Recently, power quality has become an important subject and area of research because of its increasing awareness and impacts on the consumers, manufacturers, and utilities. There are a number of economic and reliability issues for satisfactory operat
Quality Standards 5.1 The most recognised quality standards are the ISO 9000 family of standards, the international standard for quality management and quality assurance.
“The ISO 9000 standard as de!elo"ed to mo!e aay from the original #"rescri"ti!eness$ a""roach of its "redecessors and to achie!e a more fle%i&le frameor', hich allos organisations to de!elo" their on "olicies and "rocedures(
5.) *s mention a&o!e &y +ran' arris -)00/, the ISO 9000 quality standards had ta'en a ne a""roach in gi!ing res"onsi&ility to organisations to assess their on methods of quality. The fle%i&ility fle%i&ility of the ne standard also offered its a""lication in the ser!ice industries and IT sector, hich ha!e an influence on the &usiness of construction com"anies.
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5.3 The uilding *ct 192 is the ena&ling *ct under hich the uilding 4egulations ha!e &een made. The secretary of state, gi!en the "oer &y The uilding *ct *ct 192 is a&le to ma'e regulations in relation to sections 1-1/ and 1-1*/. #Sustaina&le and Secure uildings *ct )002$ and #limate hange and Sustaina&le 6nergy *ct )00$ are the recent *cts of 7arliament that ha!e amended and e%tended the uilding 4egulations. The latter *ct *ct has also altered enforcement "oers of the #8ocal uilding ontrol *uthorities$. *uthorities$.
The uilding 4egulations 5.2 The uilding 4egulations consist of 7rocedural 7rocedur al 4egulations that "oint out hat 'ind of or' needs a""ro!al and ho to o&tain that a""ro!al, and Technical Technical 4equirements that im"ose standards that should &e achie!ed &y the &uilding or'. They set out the &road o&:ecti!es hich the indi!idual indi!idual as"ects of the &uilding construction should achie!e. There are fourteen "arts to the *""ro!ed ;ocuments, and are as follos 7art * < Structure
7art < +ire safety 7art < Site "re"aration and resistance to ontaminates and moisture 7art ; < To%ic su&stances 7art 6 < 4esistance to the "assage of sound 7art + < =entilation 7art > < ygiene 7art < ;rainage and aste dis"osal 7art ? < om&ustion a""liances and fuel storage systems 7art @ < 7rotection from falling, collision and im"act 7art 8 < onser!ation of fuel and "oer 7art A < *ccess to and use of &uildings 7art B < >laCing D safety in relation to im"act, o"ening and cleaning 7art 7 < 6lectrical safety
In developing products and services, quality assurance is any systematic process of checking to see whether a product or service being developed is meeting specified requirements. Many companies have a separate department devoted to quality assurance. A quality assurance system is said to increase customer confidence and a company's credibility, to improve work processes and efficiency, and to enable a company to better compete with others. Quality assurance was initially introduced in orld ar II when munitions were inspected and tested for defects after they were made. !oday's quality assurance systems emphasi"e catching defects before they get into the final product.
I#$ %&&& is an international standard that many companies use to ensure that their quality assurance system is in place and effective. onformance to I#$ %&&& is said to guarantee that a company delivers quality products and services. !o follow I#$ %&&&, a company's management team decides quality assurance policies and ob(ectives. )e*t, the company or an e*ternal consultant formally writes down the company's policies and requirements and how the staff can implement the quality
assurance system. $nce this guideline is in place and the quality assurance procedures are implemented, an outside assessor e*amines the company's quality assurance system to make sure it complies with I#$ %&&&. A detailed report describes the parts of the standard the company missed, and the company agrees to correct any problems within a specific time. $nce the problems are corrected, the company is certified as in conformance with the standard.
