The Lahore Development Authority (Pakistan) has announced that they will be implementing quality control laboratories to assess the quality of road materials and construction procedures being used across their developments. To kick off this new quality management initiative, the LDA "has issued orders to all contractors enlisted with LDA … [the contractors] have also been instructed to ensure submission of road materials to such 'Quality Control Laboratories' so that material could be screened in accordance with international standards" (Nation.com 2008).
I've blogged about the value of a quality management system before but I thought this story exemplified the point that quality control really can be applied to any industry, product, and service.
To read the complete story about LDA's quality control program visit www.Nation.com.
