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[English | 简体] International Organization for Standardization ( ISO )

Nowadays in construction industry, the site staff should try to gain themselves more knowledge regarding the ISO requirements. In fact, the Hong Kong Government already announced that after 1 April 1993, only the ISO 9000 certified companies are eligible for tendering the government projects.

In the past days, quality control ( QC ) is the traditional way to ensure the work is done properly before handover . However, this method only aims on checking whether it meets with the specification and drawings at time when the work is finished. This way is obviously not desirable because if there is anything found out of tolerance, additional expenses will be incurred to rectify the deficiencies.

The implementation of ISO 9000 will eliminate this shortcoming. These quality management systems include a series of standards for policy , planning , organization , responsibility , training , document control , operational procedure , measurement , calibration , non-conformance , corrective action , preventive action , record , audit and management review .

More information can be obtained from other particularized reference books should someone find this subject interesting , such as the ISO 9000 , 9001 , 9002 , 9003 , 9004 or the ISO 14001 which provides a series of standards to support environmental protection .

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