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Understanding Alternative Quality Assurance Program in Innovative Project Delivery Environment
Understanding Alternative Quality Assurance Program in Innovative Project Delivery Environment
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Liu, Lier
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High quality transportation infrastructure carries great value to society and economy in the United States. To attain better quality of the infrastructure, innovative project delivery methods have been applied by many projects, such as design–build (DB) and public–private partnership (P3), thereby requiring a new model for ensuring overall quality management. The innovative quality management model has been adopted by a lot of states to serve as an essential element of a quality assurance program (QAP), where a construction quality acceptance firm (CQAF), also named as an independent quality firm (IQF) is required. Despite the increasing acceptance of the new model, many states’ Department of Transportation (DOT) agencies, which are responsible for maintenance and development, still utilize a traditional project delivery method. A deeper and more comprehensive understanding is desired about how these innovative approaches of conducting quality assurance (QA) have developed in the construction engineering and inspection (CEI) industry. The objective of this research is to identify discrepancies in understanding the new model between CEI understanding and DOT expectations and offer guidance to promote the QA process in the innovative project delivery environment.
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2021-05-04
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