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Volume 10, Issue 4
1 April 1992
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Structural Survey
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Jiju Antony;
Jiju Antony
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Research Article| April 01 1992

Quality assurance: a blessing or a burden? Available to Purchase

Keith D. Dew
Keith D. Dew
Chartered building surveyor and a partner in the practice of John Pelling & Partners
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6844
Print ISSN: 0263-080X
© MCB UP Limited
1992
Structural Survey (1992) 10 (4): 344–348.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02630809210028333

Examines the principle and details of BS 5750 accreditation in the context of professional firms. Discusses the three parts of BS 5750:design manufacture and installation, manufacture and installation, and final inspection and test, as well as the assessment options,documentation, and implementation. Concludes that the cost of quality assurance is increasingly worthwhile in a competitive and litigious age.

Keywords:
ISO 9000, Management philosophy, Professional service firms, Quality assurance
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