Quantity Surveying & Bill Audit: Don’t Let Construction Costs Worry You
What if you were told that there is a sure shot way to not only effectively manage but also save on your construction costs in your projects? That there are…
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Successful implementation of HSE measures in construction projects
Implementing Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) measures in construction projects is crucial for safeguarding the well-being of workers, protecting the environment, and ensuring project success. Aspects such as legal compliances…
Histograms – Finding patterns in data
By using a histogram as a Quality Control tool, one can see how their data is distributed and whether it follows a normal or a skewed pattern. Basically, Histograms finds…
Flowchart – Visualizing sequences
Flowchart – Visualizing sequences All the processes in construction follow a certain sequence. If this sequence is represented in a step by step graphical way, say a diagram, it becomes…
Control Charts – controlling issues from going off the charts
Control Charts The number of defects can be actually tracked statistically to ascertain whether the total number of defects is within a particular range. For example, if it’s the quality…
Plan-Do-Check-Act – catch them young
PDCA – Plan-Do-Check-Act This is a very simple way of identifying a problem early in early stages and taking corrective action. During the final stages of a project minor building…
Fishbone Diagram – Getting to the root of the cause
Fishbone Diagram Image Reference : Google In a case that our experts came across, the project called for ACC (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) blocks to be used for building walls. Now,…
Pareto Charts – Finding the vital few against the trivial many
Project managers are usually faced with a barrage of quality issues once the construction work starts. Their approach to solving these problems has to be systematic and the method used…
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How quality is quantified and maintained for snag-free structures The importance of controlling quality in construction is high on every respectable developer’s and contractor’s list as it means gaining the…