Construction quality in the alternate project delivery environment

• Main Authors: Cavalline, Tara (Author), Morian, Dennis A. (Author), Schexnayder, Cliff J. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Reston, Virginia : ASCE Press, American Society of Civil Engineers, [2021]
• Subjects: Building > Quality control.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780784483671; 0784483671; 9780784483633; 0784483639; 9780784415825; 078441582X
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 446 pages) : illustrations

"Authors Cavalline, Morian, and Schexnayder provide detailed guidance on all aspects of construction quality in the heavy / highway, building, and industrial fields"--

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to quality
• Quality management
• Introduction to quality assurance
• Prescriptive versus performance specifications
• Quality assurance in the design phase
• Quality assurance in the construction phase
• Introduction to quality control
• Variation and sampling
• Tools for construction quality improvement
• Run charts, control charts, statistical sampling, and percent within limits
• Special inspection
• Acceptance
• Benchmarking
• The cost of quality.