QUALITY ASSURANCE IN PLANT-DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

In the field of chemical plant design and construction, quality is understood to mean the strict application of the state-of-the-art rules and the fulfilment of all specific requirements specified by the client, including plant take-over by the client in accordance with the time schedule. Chemical plants can rarely be handled in the same manner as series products. Therefore, quality assurance requires a large organizational scheme. The definition of quality and the system applied to ensure an adequate quality standard are a rather complicated task. The technical divisions involved in a project are responsible for the quality, i.e. there is no sharing of responsibility. It is also impossible to shift this responsibility to a special QA department.