Abstract
Quality control and assurance in the contracting industry has a different basis from that of normal manufacturing industries.
The final product in the contracting industry must satisfy the custmer, no matter what kind of process has been employed during its production. Quality control and assurance in construction, which is the prime example of the contracting industry, is achieved by performing quality management at all stages of construction. This can not be achieved by merely inspecting the final product. Recently, the International Standard for quality system, the IS0-9000 series is being adapted as a condition for tender prequalification.
When establishing a quality system which adopts the concept of the International Standard, it became evident that there are quite a few items which need to be resolved, such as, how to relate the Stadard to the management characteristics of Japanese companies.
This study discusses such items, which we encountered through the process of adopting the requirements of the Standard into our own quality system, and identifies some problems which it is necessary to resolve.
