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May 1, 1993
Quality Assurance for Thermal Power Project Construction in India
Authors: V. Vijayraghawan, Pramod R. Bhave, and Madhukar M. BasoleAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 7, Issue 2
Abstract
In contrast to machine‐oriented construction practices in developed countries, construction practices in developing countries are labor oriented. However, labor—especially the unskilled—is local and changes from place to place. Furthermore, there has been a steady migration of skilled workers to the Middle East in the last two decades. All these factors led to difficulties in ensuring quality control in construction projects in developing countries. Recently, in a thermal power project construction, assistance in ensuring quality control was provided by a third party, an educational institution. The quality‐control assurance was mainly for materials and construction in concrete and steel for civil works. The general methodologies adopted by different agencies for ensuring quality control, different measures taken for ensuring quality of materials and construction, experiences gained in ensuring quality control through a third party, and measures adopted to create quality awareness to some extent in unskilled, illiterate labor are described in this paper. As observed, third‐party quality assurance improved the quality of the civil works and prevented wastage of construction materials.
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Copyright © 1993 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Apr 16, 1992
Published online: May 1, 1993
Published in print: May 1993
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V. Vijayraghawan
H/2/1 Kaveri Apts., Lattice Bridge Rd., Madras‐600 020, India
Formerly Deputy General Mgr., Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Kolaghat Site, India
Pramod R. Bhave
Engrg. Consultant, 201 Utkarsh Vishakha, 42, Bajaj Nagar, Nagpur‐440 010, India
Formerly Prof. of Civ. Engrg. and Head, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Visvesvaraya Regional Coll. of Engrg., Nagpur 440 011, India
Madhukar M. Basole
Prof. and Head, Dept. of Appl. Mech., Visvesvaraya Regional Coll. of Engrg., Nagpur 440 011, India
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