Managerial and engineering solutions made to ensure the quality of construction and installation work at various stages of the life cycle of a construction facility

Abstract

Introduction. Current regulations indicate the need to ensure the quality of work performed at various stages of construction projects. Pursuant to the Urban Planning Code, quality control functions are assigned to a technical coordinator, as well as organizations that perform the work themselves. A number of approved sets of rules describe basic principles to be complied with by the companies performing this work. Research literature also focuses on and describes in detail the main problems that arise during the implementation of capital construction projects, as well as methods and techniques used to prevent and eliminate any deviations thus identified. At the same time, very few research works address fundamentals of work performance procedures and quality assurance technologies applied in the course of engineering surveying, development of design documentation and project budgets, performance of construction and installation work, operation, demolition and disposal of construction waste. These works are fragmented and disparate elements of a consolidated quality assurance system, and they need more research. Materials and methods. The author analyzed current regulations that ensure principal aspects of quality assurance at various stages of the life cycle of a construction facility. Principles of the systems approach to construction procedures and technologies, needed to ensure the pre-set parameters, are proposed. Specific conditions of construction control at the stage of engineering surveys and implementation of construction and installation works (including reconstruction, restoration, major repairs) of various classes of reliability and durability are considered. Results. Current regulations, documentation and scientific research projects, used to perform construction control, inspection of buildings and structures, as well as various types of monitoring, do not allow for the uniformity of companies responsible for quality assurance. Conclusions. The proposed systems approach to the arrangement of quality assurance work at various stages of the life cycle of a construction facility will in the shortest possible time allow for the development of uniform principles underlying the operation of entities that guarantee quality, prevent and timely identify various deviations.