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Title Inspection and Other Strategies for Assuring Quality in Government Construction
Published National Academies Press 1991

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Description 1 online resource
Contents ""INSPECTION AND OTHER STRATEGIES FOR ASSURING QUALITY IN GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""Contents""; ""INSPECTION AND OTHER STRATEGIES FOR ASSURING QUALITY IN GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""SCOPE OF THE COMMITTEE'S DELIBERATIONS""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""; ""2 QUALITY AND PRACTICES FOR ITS ASSURANCE""; ""DEFINING CONSTRUCTION QUALITY, ASSURANCE, AND CONTROL12""; ""INSPECTION FOR QUALITY CONTROL AND ASSURANCE""; ""THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS""; ""AGENCY QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES""
""FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE AGENCY PRACTICES""""PERSPECTIVES FROM PRIVATE SECTOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES""; ""LEGAL DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN FEDERAL AND PRIVATE PRACTICES""; ""COMMITTEE ASSESSMENT OF AGENCY PRACTICES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 EXTENSIONS AND ALTERNATIVES TO INSPECTION""; ""TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION""; ""TEAMWORK AND QUALITY""; ""CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION""; ""BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION""; ""INCENTIVE CONTRACTING""; ""INTEGRATED INSPECTION PLANS""; ""COST AND SCHEDULE PROTECTION PLANS""; ""NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR INSPECTION""; ""QUALITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS""
Summary This book reports on the costs, effectiveness, and risks associated with agency and private sector inspection practices. It provides advice to senior and mid-level agency managers on the relative merits of alternative strategies in the range of projects typically encountered in federal construction programs
Subject Building inspection.
Construction industry -- Quality control.
Government contractors.
Building inspection
Construction industry -- Quality control
Government contractors
Form Electronic book
Author William B. Ledbetter and Andrew C. Lemer.
ISBN 1280203579
9781280203572
9780309092845
0309092841