Overview
- Presents the Construction Quality Assessment System (CONQUAS), a quality performance measurement system that focuses on critical success factors for building best practices in the construction industry
- First book that illustrates project quality management in the construction industry, where 33 Critical Success Factors (CSFs) were identified, evaluated and quantified in details for implementation by building professionals as a checklist
- Written by leading experts in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Low Sui Pheng is Professor of Building in the School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore where he has previously served as Head and Vice-Dean. He teaches construction project management and has published, researched and consulted extensively both in Singapore and overseas. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building, he holds a DSc (Civil Engineering) degree from the University of Birmingham and a PhD degree from University College London. Professor Low served as an independent third party assessor for the quality benchmarking exercises conducted by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) in Singapore, Tokyo and Melbourne. He currently serves as Director for the Centre for Project Management and Construction Law in the Department of Building at the University.
Miss. Joy Ong graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Science in Project and Facilities Management (First Class Honors). She is now pursuing a career in managing acquisition projects by providing contracting advice and expertise to ensure better developmental decisions during the project phase.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Project Quality Management
Book Subtitle: Critical Success Factors for Buildings
Authors: Sui Pheng Low, Joy Ong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-074-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-073-5Published: 13 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1245-7Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-074-2Published: 29 April 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 186
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Construction Management, Project Management, Building Construction and Design, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk