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A Review of Safety and Quality Issues in the Construction Industry

  • Ogwueleka, Amaka Chinweude
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.42-48
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    • 2013
  • Construction industry is considered as the most hazardous industry due to its unique nature. Safety and quality management are essential to control hazards and improve success in project implementation. This paper focuses on evaluating the crucial factors influencing safety and quality management in construction projects. In order to achieve this, the qualitative and quantitative approaches were used for data collection. The findings of this study reveal the crucial safety factors as management commitment, safety awareness of top management practices/ procedures/ reviews, and errors in judgement or carelessness. Project supervision, employee involvement/ altitude, and expertise knowledge/ training were considered as the crucial quality factors influencing safety and quality management. The study shows that safety and quality issues cannot be overlooked therefore proper implementation is paramount to achieve project success.

A Study of Construction Quality Management System using QR code (QR코드를 활용한 품질경영시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Sang-Min;Lim, Tae-Kyung;Lee, Dong-Eun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2012.11a
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    • pp.137-139
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents a system architecture and database of construction quality management system which encourages real time information tracking and monitoring. It improves the real time quality record tracking by using QR code technology in the project delivery. The advantages and issues relative to QR code and the database structures of the tracking system are presented. Conventional project scheduling system, operation modeling and analysis system, and quality management system are hybridized using QR code technology. The system improves project quality management by tracking the atomic tasks which consists of a construction process at the lowest level of construction hierarchy. It analyzes the quality records to determine the causes of abnormality and/or nonconformity. Using QR code technology, the construction quality management system may be more effective than the conventional one. It was confirmed that the quality management processes in construction project delivery can be more visible and controllable by integrating QR code technology, project scheduling system, and quality management system.

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Project scheduling by FGP to Time-Cost-Quality trade off: construction case study

  • Faregh, Najmeh;Ketabi, Saeedeh;Ghandehari, Mahsa
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.53-59
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    • 2014
  • Project managers are responsible to conduct project on time with least amount of costs and the most possible quality with respect to shortage of resources and environmental certainties. They have to make the best decision to reach such conflicting objects. In this study the project scheduling with multi goals-multi modes was planned in fuzzy conditions under resource constraints and expanded by fuzzy goal programing (FGP). The project cost was calculated by the price of renewable resources and the quality criteria were evaluated by the quality function deployment method (QFD). Finally the model was verified by a construction case study with 22 activities along with solving by GAMS. The results showed that this model could provide a systematic framework to facilitate the decision making process and made the project managers to be able to schedule the project closer to reality.

Assessing Indonesian Construction Regulations on Quality and Performance

  • Willar, Debby;Rumbayan, Rilya;Manueke, Selfy;Mandagi, Robert
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.481-485
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    • 2015
  • Indonesian construction companies are currently facing high competition both among themselves and with global construction companies. In order to address this issue, the Government of Indonesia has enacted specific regulations and policies relating to the development and implementation of quality management systems (QMSs) ISO 9001 based in construction, acknowledging that the consistency of construction project quality requires a formal quality system as a guarantee to raise quality standards at all project stages. The research has been undertaken to examine the effectiveness of the regulations and policies against several key performance indicators (KPIs) of the ISO 9001 Indonesian construction companies. A comprehensive review of the relevant regulations and policies together with interviews with the Government and National Construction Services Development Board recommend possible additional guidelines and supporting quality system, which intends to measure contractors' project output against defined standards as well as to assess their performance among other similar service providers. The outcomes of the research contribute to the development of the Indonesian own construction industry quality measurement and assessment system.

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The Establishing of the Self-regulation System for Quality and Safety Management (현장(現場) 자율(自律) 품질안전관리(品質安全管理) 시스템 구축(構築))

  • Baik, In-Whee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.81-87
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    • 2007
  • PMIS (Project Management Information System) has been applied in the R4-PROJECT This construction project has been controlled and managed by PMIS for the whole process of project. Moreover, this PMIS is updated to the Self-regulation System for Quality and Safety Management which is integrated and developed from PMIS in R4-PROJECT. So, The Self-regulation System for Quality and Safety Management has been delivering effective communication and information distribution with various stakeholders related to project and also brought the achievement of efficient construction management. As the system is successfully utilize, the satisfaction of costumer request and the performance of no accident for 550 million hours could be attained.

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Introduction On the Importance of Engineering Survey in Project Management

  • Meng, Yanlei;Chen, Guiming
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2017.10a
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    • pp.260-262
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    • 2017
  • During the construction of the project, all surveying and mapping work is collectively referred to as engineering survey. Therefore, the measurement work contains a wide range of content, in the engineering survey, design and construction management stage are involved. To the actual work, the project measurement runs through the project building in a number of stages, and provide basic services. This paper mainly through the analysis of engineering measurement at all stages of the role played by the measurement work in the project management work to do the following description.

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A Case Study on the Quality Management of Construction Site through PDCA Cycle (PDCA Cycle적용을 통한 건설현장 품질관리에 관한 사례연구)

  • Baik, In-Whee
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2008
  • According to the recent trends which are the diversity of customer requests and the multi-function of buildings, A construction company's business has converted from the producer-oriented approach to the consumer-oriented approach. Therefore, each construction company is continuously trying to improve the quality level as a way of corresponding to customer needs in these changing situations. The quality is one of the main management targets which judge the success of a project along with the schedule, the cost and the safety. As construction companies execute the quality management which they aimed at, it should be completed within the optimum schedule and the limit of the budget. Accordingly, the importance of the construction site management to complete a project is continuously increasing. The construction site management is the systematic method to perform the project goals such as the quality improvement, the cost saving and the safety management, which organically operate one another, by procuring the manpower, the material and the machine in the right time. Specially, as the construction industry has based on the construction site, the establish of systematic construction site management, which can effectively correspond sudden changes of the construction business environment, is essential to maximize the construction productivity. On top of that, the necessity of the quality management method is increasing to accommodate customer needs more spontaneously in the construction site. These endeavors could guarantee their competitive power.

The Effect of Conflict on Collaboration and Performance in Nuclear Power Plant Construction Projects (원자력 발전소 건설 프로젝트에서 갈등이 협력과 성과에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Yu, Yeong Seok;Jo, Dong Hyuk;Choi, Hye Soo
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.553-569
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of conflicts and cooperation on project performance in the nuclear power plant construction project, thus contributing to the successful performance of project participants and the achievement of project objectives. Methods: This study used a method of conducting a survey of participants in the nuclear power plant construction project and verifying the hypothesis statistically. Results: The results of this study are as follows; First, role conflicts and relationship conflicts have negative effects on collaboration. Second, role conflicts have a negative effects on project performance, but conflict in relation has no significant effects on project performance. Third, collaboration has a positive effects on project performance. Finally, the communication quality in the relationship between conflict and collaboration has been shown to have a Moderated effect. Conclusion: In order to achieve the goal in the nuclear power plant construction project, the level of collaboration should be improved based on conflict management among project participants.

Perception Based Definition of Construction Quality in Pakistan

  • Awan, Muhammad Yousaf Sadiq;Awan, Dr Muhammad Maqbool Sadiq
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.24-34
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    • 2015
  • The complexity arises in defining the construction quality due to its perception, based on inherent market conditions and their requirements, the diversified stakeholders itself and their desired output. A quantitative survey based approach was adopted in this constructive study. A questionnaire based survey was conducted, for the assessment of construction quality perception and expectations in the context of quality improvement technique. The survey feedback of professionals, from the leading construction organizations/companies of Pakistan were analyzed. The financial capacity, organizational structure, and construction experience of the construction firms formed basis for their selection. After statistical analysis of survey feedback it was found reliable and valid for the inferential purpose to the target population of construction professionals. The quality perception was found to be project scope oriented, considered as an excess cost for a construction project and keeping the rework minimum by qualifying the required quality tests, keeping the defects minimum by ensuring the specifications of supplied material. Any quality improvement technique was expected to address the financial aspects of the construction project for the employer and contractor, by increasing the profitability through reduction in overall cost, reduction in time, reduction in defects and improving the productivity in a construction project. The study is beneficial for the construction professionals to assess the prevailing construction quality perception and the expectations from implementation of any quality improvement technique in construction projects.

THE CHECKLIST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION PHASE

  • Oh, Kyung-Taek;Jung, In-Su;Lee, Chan-Sik
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.1522-1527
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    • 2009
  • Construction project is necessary element for human life to upgrade the quality and convenience. However, due to its contradictory nature to the environment conservation, environmental pollution and damage, deterioration of natural scenery, noise/vibration, water quality pollution, etc. caused in the process of construction greatly affect the environment. The purpose of this study is to propose checklist for environment management can be used in construction phase. For this, we went ahead with the research by studying the existing research related to environment-friendly construction project management both at home and abroad, investigation and analysis of environment-related laws and ordinances, and drawing the checklists for natural environment and living environment at the construction phase. As a result, we were able to compile a checklist for nine items including geological features, animals and plants, use of soil, quality of air, water, and soil, construction wastes, noise, vibration, recreation, and sceneries. The checklist is structured in 4 grades and coded so as to allow it to be developed with the use of computer system in future. We hope that the checklist presented in this study will help lead the managers at the construction phase in construction development sustainable from the perspective of environmental conservation.

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