For construction projects, quality control means making sure things are done according to the plans, specifications, and permit requirements. Quality is defined as 'fitness to purpose', in regards to how quality is significant for Bull’s Construction. It means providing a building that has an appropriate quality for the purpose for which it is intended. Moreover, a different way of looking at this concept is that the price of the building could potentially reflect the expectations of quality. A cheaper building probably uses inferior materials and is likely to be less attractive and less durable.
Quality control in construction typically involves insuring compliance with minimum standards of material and workmanship in order to insure the performance of the facility according to the design. These minimum standards are contained in the specifications described in the previous section. For the purpose of insuring compliance, random samples and statistical methods are commonly used as the basis for accepting or rejecting work completed and batches of materials. Rejection of a batch is based on non-conformance or violation of the relevant design specifications. Procedures for this quality control practice are described in the following sections.
One of the elements that our company will be utilizing to assure a quality measurement process for our projects is an inspector. An inspector tries to ensure that the job is done right the first time and that no major accidents occur on the project. The first step for the inspector is to become familiar with the plans, specification, and permit requirements and, equally important, to have some common sense. Also, since there are so many different groups within a construction project, there could be one inspector representing each of the following: Funding agency, Permit agency, Project engineer, and Utility system. In