The Worm Ouroboros from Atalanta Fugiens, Michael Maier, 1617
Quality Assurance and Quality Control are terms frequently used interchangeably, but which actually represent very different aspects of Quality requirements.
A clear understanding of the relationship between Assurance and Control is essential to effective specification of the duties and responsibilities of the parties in construction. The overall level of quality required for the project determines the ultimate quality requirements in the specifications.
Understanding the concept of Quality Assurance and Control as a Quality Loop, where the work result of one section becomes the substrate for the next section allows determination of the correct location to specify quality requirements.
These clear descriptions of project quality assist in the identification and correction of non-conforming work, as well as the parties responsible for their correction. and the ability to enforce the requirements at the proper time in the construction sequence.
Learning Objectives:
Explain the difference between Quality Assurance and Quality
Control.
Determine which Quality Requirements should be specified in
Division 01, and which should be specified in the Technical sections.
Employ the concept of the "Quality Loop" where the
interrelationships of Work Results mean that one Work Result becomes the
substrate for another, clarifying coordination between related sections.
Analyze and deconstruct building assemblies to formulate the
Quality Requirements of the assembly and specify them in the appropriate
Work Results sections.
Join me on Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 0830AM.
