About ConSIG CWG

A collaborative group aimed at improving quality within the construction industry.

ConSIG CWG
Institute / association
United Kingdom

The Construction Special Interest Group, Competency Working Group (ConSIG CWG) of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) is a group of construction representatives including consultants, contractors, subcontractors and client organisations who are committed to working collaboratively to improve quality across the Construction Industry with specific focus on elements related to competency.

The articles published on Designing Buildings Wiki include but are not limited to:

  1. 5 Whys
  2. A guide to the 5S Methodology
  3. Annex SL
  4. Anti-bribery and Ethics - A Construction Perspective
  5. Assurance and self-certification
  6. Auditing management systems
  7. Building completion
  8. CDM Regulations: a quality perspective
  9. Change control: a quality perspective
  10. Checking and approval in design - a quality management perspective
  11. Collaboration: a quality management perspective
  12. Continuous Quality Clues: A New Approach to Quality Control
  13. Cost of quality (COQ)
  14. Daily Huddle
  15. Design Best Practice Self-Assessment Tool
  16. Design freeze: a quality perspective
  17. Design: a quality management perspective
  18. Digital quality management in construction
  19. Digital transformation
  20. Failure modes and effect analysis (FMEA)
  21. Fostering a Quality Culture in Construction
  22. How to check certification (e.g. ISO 9001, ISO 45001, UKAS etc.)
  23. How to write an inspection and test plan
  24. Inspection & Test Plan
  25. Interpersonal Relationships in Auditing
  26. Lean Construction - A Quality Perspective
  27. Learning from lessons: a quality perspective
  28. Lifts and Escalators: A Quality Perspective
  29. Mobilisation to site: a quality perspective
  30. Off-Site Manufacturing
  31. Process and Flowcharting / Mapping (Including Standardisation)
  32. Quality Benchmarks - A Construction Perspective
  33. Quality checklist
  34. Quality culture and behaviours
  35. Quality in the Nuclear sector
  36. Quality management systems (QMS) - beyond the documentation
  37. Quality manuals and quality plans
  38. Quality tools: fishbone diagram
  39. Risk assessment: a quality perspective
  40. Stakeholder management: a quality perspective
  41. Structural steelwork: a quality perspective
  42. Successful Audits - Techniques for Everyone
  43. Temporary Works Design - A Quality Management Perspective
  44. The importance of welding assurance
  45. UKCA and CE marking
  46. Value Stream Mapping in the Construction Industry
  47. What is continuous improvement
  48. Why should quality be important to the construction industry?

Please visit the ConSIG page on the CQI website for further information.

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