Inspection and Other Strategies for Assuring Quality in Government Construction (1991) / Chapter Skim
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2. The contract documents define a constructed facility considered acceptable under applicable regulatory codes and standards of professional practice, in terms of its reliability, the ease with which maintenance and repairs can be performed, the durabilLity of its materials and operating systems, and the life safety afforded its users.
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The committee adopted a distinction that quality control is what a construction contractor does to determine that the products of his or her work- the completed facility conform to the requirements stated in contract documents. Quality assurance is what the purchaser of construction does to determine that contractor's quality control system is functioning adequately and that the product consequently will meet the purchaser's needs.~3 i3This statement presumes that the requirements given to the constructor are an adequate statement of the purchasers needs.
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