Highway quality assurance (QA), like many other specialized subject areas, has its own unique language containing numerous technical terms or expressions having very specific meanings. Some of these terms are not well understood, and their use is subject to a variety of different interpretations. The highway QA language, moreover, is continually changing to keep pace with advances in QA. As new terms come into general use, older terms must often be perceived in a new light. The terminology has grown and evolved steadily since the mid-60s, when much of it was first introduced to the highway community; however, its growth and evolution have been to a large degree uncontrolled. This document contains terms of common usage and accepted practice. The Circular was generated by a subcommittee, chaired by Peter Kopac, of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Management of Quality Assurance (A2F03). The purpose of this publication is to provide a reference document containing a recommended standard for usage of highway QA terminology. In developing this publication, the committee reviewed the evolution of the highway QA language, assessed its current condition, and attempted to define not what it is today but what it should be.
Glossary of Highway Quality Assurance Terms, April 2002
2002
36 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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