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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 808: Guidebook on Alternative Quality Management Systems for Highway Construction provides national guidance on standard approaches relating to quality management systems (QMSs).

The basis for the report stems from a lack of guidance that resulted in significant investment on the part of transportation agencies, contractors, and consultants to develop unique QMSs for different agencies on a project-by-project basis. The speed at which rapid renewal projects must be delivered creates a demand for a well-defined QMS that can be successfully replicated on a variety of projects.

The report will guide readers through the process of developing a QMS that is both responsive to specific project needs and broad enough to be replicated with project-specific adaptations on future projects of similar scope, complexity, and delivery schedule.

The project quality assurance organization (QAO) selection forms presented in the report are available online.

NCHRP Web-Only Document 212: Alternative Quality Management Systems for Highway Construction documents the research process to develop the guidebook.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. Guidebook on Alternative Quality Management Systems for Highway Construction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22128.

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96 pages |  8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/22128
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Front Matter i-vii
Chapter 1 - Introduction 1-4
Chapter 2 - The Business Case for Alternative Quality Management Systems 5-9
Chapter 3 - Quality Assurance Organizations 10-21
Chapter 4 - Quality Assurance Organization Selection 22-25
Chapter 5 - Useful Tools for an Alternative Quality Management System 26-31
Appendix A - Glossary of Terms 32-33
Appendix B - Common Quality Management Tools 34-67
Appendix C - Highway Project Quality Assurance Organization Selection Guide 68-80
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms 81-84

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