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Quality Assurance For Airport Pavement Construction: Planning For Success
In the past, on a typical airport construction project, the contractor was responsible for construction and the owner agency was responsible for measuring the quality of that construction. Today, on many airport construction projects the contractor is responsible for his own quality control (QC) and the owner tracks quality through a quality assurance (QA) program. This redistribution of responsibilities and resources has led to an uncertainty regarding the different roles and requirements for both contractors and owners on these projects. On a quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) project, the contractor is now responsible for daily testing to ensure that the delivered product meets the project specifications and the construction process is in control while the owner is responsible for acceptance testing only. As part of the QA plan, the owner is also required to provide random testing at a specified frequency to ensure that the contractor's testing procedures are being conducted within accepted standards. On some projects, the contractor may even be responsible for the acceptance testing. While QC/QA projects are fairly widespread, a thorough understanding of the implications of such projects, especially regarding roles and responsibilities, is not. This paper examines experiences from several recent projects and presents observations and recommendations that can be used by airport owners, engineers, and contractors, to improve both the QC/QA process and the quality of airfield pavement construction.
Quality Assurance For Airport Pavement Construction: Planning For Success
In the past, on a typical airport construction project, the contractor was responsible for construction and the owner agency was responsible for measuring the quality of that construction. Today, on many airport construction projects the contractor is responsible for his own quality control (QC) and the owner tracks quality through a quality assurance (QA) program. This redistribution of responsibilities and resources has led to an uncertainty regarding the different roles and requirements for both contractors and owners on these projects. On a quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) project, the contractor is now responsible for daily testing to ensure that the delivered product meets the project specifications and the construction process is in control while the owner is responsible for acceptance testing only. As part of the QA plan, the owner is also required to provide random testing at a specified frequency to ensure that the contractor's testing procedures are being conducted within accepted standards. On some projects, the contractor may even be responsible for the acceptance testing. While QC/QA projects are fairly widespread, a thorough understanding of the implications of such projects, especially regarding roles and responsibilities, is not. This paper examines experiences from several recent projects and presents observations and recommendations that can be used by airport owners, engineers, and contractors, to improve both the QC/QA process and the quality of airfield pavement construction.
Quality Assurance For Airport Pavement Construction: Planning For Success
Naughton, III, John E. (author) / Peshkin, David G. (author) / Bruinsma, James E. (author)
27th International Air Transport Conference ; 2002 ; Orlando, Florida, United States
2002-11-30
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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