Quality Control and Quality Assurance (BCV657D)

Quality Control and Quality Assurance

Course Code BCV657D
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L: T:P: S) 1:0:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 15 
Total Marks 100
Credits 01 
Exam Hours 1
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module-1

Overview of Quality: Quality History, Quality Definition, Quality Inspection, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Quality Management, Quality Gurus: Philip B. Crosby, W. Edwards Deming etc, PDCA Cycle, Costs associated with Quality, Reasons for Poor Quality

Module-2

Quality Management: Management Practices: TQM, Vision and Quality policy, Quality Function Deployment, Bench marking and performance evaluation, ISO 9000 Quality Management System, ISO 14000 Environmental Management System

Module-3

Statistical Quality Control: Importance of SQC in construction, Statistical parameters: sampling, population and sampling, measure of variability, measure of central tendency, Recommendations of IS 456:2000 on sampling, testing and acceptance criteria for concrete.

Module-4

QA and QC in Construction: Errors in concrete construction; Frequency of material testing and reporting of basic construction materials (cement, sand, coarse aggregate, bricks, steel), Norms for accepting and rejecting criteria of basic construction materials as per relevant IS codes.

Module-5

On-Site Quality: Achieving quality at different stages of construction: Conceptual Design, Preliminary Design, Detailed Design, Construction, Testing, Commissioning, and Handover. Quality assessment of concrete through NDT: rebound hammer and USPV tests and guidelines for accepting and rejecting.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books

1. Juran J M and Gryna F M, Quality Planning and Analysis

2. Hutchins G, John L Ashford, The Management of Quality in Construction

3. Mohamed A. El-Reedy, “Concrete and Steel Construction, Quality Control and Assurance” ,CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group

4. M. S. Shetty, Concrete Technology, S Chand Publications

5. Relevant IS Codes