A Real-Time Quality Assurance Tool for the Cyprus Construction Industry

Current economic crisis severely affected construction industry across the Globe. Major construction companies seek product differentiation through improved quality. However, Quality Assurance applied to the construction industry proves to be a challenging task since construction projects are highly customised constituting application of Statistical Process Control principles extremely difficult. Within this context, this paper presents the ongoing activities relating to the development of a real-time quality assurance tool for the Cyprus construction industry. The framework of this tool comprises of (a) a model of the construction process, (b) a list of construction processes, (c) a checklist and (d) an application methodology. Further work to the tool completion is also described.