Quality Control for Building Construction Projects in Libya.
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Date
2007-05
Authors
Muftah, Muftah Daw
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
The quality of the building constructed is becoming an issue due to the excellent
complaints of defective works and created a bad image and reputation on the Libyan
construction industry. The high rate of house defects works are reflected by the lack of
commitment for quality by the local contractors. This is due to low priority is given for
quality in contrast to the time and cost and, failures of the contractor in implementing a
necessary quality control measures during construction stage.
Thus this research is to identify the reasons for having a low quality control in the
building projects and the main objectives of this research are to propose a
comprehensive setup for the contractor's working at the building construction project
which will enable him to complete the building with in time, allocated budget and as per
specifications. So that the best solutions and advices can be easily discover. Beside that,
the existing practice of quality control by local contractor and the status of the lmv
quality problem are the crucial areas to be discovered and investigate to obtain a real
picture on the weaknesses areas and to find a way for improvements.
The results from the finding show that one of the best solutions to the low quality of
properties is to implement the ISO 9000 quality system, improve their quality control
measures from the initial stage until the completion stages of the construction works.
Enhance the quality control in local construction industry, the contractor should provide
better control on the performance of these important persons or propulsive more
training. knowledge, information and guidance to ensure they perform the function of
quality control to a satisfactory level.
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Quality Control for Building Construction , Projects in Libya.