Construction Management: Quality Tools and Techniques

The application of quality tools and techniques in construction projects has a great influence on the cost-effectiveness results of construction projects and achieving successful project performance. Quality management tools and techniques help in project planning, execution, monitoring, and control of the project and evolve a project management system that makes project deliverables.

Construction Management: Quality Tools and Techniques provides the usage and application of various quality tools and techniques in different phases of construction project management focusing on three quality management processes involving the varying aspects of quality. This volume illustrates how important quality is for construction projects and offers an overview of construction projects along with a brief introduction to the different types of projects, the different phases of the life cycle, and the principles. Project Delivery Systems (PDS) along with their organizational relationship, participants, advantages, and disadvantages of each system are included. The book goes on to discuss the qualification of construction managers and the type of management systems and their roles during the different design stages from the beginning through to the handover of the project is also included.

This volume provides significant information and guidelines to construction and project management professionals (owners, designers, consultants, construction managers, project managers, supervisors, contractors, builders, developers, and many others from the construction-related industry) involved in construction projects (mainly civil construction projects, commercial-A/E projects) and construction-related industries.

This book is also available as a set, Handbook of Construction Management: Scope, Schedule, and Cost Control, 2-Volume Set (9781041071174).

Abdul Razzak Rumane Ph.D. is a Chartered Quality Professional-Fellow of The Chartered Quality Institute (UK) and a certified consultant engineer in the field of project management and electrical engineering. He obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) degree from Marathwada University (now Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University) India in 1972 and received his Ph.D. from Kennedy Western University, USA (now Warren National University) in 2005. Dr. Rumane’s professional career exceeds 50 years including 10 years in manufacturing industries and over 40 years in construction projects. Presently he is associated with SIJJEEL Co., Kuwait as Advisor and Director, Construction Management. He was honorary chairman of The Institution of Engineers (India), Kuwait chapter for the years 2016-17, 2013-14, and 2005 to 2007 and served as Secretary of ASQ GC for the year 2019 and Secretary of ASQ LMC, Kuwait for the year 2017 and 2018. He was Vice Chair of the ASQ Kuwait Section for the year 2021. He served as international liaison committee chair of ASQ (Design and Construction Division) for the year 2023-24. As an accomplished Engineer, Dr. Rumane has been awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering from The Yorker International University, USA (2007). The International University of Ministry and Education, Missouri awarded him Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) for expertise in quality management (2021). World Quality Congress awarded him the ＂Global Award for Excellence in Quality Management and Leadership＂ and The Albert Schweitzer International Foundation honored him with a gold medal for ＂Outstanding contribution in the field of Quality in Construction Projects＂. Dr. Rumane has attended many international conferences and has made many technical presentations at various conferences. He is the author of 8 books entitled ＂Quality Management in Construction Projects＂, First Edition (2010) ＂Quality Tools for Managing Construction Projects＂ (2013), Editor of the ＂Handbook of Construction Management: Scope, Schedule, and Cost Control＂ (2016). ＂Quality Management in Construction Projects＂, Second Edition (2017), ＂Quality Management in Oil and Gas Projects＂ (2021 ＂Risk Management Applications Used to Sustain Quality in Projects: A Practical Guide＂ (2022), ＂ Quality Management: How to Achieve Sustainability in Projects＂ (2023), ＂Total Quality Management Applications and Concepts for Construction Projects＂ (2024), All published by CRC Press (A Taylor & Francis Group Company), USA. A book entitled ＂Quality Auditing in Construction Projects: A Handbook＂ (2019) is published by Routledge, UK (A Taylor & Francis Group Company).