ABSTRACT
After reading this chapter, you should have an understanding about the economics of quality associated with the design of buildings. You should be able to:
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6.1 INTRODUCTION
Defects in construction projects are a persistent, worrying problem despite continually improving technology and education. The construction industry has too often in the past been discredited by bad publicity resulting from sometimes dramatic failures of both the design and the construction of its products. It must not, because of economic stringency and also because of external pressures, devote its resources to unprofitable ends by failing to achieve the desired standard of work at the first attempt.
