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Project participants on Pittsburgh's new South Busway worked hard to create a productive climate for the successful completion of their $27 million busway program. Throughout this project, quality assurance was of paramount importance. Quality construction and a productive climate were compatible through cooperation, goodwill, mutual trust, and teamwork among the owner, consulting engineer, contractor, and other parties. The project was completed on time and within budget through the owner's willingness to assume a fair share of risk. The principles and philosophies illustrated by this case study are not new and were used with a common-sense approach to the successful completion of this project.

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Busways; Case studies; Contractors; Contracts; Cooperation; Quality assurance

Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)

Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; Law; Public Transportation; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings

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Oct 28 1981 12:00AM

• ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION OF CORRELATED COMPOUND PROBABILITIES
• CONSTRUCTION OF PITTSBURGH'S SOUTH BUSWAY: AN ENGINEER'S VIEWPOINT
• Contractual Relationships--An Essential Ingredient of the Quality-Assurance System
• CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN PHILOSOPHIES EMPLOYED TO MINIMIZE ADVERSARY RELATIONSHIPS: EISENHOWER MEMORIAL TUNNEL, SECOND BORE
• MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR PITTSBURGH'S SOUTH BUSWAY
• METHOD TO EXCLUDE THE EFFECT OF TESTING ERROR WHEN ESTIMATING THE PERCENTAGE DEFECTIVE OF A CONTINUOUS NORMAL POPULATION
• MINIMIZING ADVERSARY CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE EISENHOWER MEMORIAL TUNNEL, SECOND BORE
• MINIMIZING POTENTIAL FOR ADVERSARY CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS DURING CONSTRUCTION OF EISENHOWER MEMORIAL TUNNEL
• OPTIMIZING STATE CONTRACTOR RELATIONS FOR IMPROVED QUALITY ASSURANCE
• OVERVIEW OF QUALITY-ASSURANCE PROGRAM
• PROCESS CONTROL IN PRACTICE
• QUALITY ASSURANCE--A SYSTEM IN PRACTICE
• STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING FROM A DISCRETE POPULATION
• SUMMARY OF CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS: AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT OF THE QUALITY-ASSURANCE SYSTEM