First Time Quality Blog

Quality control inspections are a major component of a quality management program, but paradoxically, getting people to do...

Inspection and test plans (ITPs) have been used for military construction for years, but they are becoming increasingly...

When it comes to quality management programs, the spectrum ranges from no formalized systems at all to a streamlined program...

Much like inspection checklists and punch lists, daily reports are an important component of a good construction quality...

It’s a common misconception that the quality manager or quality assurance (QA) department is the only party responsible for...

Some of our guiding principles at FTQ360 are that construction defects can be prevented and that construction punch list items

It’s common for quality managers to think that the purpose of their quality program is to show proof of compliance or to...

After you deploy your construction quality program, it’s important to make sure it’s working and that people are using the...

 We talk to a lot of quality managers who have taken all the right steps to implement a construction quality program—creating...

If you have an inspection process in place but are still finding too many defects, it might be time to take a closer look at...