Quality Assurance and Quality Control
To expand the use of tools and processes to improve the quality of design, construction, rehabilitation, management and operation of infrastructure systems.
In the next decade, tools and processes will be available and used by municipalities and other CIS operators to ensure improved QA/QC in the design, construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of CIS. Monitoring and feedback systems will be available to assist in the evaluation of new technologies, products and materials.
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Major Challenges | Technology Needs |
• The impacts of poor QA/QC on the life cycle of CIS are not well understood. • The use of QA/QC in design, construction and operation of CIS is not widespread. • Performance indicators and benchmarks that support QA/QC have not been developed, or if they exist, are very seldom used. • There has been little development of performance-based specifications in CIS and the industry generally works with prescriptive specifications. • QA/QC practices for CIS across the country are inconsistent. | • Design and dissemination of QA/QC procedures and tools • Non-intrusive, non-destructive monitoring and inspection technologies • Technologies and mechanisms, such as shared databases, for cooperation and collaboration among consultants, contractors, administrators and designers • Technologies and tools to obtain the real-time data required to optimize CIS operations • Effective, uniform procedures and tools for QA/ QC field applications • QA/QC procedures focused on the performance of systems as well as on individual components • QA/QC planning tools for owners, builders and designers • Pre-qualification of products and systems based on performance |
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