Quality costs in construction: Case of Qom monorail project in Iran
The effectiveness of a quality program implemented during the initial 18 months of the Qom monorail project in Iran is examined. A quality costing exercise was undertaken, and it was revealed that quality failures accounted for 0.05% of the project's contract value. The contractor's experi...
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2013
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| author | Jafari, Amirhosein Love, Peter |
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| description | The effectiveness of a quality program implemented during the initial 18 months of the Qom monorail project in Iran is examined. A quality costing exercise was undertaken, and it was revealed that quality failures accounted for 0.05% of the project's contract value. The contractor's experiences in implementing and analyzing its quality costs offer a learning opportunity for companies seeking a competitive advantage by implementing quality improvement programs. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-109162017-09-13T14:53:52Z Quality costs in construction: Case of Qom monorail project in Iran Jafari, Amirhosein Love, Peter Quality program Iran Construction materials and methods Failure costs Cost estimation The effectiveness of a quality program implemented during the initial 18 months of the Qom monorail project in Iran is examined. A quality costing exercise was undertaken, and it was revealed that quality failures accounted for 0.05% of the project's contract value. The contractor's experiences in implementing and analyzing its quality costs offer a learning opportunity for companies seeking a competitive advantage by implementing quality improvement programs. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10916 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000704 American Society of Civil Engineers restricted |
| spellingShingle | Quality program Iran Construction materials and methods Failure costs Cost estimation Jafari, Amirhosein Love, Peter Quality costs in construction: Case of Qom monorail project in Iran |
| title | Quality costs in construction: Case of Qom monorail project in Iran |
| title_full | Quality costs in construction: Case of Qom monorail project in Iran |
| title_fullStr | Quality costs in construction: Case of Qom monorail project in Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality costs in construction: Case of Qom monorail project in Iran |
| title_short | Quality costs in construction: Case of Qom monorail project in Iran |
| title_sort | quality costs in construction: case of qom monorail project in iran |
| topic | Quality program Iran Construction materials and methods Failure costs Cost estimation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10916 |