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World Quality Week 2023 - Recognising Your Competitive Potential
This year's World Quality Week focus theme is: “QUALITY: realising your competitive potential”.
Editor
Nov 4, 2023


CQA Involvement in Water-shedding Community of Practice
The water-shedding principal is that all parts of a building contribute to control water.
Editor
Oct 31, 2023


Standard Australian Construction Industry Cause Codes for Product Non-Conformances (NCRs)
The CQA has developed a standard coding schema that the whole industry can use.
Editor
Oct 30, 2023


$700M bill for faulty polybutylene plumbing pipes
An investigation by Building and Energy into the mass failure of plumbing pipes used in hundreds of new homes in Perth
Sarah Brookes
Oct 10, 2023


Consultation: Construction Industry Cause Codes for Product NCRs
We all know the difference between Cause and Effect - or in the case of construction, cause and DEFECTS.
Editor
Aug 16, 2023


Where's the Preventive Action!?
The Construction Industry's Prevention Action systems are all about risk-based up-front Planning.
CQA
Jul 29, 2023


Grenfell fire: Michael Gove says government guidance was a factor
Author: Tom Symonds, BBC Building regulations were "faulty and ambiguous" in the run-up to the Grenfell Tower fire, Housing Secretary...
CQA
Jan 28, 2023


Ensuring Materials Conformance Assurance in Overseas Procurement of Construction Products and Materials
Operating in a global market, large amounts of construction products and materials are sourced from overseas.
CQA
Jan 24, 2023


How a Hot Housing Market Leads to Construction Defects (USA)
Residential housing built over the past three years will suffer from quality issues that will lead to litigation if the builders aren’t will
CQA
Dec 10, 2022


Defect-riddled apartments covered in mould could be write-offs as repair costs mount
Black mould is being uncovered in the walls of defective apartment blocks, in what experts describe as an "absolute catastrophe".
CQA
Nov 29, 2022


35-story Dubai apartment cladding fire
Alarming footage from a 35-storey building on fire in Dubai has placed the spotlight on cladding on the outside of the residential apartment
CQA
Nov 7, 2022


What is Glancing Light on surfaces - and how can we manage risks from it?
Today’s buildings benefit from many innovations that have increased the speed of construction and allow almost unlimited design freedom....
CQA
Oct 12, 2022


Developer to pay $3 million to guarantee apartment rectification
Australian YMCI will lodge a $3 million security with the NSW government to guarantee the rectification work.
CQA
Oct 6, 2022


CQI - World Quality Week 2022: Quality Conscience - doing the right thing
World Quality Week is an annual campaign celebrated by the CQI, which raises awareness of the quality management profession globally.
CQA
Sep 15, 2022


Built Environment - Volatile Vocabulary
Some of the most significant root causes for errors include poorly communicated design information and ineffective communication.
CQA
Sep 12, 2022


Encouraging a more holistic approach to waterproofing
Many waterproofing issues stem from the fact it has traditionally been viewed in isolation from the broader building design.
CQA
Sep 11, 2022


Mirvac cuts build time by 25 percent in prefabrication townhouse trial
Australian builder Mirvac has recently used prefabrication to cut build time by almost 25 per cent and reduce labour hours by 11 per cent
CQA
Sep 10, 2022


Opinion: Why Australian Construction is going to hell
Often European visitors will complain of being colder in Australia than back home because the standard of construction here is so poor.
CQA
Sep 6, 2022


UK Construction Innovation Hub today launches the Construction-Product Quality Planning framework
The Construction-Product Quality Planning (CPQP) sets out a Quality Framework process
CQA
Sep 5, 2022


Timber Bridges Closed in Norway After Collapse
There are calls for a new investigation into the safety of Norwegian bridges.
CQA
Sep 3, 2022
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