Course detail

Quality Management

FAST-BVA012Acad. year: 2021/2022

The term “quality” and its historical development, the term “quality” in the civil engineering, the history of systems of the quality management (SQM). Standards EN ISO 9000 and continuing – overview. The certification and accrediting system in the CR and in the EU, the responsibility for the product. Methods of the implementation of the quality management system in the building firm. The analysis of requirements of the standard EN ISO 9001 exercised in the building firm. The application of principles “the orientation on customers ”and “the process outlook” in the building firm. Basic information about environmental management systems according to the EN ISO 14001 and their application in the building firm. The quality management in the project management according to the EN ISO 10006. The quality management in experimental and calibration laboratories according to the EN ISO/IEC 17025. SW for the support of the quality management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Alena Tichá, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge about development of quality management systems and about actual standards that controls their application in construction firms.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of basic business economics with respect to organization and management of construction firm and construction project management.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction, the term “quality” in systems of quality management (“SQM”), history of the SQM.
2. Standards EN ISO 9000 and continuing – overview.
3. Certification according to the standards ISO 9000, accrediting system in the Czech Republic and in the European Union. Legislation of the EU in the area of responsibility for the product.
4. Methods of the implementation of quality management systems.
5. Documentation management as a basic element of the SQM.
6. Duties of the management in the SQM according to the EN ISO 9001 in the building firm. The application of principles “the orientation on customers”, “the process outlook” in the building firm.
7. Sources management in the SQM according to the EN ISO 9001
8. The product realization in the SQM according to the EN ISO 9001 in the building firm.
9. The measurement, the analysis and the improving in the SQM according to the EN ISO 9001.
10. The auditing of the SQM according to the EN ISO 9001
11. Environmental management system in the civil engineering according to the EN ISO 9001
12. The quality management in the project management according to the EN ISO 9001
13. SW for the support of the quality management.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To get knowledge about development of quality management systems and about actual standards that controls their application in construction firms. To get basic information about systems of environmental and quality management in project management.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization E , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Alena Tichá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, the term “quality” in systems of quality management (“SQM”), history of the SQM. 2. Standards EN ISO 9000 and continuing – overview. 3. Certification according to the standards ISO 9000, accrediting system in the Czech Republic and in the European Union. Legislation of the EU in the area of responsibility for the product. 4. Methods of the implementation of quality management systems. 5. Documentation management as a basic element of the SQM. 6. Duties of the management in the SQM according to the EN ISO 9001 in the building firm. The application of principles “the orientation on customers”, “the process outlook” in the building firm. 7. Sources management in the SQM according to the EN ISO 9001 8. The product realization in the SQM according to the EN ISO 9001 in the building firm. 9. The measurement, the analysis and the improving in the SQM according to the EN ISO 9001. 10. The auditing of the SQM according to the EN ISO 9001 11. Environmental management system in the civil engineering according to the EN ISO 9001 12. The quality management in the project management according to the EN ISO 9001 13. SW for the support of the quality management.