Construction industry acronyms - Q

This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'Q'.

For other letters click on the list below:

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q - Infiltration rate flow rate

QA - Quality Assurance

QAAHE - Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

QAC - Quality Assurance Committee

QA/QC - Quality Assurance / Quality Control

QbD - Quality by Design

QBD - Queen's Bench Division

QC - Quality Control

QCD - Quality Cost Delivery

QD - Quantum Dot

DQC - Quality Delivery Cost

QDR - Qualitative Design Review

QES - Qualifying Explanatory Statement

QFD - Quality Functional Deployment

QI - Quality Index

QLC - Quality, Load and Capacity Report

QMED - Median annual flood {with 1 in 2 (50%) annual probability event}

QM - Quality Management

QMS - Quality Management System

QMT - Quality Management Toolkit

QRA - Quantitative / Quantified Risk Assessment

QS - Quantity Surveyor

QSHE - Quality Safety Health and Environment

QSPC - Quick-Setting Portland Cement

QTO - Quantity Take Off

QUANGO - Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation ( 'arms-length' bodies, to which the government has devolved power)