Structural Failures and Quality Management in Construction Industry

Business Management

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Area of the research....................................................................................................................1
Aim and Objectives.....................................................................................................................1
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND.................................................................................................2
JUSTIFICATION AND CONCEPTUALIZATION.......................................................................5
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Area of the research
Business management is considered to be an effective discipline which is very useful to
organize, analyse and plan the various operations of the business in an effective and efficient
manner. This is considered to be an effective measure which in turn helps in effectively
managing the operations of the business. The area of the research mainly focuses on gaining
wider knowledge on the structural failures, poor quality materials, quality management and
theories associated with the civil project building (Pärn, Edwards and Sing, 2017). Jacobs's
Engineering constructions company in Battersea power station. Battersea power station is a coal
fired power station which is located on the South Bank of the River Thames in Battersea,
London Borough, Wandsworth.
Aim and Objectives
Aim
“To critically investigate on structural failures, poor quality materials, quality
management and theories associated with the civil project building. A study on Jacobs's
Engineering constructions company.”
Research objectives
 To critically analyse the structural failures and cost associated with such failures in
construction industry.
 To determine the impact of poor quality materials on a supply chain.
 Quality management and theories of construction in civil project building.
Research questions
 What do you understand by structural failures and cost associated with such failures in
construction industry?
 What is the impact of poor quality materials on a supply chain?
 What are Quality management and theories of construction in civil project building?
Rationale
The researcher of the study carry out the research on the particular topic because it is the
current issue and is carried out because of the academic interest. The key reason for carrying out
the particular study because structural failures in construction industry is considered to have a
wide topic. This report is carried out by the researcher because it is a current issue which in turn
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largely affects the operations of the civil construction project building. The researcher of the
study will gain knowledge and resolve the research problem with the help of thematic analysis.
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
To critically analyse the structural failures and cost associated with such failures in
construction industry.
Eastman, (2018) evaluated that, structural failure tends to occur when the raw material
are stressed up to upper limit strength which in turn causes rupturing and also leads to extreme
deformations. It is very crucial for the management to take into consideration various ultimate
failure strength in order to effectively build up a structure which in turn leads to prevention of
failures. The key cause of structural failure within any construction company is mainly because
of faulty construction techniques, bad design, foundation failure, combination of several causes,
unexpected failure and extraordinary loads. Chatterjee and et.al., (2017) determined the fact that,
collapses may also occur due to various natural disasters like hurricanes, cyclones, earthquakes,
floods, fire, etc. Structural integrity and failure is considered to be one of the most effective
measure of engineering which helps in providing an effective support in order to maintain
structural load. Structural failure can occur from numerous problems which mainly comprises of
structural and design failures, fatigue, corrosion, instability in material properties, manufacturing
errors, defective material, improper heat treating, incorrect sizing, shoddy workmanship, use of
defective materials, unexpected problems, etc. are considered to be one of the crucial cause of
structural failure in a construction organization. Mazzucato and Penna, (2016) argued that,
structural integrity assessment is considered to be an effective approach which is useful in
assessing whether a particular approach is considered to be fit in order to withstand the
conditions associated with safety. This approach is very useful in maintaining reliability through
predicted lifetime of the civil construction project. The cost associated with the prevention of
various quality and structural failures in construction industry in turn is very useful in attainment
of higher operational goals and objectives. Failure cost is mainly associated with the internal
failure cost and external failure cost. Internal failure cost is mainly linked with rework, scrap,
corrective action, re – testing, re- inspection, redesign, material downgrade, material review,
vendor defect and several other defects which in turn leads to higher internal structural cost to
the construction company in Battersea power station. External failure cost is mainly associated
with the repair costs, receipt inspection, supplier surveillance, customer complaints, etc. which in
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