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Structural Forum; Commentary on Quality in the Constructed Project
By William C. Sherman, P.E. While some facets of quality for engineering projects are included in ASCE's Quality in the Constructed Project" manual..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2004-12
- Keywords:Quality Assurance
Codes and Standards; What Structural Engineers Need to Know About AISC Fabricator Certification...
While quality is always important, in construction it is sometimes a matter of life and death. Because it is easier to build quality into a project and impossible to inspect for it after the fact, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) offers..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2004-12
- Keywords:Certification
OSHA Report Claims that Atlantic city Garage Contractors Failed to Tie Rebar and Properly Shore
By Richard Korman. (5/10/2004) There were many points left unmade by the federal government's proposed penalties against the contractors and inspection firm on a casino garage in Atlantic City, N.J., where four workers died in a partial collapse last Oct...
- Filetype: doc
- Publish date: 2004-10
- Keywords:Basic Quality
Plenty of Blame to Go Around as Singapore Probes Collapse
By Saibal Dasgupta (8/23/2004)Reopening of a Singapore highway closed when a tunnel excavation collapsed last April is expected by year's end. But the facts found by a court of inquiry looking into the collapse are undermining the owner's confidence in th..
- Filetype: doc
- Publish date: 2004-10
- Keywords:Global Quality
Quality Issues Lead to Tragedy
By Scott DalgleishA Horrible Accident Invokes Quality Soul Searching..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2004-10
- Keywords:Quality Management
Planned, Collapsed Terminals Featured at Peer Review
By Aileen Cho. (9/27/2004)Missing reinforcing bar may have contributed to the May 23 collapse of a 30-m section of a new Paris airport concourse, as participants discussed evolving airport security developments, runway paving, new terminal construction an..
- Filetype: doc
- Publish date: 2004-10
- Keywords:Global Quality
Decline in Document Quality Prompts Structural Engineers to Develop QC Guidelines
by Gordon Wright.Responding to what it views as a deterioration in the quality of construction documents, the Council of American Structural Engineers (CASE) has developed a guideline aimed at improving collaboration among Building Team members...
- Filetype: doc
- Publish date: 2004-10
- Keywords:Engineering
ISO 9001 Quality Management System for Consultants and Contractors
BY Robert J. Nespeco, P.EThe presentation discusses how this integrated QMS is working and provide a practical program to integrate design and construction practices, the Demming Improvement Cycle, Process Control and Risk Management practices into a comp..
- Filetype: doc
- Publish date: 2004-10
- Keywords:ISO 9000
Focus on Construction of Column at Airport
By Peter Reina. Section of year-old concrete concourse at Paris airport dropped, killing at least four people (5/31/2004)..
- Filetype: doc
- Publish date: 2004-10
- Keywords:Global Quality
