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Optimal procedures for quality assurance specifications Publication No. FHWA-RD-02-095.

By Ellis, Zac
Publication: Public Roads
Date: Saturday, November 1 2003

This manual is a comprehensive guide that a highway agency can use when developing or modifying specifications for acceptance plans and quality assurance. It provides necessary instruction and illustrative examples to lead the agency through the entire process of developing acceptance plans,

including:

* Setting up the initial data collection and experimentation to determine typical parameters for current construction

* Establishing the desired level of quality to be specified

* Designing the actual acceptance plan, including selecting quality characteristics, statistical quality measures, risks for buyers and sellers, lot sizes, numbers of samples (samples, sizes), specification and acceptance limits, and payment-adjustment provisions

* Monitoring how the acceptance plan is performing

* Making necessary adjustments

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Subject: Quality control (Methods), Construction industry (Management)
Product: Construction, Engineering & Architectural Svcs, Quality Control Management
Location: United States

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