Quality Assurance Programs

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The construction industry has been struggling with quality issues for many years, and the cost to our economy is dramatic. The cost could potentially be reduced significantly if the industry were to embrace the concept of quality assurance that has been used with great success by many other sectors of the economy.

Various case studies and initiatives have succeeded in successfully introducing quality assurance to the construction industry on a small scale, but as a whole, it has mostly been ignored by the industry.

The construction industry is unique, and therefore, the application of quality assurance requires an approach that meets the needs of the industry.Building owners also need to be educated as to what is quality assurance so that they can begin using their voice to encourage adaptation of this approach to protect their investments andreduce the cost of construction.