Construction quality system and building safety

,~~jI.’.’ -,.,~1’- - -- - - -~ -- - -Traditionally, construction quality control has beencharacterized by lack of planning, little managementsupport and an emphasis on inspection to detect constructionerrors.The Egyptian construction industry is not· only facingthose increasing challenges of housing and development plansexcessive needs, but also facing serious quality problems.Nationwide complaints and criticism regarding quality aredirected to the new construction projects. It is felt thatnew projects are much lower in quality compared to theprojects which had been built 20 years ago. Several studieshave pointed a blaming finger to the construction operation,recommended that improving construction qualtiy wouldsignificantly help in curing the problem.The contractor plays a dominant role in performing thestructure with the required quality, because he is the firstresponsible for the execution in the site.The existed contractor quality control methods for theEgyptian construction projects (building-heavy) were definedand evaluated, these methods were analyzed in view of the