Quality practices in design organizations

Design organizations play a major role in the construction industry: they are the media that transfer the requirements of the client to the contractor and ensure that they are met. Thus they need to provide a high quality of service to ensure that their client's project achieves the best possible standards of cost, time and quality. Seventy quality practices (QP) were identified as having a bearing on the quality of service provided by the local design organizations. These quality practices were grouped into fifteen sections termed quality sections (QS). The prevalence of these practices among the local design organizations was surveyed and determined. The results indicate a significant need for improvement in the quality sections ‘working relationship’, ‘employee training and education’, and ‘performance quality audit’. The study reveals the need for the establishment of a design code, and evaluation standards for local design organizations.     

DO FIRST‐TIME HOME BUYERS IMPROVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY?

ABSTRACT: This study examines the changes in neighborhood quality in communities where low‐income buyers have recently purchased homes. Three questions are addressed: Do lower‐income buyers buy in higher quality neighborhoods than the ones in which they rented? Are lower‐income buyers locating in higher quality neighborhoods than a comparison group of continuing renters? Are the neighborhoods of new buyers improving or deteriorating relative to those of continuing renters? Results of an analysis of a sample of persons who graduated from home buyer education classes in eight cities indicate that home buyers located in neighborhoods that were similar in quality to those in which they rented. Continuing renters in the sample, however, improved the quality of the neighborhoods between the first and second surveys, while home buyers did not. Finally, while the neighborhoods to which new buyers moved are improving, they are doing so at a slower rate than both the neighborhoods from which they moved and those of the continuing renters.     

加强建筑工程质量安全监督管理途径探析

近年来,我国建筑行业的发展十分迅速,越来越多的企业开始进入建筑行业,这在一定程度上刺激了建筑行业的发展,但是也导致了整个建筑行业越来越混乱。一些企业并不具备相关的建筑工程施工经验,但是因为看到了行业中的利润,就盲目的投资建筑工程,导致了项目的施工质量以及施工安全无法得到有效的保证。还有一些建筑企业在施工的过程中为了企业的利益最大化,在进行工程的施工质量以及施工安全控制时,做的不够到位,严重的影响了整个建筑项目的落实。本文首先简单的介绍了建筑工程质量管理及安全监督的重要性,然后分析了目前建筑工程施工中影响工程质量安全的主要原因,并针对这些原因提出了相关的应对策略。     

Do Practicing Planners Value Plan Quality? Insights From a Survey of Planning Professionals in Ontario,Canada

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Researchers have developed conceptualconsensus on core plan characteristics that contribute to plan quality, but rarely assess how practitioners view plan quality. I explore how Canadian planners view the characteristics thought to create quality plans. I asked planners in 290 municipalities across southern Ontario (Canada) their view of the importance of plan quality and asked that they identify additional plan quality characteristics, rate the infl uence of various plan characteristics, and explain why they omitted certain characteristics in their offi cial plans. I find that practitioners valued quality plans because they facilitate implementation and help inspire the community while adding credibility and legitimacy to planning processes and the planning profession. Planners did not value all plan elements equally; they felt that clear and enforceable polices were crucial, but that it was less important to report participation in plan preparation or discuss monitoring or interorganizational cooperation in the offi cial plan. Planners did not always include important plan quality elements in their offi cial plans because they lacked suffi cient resources to prepare comprehensive plans and rarely signifi – cantly updated older plans. These case study findings may not be generalizable to other jurisdictions in Canada or internationally, but still offer useful insights.

Takeaway for practice: Scholars should ensure that planning practitioners have a key role in shaping understanding of plan quality. Academics and practitioners should work together to create refl ective practitioners who use plan quality characteristics to guide them as they create or update plans. The profession needs to better train current and future planners on how to prepare and evaluate quality plans through improvements in planning curricula and professional development courses offered by the American Planning Association and the Canadian Institute of Planners.     

甲方在项目管理过程中的重要环节探讨

投资、质量、进度是工程管理的三要素,甲方单位应根据三要素在项目建设的各个阶段施行项目管理.在前期设计阶段应重视项目策划、施工图设计的投资控制;在合同签订阶段应保证合同条款的周密性、完整性;在施工管理过程中要充分认识投资、质量、进度三者的辩证关系,并注重细节管理;在项目管理过程的其他问题上应注重管理方法.     

隧道二次衬砌施工的工程质量控制

论述了隧道二次衬砌施工质量控制的作用,详细地介绍了隧道二次衬砌质量控制的项目,强调了应加强巡视旁站力度,并提出了确保隧道二次衬砌工程质量的建议,从而确保隧道工程的质量。     

提高建筑工程项目建设的质量管理水平初探

人们对于安全的意识越来越高,导致人们对于建筑物的施工质量也越来越重视。本文简单探究了如何管理建筑工程项目建设的质量。     

钻孔灌注桩施工质量控制若干问题的探讨

桥梁钻孔灌注桩桩身质量存在的问题是相当严重的，一旦桩身发生严重缺陷就很难采取补救措施。本文提出以预防为主的思想，加强质量管理，改进施工操作工艺，提高钻孔灌注桩的质量。     

Quality management in South African architectural practices

The building and construction industries worldwide are experiencing ever closer scrutiny of their operations as pressure mounts from clients to address the inefficiencies inherent therein. The issue of quality is of pivotal concern in this regard and this paper examines the status quo of a number of South African architectural practices with respect to how they are managing quality, and tests their opinions with regard to ISO 9000 certification as a means of addressing the issue. The results indicate that the architects in question generally have a poor grasp of quality management theory, although many of the eight main principles required for its implementation are already intrinsically present in the way they manage their practices; probably as a result of the small size of the average practice. A systematic and documented approach to quality management is however largely lacking in the profession and a great deal of negativity exists with regard to ISO 9000 certification.     

建筑企业工程质量管理的动态模型研究

本文将网络化和动态企业建模技术引入建筑企业工程质量管理中,企业通过网络对下属各个项目部的工程质量进行监督管理,在网络中建立动态的工程质量管理模型,加强建筑企业的工程项目质量管理的过程控制,提高建筑企业的产品质量.     

建筑企业工程质量管理的动态模型研究

本文将网络化和动态企业建模技术引入建筑企业工程质量管理中,企业通过网络对下属各个项目部的工程质量进行监督管理,在网络中建立动态的工程质量管理模型,加强建筑企业的工程项目质量管理的过程控制,提高建筑企业的产品质量。     

混凝土公司贯彻ISO9001标准的控制要点

影响预拌混凝土质量的因素有很多,既有技术上的因素,也有管理上的因素.为确保这些因素处于受控状态,在组织内推行ISO9001是可行的办法.通过分析混凝土的生产和质量特点,并在分析的基础上结合ISO9001标准的要求,提出了混凝土公司建立质量管理体系时应关注的质量控制要点.     

争创精品工程的几点体会

简述了争创精品工程的意义，详细阐述了精品工程的关键在于施工过程管理的创和企业质量管理意识的争，指出创与争应很好结合，以使精品工程更多、更精，从而全面提高建筑物的质量。     

工程质量通病治理的几点做法和体会

建筑工程质量是社会各界和广大人民群众所关注的热点.文章介绍了固镇县控制建设工程质量通病的几点做法,通过实践,对全面提高工程质量取到了较好的作用.     

分析质量目标管理在建筑施工管理中的应用

在市场经济条件下,建筑企业要想提高自身的竞争力就应该采取措施提高建筑工程的质量,而当前普遍选择的方式之一就是使建筑施工质量目标管理方式优化。通过管理方式的优化能够提高管理工作的实际效果,从而提高建筑工程质量。     

影响农村公路工程质量的因素分析

工程质量涉及多方责任主体和多个管理环节,是一项复杂的系统工程.影响工程质量的因素很多,技术规范、决策思想、施工工艺、管理水平、工作质量、参建单位的建设行为等因素都与工程质量密切相关.结合实际,对农村公路建设中影响工程质量的几个主要因素进行了分析,并提出相应对策.     

What types of people sort to which public services?

We examine the characteristics of people who say they buy their houses for environmental quality, school quality, public safety and low taxes. We find, for example, that young people and people without school‐aged children are more likely to buy their house for low taxes. We estimate a house price hedonic in a system of equations that models the public services people had in mind when they bought their house. We find a housing price elasticity of 0.53 for school spending, 0.23 for maths proficiency, –0.17 for the tax rate and –0.050 for the crime rate.     

页岩空心砖填充墙施工质量的控制与应用

本文论述了页岩空心砖墙砌筑质量的现状,详细分析了页岩空心砖墙施工质量的控制措施,并以重庆大学虎溪校区图文信息中心工程为背景,较好落实了填充墙施工质量的控制措施,可作为类似工程的借鉴。     

The quality gurus

This article is designed for engineers who wish to learn something about the quality management experts, who have contributed to the development of present day quality techniques. These experts are often referred to as the quality gurus. This paper discusses who they are and what have we learnt from them? An examination of the common features associated with these workers in the field of quality suggests that six principles must be taken into account when considering the development of quality assurance processes in an organisation: (1) management commitment and involvement are essential and must start with the chief executive; (2) relevant measurements are necessary to determine the current position and set goals are essential; (3) the work force must be encouraged and trained in quality teamwork and problem solving; this will usually include Ishikawa's seven basic tools; (4) system-based tools such as just-in-time (JIT) can be used to improve productivity; if these tools receive proper consideration, they can also enhance the quality as well as the volume of a product or service; (5) prevention is better than inspection; the product or system must be designed, so that the possibility of error is eliminated or (at least) greatly reduced; and (6) quality improvements should be customer-focused; both internal and external customers are of the same high importance     

浅谈如何提高建筑工程质量

随着社会的发展,建筑项目越来越多,加大了建筑行业的竞争。企业要想在激烈的市场中生存,就必须要提高建筑工程质量。就目前情况而言,建筑工程质量还存在一些不足,需要采取相应的措施解决。本文分析了提高建筑工程质量的相关方面的问题。