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Construction quality management :  principles and practice / by Tim Howarth and David Greenwood.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, c2018.Edition: Second editionDescription: xii, 236 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138680111 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TH438.2  H83 2018
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Contents:
An overview of key theorists and quality philosophy -- Measuring project and corporate performance -- Quality assurance and construction organisations -- The European foundation for quality management excellence model -- Developing organisational learning -- Quality management systems for health and safety in construction -- BIM as a quality system -- Assessing and demonstrating BIM capability.
Summary: "Quality management is essential for facilitating the competitiveness of modern day commercial organisations. Excellence in quality management is a requisite for construction organisation who seek to remain competitive and successful. The challenges presented by competitive construction markets and large projects that re dynamic and complex necessitate the adoption and application of quality management approaches. This new edition of construction quality management provides a comprehensive evaluation of quality management systems and tools. Their effectiveness in achieving projects objectives is explored, as well as applications in corporate performance enhancement. Both the strategic and operational dimensions of quality assurance are addressed by focusing on providing models of best practice. The reader is supported throughout by concise and clear explanations and with self-assessment questions. Practical case study examples show how various evaluative-based quality management systems and tools have been applied. Subjects covered include: Business objectives- the stakeholder satisfaction methodology; Organisational culture and health safety; Quality philosophy; Evaluation of organisational performance; Continuous quality improvement and development of a learning organisation. New chapters consider the influence of building information modelling (BIM) on quality management. The text should be of interest to construction industry senior manager, practicing professionals and academics. It is also an essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of construction management. Project management and business management courses."--Back cover
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Books Books Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section Non-fiction RUS TH438.2 H83 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Room use only 77584 00078857

Revised edition of: Construction quality management : principles and practice / Paul Watson, Tim Howarth. 2011.
Includes index.

An overview of key theorists and quality philosophy -- Measuring project and corporate performance -- Quality assurance and construction organisations -- The European foundation for quality management excellence model -- Developing organisational learning -- Quality management systems for health and safety in construction -- BIM as a quality system -- Assessing and demonstrating BIM capability.

"Quality management is essential for facilitating the competitiveness of modern day commercial organisations. Excellence in quality management is a requisite for construction organisation who seek to remain competitive and successful. The challenges presented by competitive construction markets and large projects that re dynamic and complex necessitate the adoption and application of quality management approaches.

This new edition of construction quality management provides a comprehensive evaluation of quality management systems and tools. Their effectiveness in achieving projects objectives is explored, as well as applications in corporate performance enhancement. Both the strategic and operational dimensions of quality assurance are addressed by focusing on providing models of best practice.

The reader is supported throughout by concise and clear explanations and with self-assessment questions. Practical case study examples show how various evaluative-based quality management systems and tools have been applied. Subjects covered include:
Business objectives- the stakeholder satisfaction methodology; Organisational culture and health safety; Quality philosophy;
Evaluation of organisational performance; Continuous quality improvement and development of a learning organisation.

New chapters consider the influence of building information modelling (BIM) on quality management. The text should be of interest to construction industry senior manager, practicing professionals and academics. It is also an essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of construction management. Project management and business management courses."--Back cover

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