Mitchell, MFSemmelink, CJMcQueen, AL2008-06-262008-06-261977-06Mitchell, MF, Semmelink, CJ and McQueen, AL. 1977. Experience in statistical quality control for road construction in South Africa. NITRR, June 1977, pp 119-122http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2288For some time road engineers have been concerned that the variability inherent in road construction materials and their sampling and testing has not been logically and consistently catered for in the road construction process or in construction control. Over the last few years various process and acceptance control plans for road construction, based on stochastic procedure, have been developed, both in South Africa and abroad. In this paper the first large-scale South African application of statistically oriented acceptance control procedures to a major road construction project is examined and it is concluded that such procedures promise to be of benefit to both the client and the contractor.enAcceptance controlRoad constructionRoad engineersReportMitchell, M., Semmelink, C., & McQueen, A. (1977). <i>Experience in statistical quality control for road construction in South Africa</i> National Institute for Transport and Road Research: CSIR. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2288Mitchell, MF, CJ Semmelink, and AL McQueen <i>Experience in statistical quality control for road construction in South Africa.</i> National Institute for Transport and Road Research: CSIR, 1977. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2288Mitchell M, Semmelink C, McQueen A. Experience in statistical quality control for road construction in South Africa. 1977 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2288TY - Report AU - Mitchell, MF AU - Semmelink, CJ AU - McQueen, AL AB - For some time road engineers have been concerned that the variability inherent in road construction materials and their sampling and testing has not been logically and consistently catered for in the road construction process or in construction control. Over the last few years various process and acceptance control plans for road construction, based on stochastic procedure, have been developed, both in South Africa and abroad. In this paper the first large-scale South African application of statistically oriented acceptance control procedures to a major road construction project is examined and it is concluded that such procedures promise to be of benefit to both the client and the contractor. DA - 1977-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Acceptance control KW - Road construction KW - Road engineers LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1977 T1 - Experience in statistical quality control for road construction in South Africa TI - Experience in statistical quality control for road construction in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2288 ER -