Guidebook on Alternative Quality Management Systems for Highway Construction

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 808: Guidebook on Alternative Quality Management Systems for Highway Construction provides national guidance on standard approaches relating to quality management systems (QMSs).

The basis for the report stems from a lack of guidance that resulted in significant investment on the part of transportation agencies, contractors, and consultants to develop unique QMSs for different agencies on a project-by-project basis. The speed at which rapid renewal projects must be delivered creates a demand for a well-defined QMS that can be successfully replicated on a variety of projects.

The report will guide readers through the process of developing a QMS that is both responsive to specific project needs and broad enough to be replicated with project-specific adaptations on future projects of similar scope, complexity, and delivery schedule.

The project quality assurance organization (QAO) selection forms presented in the report are available online.

NCHRP Web-Only Document 212: Alternative Quality Management Systems for Highway Construction documents the research process to develop the guidebook.