HOW AN OWNER CAN PREVENT FALSEWORK COLLAPSES AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION DISASTERS ON ITS PROJECTS BY EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF THE PROJECT SPECIFICATION
Due to an increasing shortage of skilled personnel at all levels in the construction industry, organisations tend to avoid supplying the necessary supervisors and inspectors to ensure that quality standards are achieved and that construction problems and potential dangers are identified and prevented. Infrastructure owners must recognize the need for effective inspection - and this includes determining who will supply the inspectors and who will pay for their services.Project specifications and contract documents are usually very vague about supervision and inspection requirements and responsibilities; and this vagueness carries over into the contractors tender price. However, the new International Execution Standard enables design consultants to effectively specify inspection requirements. This paper explains how.Ineffective specification of inspection requirements has led to countless quality problems and contractual disputes - and occasionally to a disaster such as occurred recently on Can Tho Bridge in Vietnam. This paper explains how the risk of such disasters can be greatly reduced.This paper advocates a radical change in planning and managing construction projects. However if enough owners and design consultants can respond to this challenge it will produce a change in culture which will not only raise construction standards and save many lives - it will also bring major financial benefits to all sectors of the construction industry.
inspection owners consultants auditors specification disaster prevention integrity
Stuart CURTIS
RTR Bridge Construction Services,Australia
国际会议
The 3rd International Conference on The Concrete Future(第三届混凝土未来国际会议)
烟台
英文
155-164
2008-10-17（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）