A REVIEW ON IMPACT STUDY OF ISO/QMS ON CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES

ABSTRACT The post industrialization era deals with achieving the quality under the supervision and controlled environmrnt that favours the quality work.Construction is a heterogeneous and non unique in nature.The guiding principles of quality differs for the construction industries.It differs from the manufacturing industries where the process is of repetitive in nature.Because of the present scenaria of globalization, the construction industries in the developing countries are facing the stiff competition from the multinational companies.Good structure of organization , skilled manpower , sound technology and good condition of finance provides greater opportunities to multi national companies over the local construction industries. The construction industries in the developing countries like india, needs quality tag for the global competition for to achieve the better productivity and efficiency . Hence there is a great need for the construction industries to seek some kind of quality tag for their effective functioning and implication of quality work. ISO 9000 is one of the such certification to which the construction industries are opting for, despite the fact that ISO quality system does not addresses clearly the needs of construction industries. This paper aims at analysing and comparing of the conclusions that are drawn from the various researchers and to find the correct objectives or research gap for effective implementation of the ISO in the construction industries in the developing country like india. Keywords: Quality management systems, Construction industry,Globalization, ISO 9000