Quality Control and Safety Concerns in Construction

Quality assurance is an essential mechanism for ensuring that the construction process takes place within the framework of a quality management system. Quality control and Construction Safety represent increasingly important concerns for project managers.

This suggests that quality assurance defines the organization structure, tasks and duties for implementing quality management. On the other hand safety during the construction project is also influenced in large part by decisions made during the planning and design process. Some designs or construction plans are inherently difficult and dangerous to implement, whereas other, comparable plans may considerably reduce the possibility of accidents.

Quality control and safety instructions should be planned at the design and planning stages of the project. Contractors, architects and engineers must work together, called conformance, to come to agreement on what’s possible on paper versus the real world. Quality expectations and requirements should be noted in the contract documents, all approved plan specs and shop drawings.
Weak quality control leads to defects or failures in constructed facilities thus result in very large costs. Even with minor defects, re-construction may be required and facility operations impaired. Increased costs and delays are the result. In the worst case, failures may cause personal injuries or fatalities.

Accidents during the construction process can similarly result in personal injuries and large costs. Indirect costs of insurance, inspection and regulation are increasing rapidly due to these increased direct costs. Good project managers try to ensure that the job is done right the first time and that no major accidents occur on the project.

Any defects in a construction project are a loss of revenue for the construction contractor. Defects must be corrected before you can move on to the next phase of the project. Injuries are more than just a loss of revenue. Injuries can derail an entire project and cause the company to miss deadlines when your best workers can’t work.

Therefore as a conclusion Quality Control and Safety is one of the essential things that need to take in to consideration in a construction site. Safety issues should be covered and instructions should be conveyed to everyone in the construction site before the project gets underway.