Quality costs in construction: Case of Qom monorail project in Iran

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jafari, Amirhosein, Love, Peter
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	American Society of Civil Engineers 2013
Subjects:	Quality program Iran Construction materials and methods Failure costs Cost estimation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10916

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