Quality control of architecutural design based on uniform technical standards

The quality of architectural design mostly rested with the individual performance of architects in the past. Today, with the increasing development of technical level, the quality of a design project more than ever before entails the cooperation among different professions involved and the teamwork of a professional team. The engineers and scholars, however, tend to disregard the errors in cross-professional communication and the unnecessary duplicate labor which cause problems for the quality of design. Based on the theory of Total Quality Management systems, the thesis suggests that a series of feasible technical standards be established within an institute of architectural design for quality control. Specifically, we adopt the PDCA cycle by dividing it into four stages: Planning of technical standards, Doing of technical standards, Checking of technical standards, and Acting of technical standards. Finally, this essay will make a conclusion and give some suggestions on technical standard-setting.