help companies effectively
document the quality system elements to be
implemented to maintain an efficient quality
system.
• The ISO 9000 series are based on seven
quality management principles (QMP)

12.  7 quality management principles (QMP)
• QMP 1 – Customer focus
• QMP 2 – Leadership
• QMP 3 – Engagement of people
• QMP 4 – Process approach
• QMP 5 – Improvement
• QMP 6 – Evidence-based decision making
• QMP 7 – Relationship management

13.  QUALITY TESTS
that a Civil / Quality Engineer should know are
On Infrastructure & Road projects:
• Soil analysis
• Field density test or In-situ density test
• Flexural strength

14.  QUALITY TESTS
that a Civil / Quality Engineer should know are
On building projects
• Soil Investigation
• Plate load test
• Soil analysis (Sampling)
• Proctor test
• Compaction test or In-situ density test
• Compression test of concrete
• Durability test
• Mechanical and chemical test
• Compression test for CMU
• Non-destructive test

15.  Advantages of Quality in construction
• Satisfying the specification mentioned in the
contract
• Completing the project time
• Fulfilling the owner’s requirement within
budget
• Avoiding disputes claims and
• Ensuring the faculties performs its intended
purpose

16. -Thanigaivel Asokan
Dr. M.G.R. University
thanigaivel.asokan@outlook.com