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Impact Of Quality Management And Safety Culture On Construction Performance
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The primary problem to management system implementation success seems to
be the nature of the construction process; the projects are very large;
seldom situated in the same location and labour intensive; the work
force tends to be transient; demand fluctuates, subject to the client is
perception of the value of the construction project (Somerville, 1994).
All of these are barriers or problems that have made implementation of
management system to be almost impossible.
Another problem to quality
implementation is non- standardization. In the construction phase of a
project, general contractors want to ensure quality through out the
project. However, according to (Rowlinson and walker 1995), the
construction industry is characterized by its non standardization. Very
often, products are one- offs and the production processes are to some
extent different from each other. Hence, no universal standard or
specification can be applied to the product, which leads to difficulties
in quality assurance. Changes to the design of a project are typical
and may be frequent throughout the construction process. Quality is
often at risk when there are excessive changes.
1.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The following questions are raised in the research.
1 what are the similarities between construction quality and safety?
2 what crucial factors are measured in improving quality
and safety performance?
3. What are the benefits of quality and safety implementation?
4 what are the possible methods used in implementing them?
1.3 AIM AND OBJECTIVES
This
paper is aimed at examining the relationship between quality and safety
and to explore how quality and safety can be operationalized in the
construction industry.
The following are the objectives to aid the achievement of the aim:
1 To investigate the impact of the working environment on safety and quality.
2 To investigate how the compliance to standards and specification in design affect safety and quality.
3 To evaluate the decision making pattern of contractors in ensuring quality during the design and planning stages.
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