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Chapter 13
Quality Management
Review Questions:
1. What is the primary objective of quality management programs?
2. What four processes are used in managing quality on a construction project?
3. Why are project-specific quality control plans needed? Why are generic quality control
plans not acceptable?
4. What are mock-ups, and why are they used?
5. Why should quality control inspectors be involved in the submittal process?
6. Why should subcontractors not be allowed to build over work that was improperly done
by a previous subcontractor?
7. Why are materials that are stored on site periodically inspected?
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no substitutions have been made since the time of delivery.
8. What is the purpose of a pre-inspection?
9. What is the purpose of an initial inspection?
10. What is a prefinal inspection, and when is it conducted?
1. What quality control organization do you recommend the contractor use on the
NanoEngineering Building?
2. What are mock-ups the general contractor should require subcontractors to construct for
the NanoEngineering Building?
5. List out five examples each of ‘active’ and five examples of ‘passive’ quality control
Active: Sub pre-qualifications, Sub short-lists, Project Specific QC plans from