Alternative Quality Organizations in Highway Design and Construction

摘要

A common dissent to alternative project delivery has been that the quality will not be equal to that of the traditional design-bid-build delivery method. One of the reasons for this concern is that the quality roles and responsibilities change when implementing an alternative delivery method due to early involvement of the contractor, a single contract for design and construction, and/or private funding being utilized for the project. While the fundamental quality activities remain the same, the overall project organization defining who is responsible for the activities and roles changes. Due to a lack of guidance and research the project quality organization shifts in an ad-hoc manner due to the time constraints of the project. This research determines the five fundamental quality management organizations based on the agency's quality responsibilities within the project quality management organization.