Quality of Project Documentation

Abstract

The article deals with the issue of the checking of project documentation and the quality of project documentation. The analyzes of expert reports, which are created in expert institutions in Czech Republic, point to the fact, that a large proportion of defects in construction projects often have roots in the defects of the project documentation. The cause of the defect is often already in the design concept itself. The analyzes of expert reports show the need to pay attention to the checking of project documentation of construction projects before the actual realization. The proposal for a method of the checking of project documentation is based on the principle of continuous improvement of quality. The principle of continuous improvement of quality is often described in the PDCA diagram. In this article I deal with the checking of project documentation in connection with the analysis of the claimed defects. The data obtained by monitoring the claimed defects form good basis for the creation of the documents for the following checking of project documentation. In order to make effective use of information come from the claimed defects, we have to set properly the criteria, which we will evaluate in the context of the monitoring of claimed defects. When selecting a suitable method for analyzing data obtained by monitoring claimed defects, the choice of the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis method (FMEA) was made. In the beginning, it is necessary to choose appropriate expert ratings for the monitoring of claimed defects from the point of view of the cause of the defect, the financial difficulty to eliminate the defect and others. FMEA method is a multi-criteria analysis, so it is up to the author how many expert ratings he chooses to obtain the necessary input data. Expert analysis of input data will provide risk areas and technologies, that need to be dealt with in more detail and which should be followed in the checking of project documentation. My goal is to create a system, that will prevent the recurrent occurrence of identical claimed defects. By eliminating of claimed defects it is possible to achieve considerable financial savings within building companies. Based on the obtained data, tools for the effective checking of project documentation are created. During the initial checking of project documentation before the actual realization of construction project, it is possible to successfully prevent future defects and eliminate the ever-increasing costs of defects removal.