A Study on Quality Control Practices in Construction Management to Achieve Economy in Construction

The purpose of the thesis is to find out the knowledge of Quality control practices in construction management to achieve Economy in construction. The development industry has been scuffling with quality issuses for several years, and therefore the cost of our economy is dramatic. The price could potentially be reduced significantly if the industry were to embrace to concept of quality control and Quality Assurance that has been used with great success by many other sectors of the economy. It can be said that if there is no Quality Control, there is no economic benefit. QA/QC is the most important part of any construction process to boost the standard and uniformity of the project. The requirement of QA/QC in construction projects has increased considerably in recent times because of significant changes, advancements in technology and high expectation of the users. The QA/QC maintain uniformity in construction process and ensure more economical utilization of materials leading to significant reduction in cost to the users. The paper includes the outcome of the research methodology decided by authors based on interview of project participants and analysis of data. The projects include visiting construction companies and conduct the questionnaire survey, then analyse the factors that include QA and its management and also suggest that the improvement of quality of quality measures in the execution of the projects.