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Assessment of Quality Management Practices of Building

This document summarizes a study on quality management practices in building construction. The study aims to establish challenges in implementing quality management and develop an effective quality management framework. It discusses principles of quality management like customer focus, teamwork, and continuous improvement. Major challenges identified include lack of supervision, communication, and quality assurance teams. The study uses a case study methodology involving questionnaires to construction professionals. Results and findings are presented, concluding that management commitment to quality is important at all stages and quality inspection at each construction stage can help ensure adequate quality.

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Assessment of Quality Management Practices of Building

This document summarizes a study on quality management practices in building construction. The study aims to establish challenges in implementing quality management and develop an effective quality management framework. It discusses principles of quality management like customer focus, teamwork, and continuous improvement. Major challenges identified include lack of supervision, communication, and quality assurance teams. The study uses a case study methodology involving questionnaires to construction professionals. Results and findings are presented, concluding that management commitment to quality is important at all stages and quality inspection at each construction stage can help ensure adequate quality.

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Assessment of quality

management practices of
building construction

By – Tushar kamble
Roll no - 202030004
M tech construction management
What is Qulity management ?

• Quality control
• Quality assurance
• Quality improvement
• Quality standard
Goal and Objective

 To establish the challenges in implementation of

quality management practices in building construction work .

 To develop a framework for effective quality

management practices in building construction sites

• Proposing measures for effective quality assurance practice

.
Principles of Quality Management

• Focus on customer and stakeholders;


• Participation and teamwork by everyone in the organisation;
• A process focus supported by continuous improvement and learning.
Major challanges
• lack of effective supervision.
• lack of effective communication.
• lack of management commitment to quality assurance.
• lack of proper equipment available .
• lack of a quality assurance team to lead .
PDCA cycle
TQM
ISO 9000

• primary purpose of codes and standards is to protect the public's health and safety.

• The term ISO describes the series of international standards dealing with product design, production, delivery, service
and testing.

• The ISO 9000 series comprises two basic types of standard: those addressing quality assurance and those

addressing quality management.

The quality assurance standards are designed for purposes and are ISO 9001, ISO 9002, and ISO 9003.

• The quality standard is derived from a current database created through feedback from previous projects, providing

a more uniform and comprehensive standard.

• Quality management in the planning and design, construction, and operation and maintenance phases is

integrated through the construction management project delivery system. Defects are identified and corrected early.

• Feedback expands the quality data base to eliminate repetition of the identified defects.
• Quality Management has increasingly been adopted by construction companies as an
initiative to solve quality problems and to meet the needs of the final customer.
• The concept of quality management is to ensure efforts to achieve the required level of
quality for a product which is well planned and organized .
• Perspective of a construction company, quality management in construction projects
should mean maintaining the quality of construction works at the required standard .

•
Factors
 Quality management practices on building construction sites with a view to improve
quality management on building construction sites.

sampling technique was used to select the construction sites .


 The sampling frame comprise the professionals in the built environments such as
Architect, Quantity surveyors, Builder and the Engineers working on each site.
Case study on quality management practices on building
construction sites in Nigeria

Methodology
• Data Collection

• Data Analysis

• Frame Work Development

 The population for this case study the active building construction sites in Oyo State where construction work are
currently in progress.
 The purpose of case cross-sectional survey research design was adopted.
 The sampling frame comprise the professionals such as Architect, Quantity surveyors, Builder and the Engineers
working on each site.
 It used questionnaires with well-structured close-ended items designed based on the stated objectives of
the study
 The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 21.0 was used for statistical analysis.
Result and findings
Result
Result
Conclusion

• Management commitment to quality and to continuous quality improvement is very important in each phase of the building
process

• Management must participate in the implementation process and be fully committed to it

TQM is to succeed.

• Adequate sanction should be impose on the non-compliance of quality by the standard assurance organization.

• Legislative arm of government should pass National Building Code into law.

• Proper inspection should be done at every construction stage so as to ensure adequate quality.

• Contractors should be well scrutinized before awarding contract.

• Construction industry should implement quality control inspection programme and quality policy.
References
• Olatunji A, Abimbola W and Nureni F 2012 Examining The Effect of Quality Management
Practices used on Construction Project Performance Procs 4th West Africa Built
Environment Research (WABER) Conference, 24-26 July 2012, Abuja, Nigeria, 99- 108.
• Hoonakker P, Carayon P, Loushine T 2010 Barriers and Benefits of Quality Management

in the Construction Industry: An Empirical Study. Journal of Total Quality Management,


21 953-69

Feigenbaum A V 1993 Total Quality Control .


• Ogundipe K E, Olaniran H F, Ajao A M and Ogunbayo B F 2018 Assessing the Impact of
Quality Supervision on Construction Operatives„Project Delivery in Nigeria. International
Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology.
• Loushine TW, Hoonakker P L T, Carayon P and Smith M J 2006 Quality and Safety
Management in Construction Journal of Total Quality Management.
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