A sure ride
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The Federal Highway Administration Demonstration Project 89 on Quality Management has developed a software package to provide highway engineers with analytical power to develop effective acceptable construction specifications. The software includes several interactive programs to ensure implementation of quality levels of plans and specifications in the actual constructed projects. The software facilitates various processes, such as analyzing pay adjustment procedures, constructing operating characteristic curves, plotting control charts and conducting statistical comparisons of data sets.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1997
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Close enough for highway work?
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Highway construction professionals are faced with challenges such as assuring quality planning and construction for continuous improvement. The importance of excellence in the construction industry is stressed because several setbacks in the economic development are brought about by negligence in the application of scientific and technical aspects of construction. It is important that construction professionals implement sound and scientific guidelines, establish effective methods and perform sound practices to show their dedication and integrity.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1997
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The proof is in the pavement
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Statistical quality assurance (SQA) is adopted by construction agencies to get quality highway construction. This approach allows the contractors to make their own decisions, and a judgment on the end result based on statistical and mathematical concepts is passed. The SQA provides maximum profit and is easy. The results of a survey showed that SQA programs are used by 25 American states.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1993
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