Quality costs in Bridge Engineering

Abstract

The current paper desires to create an introduction towards the research in quality costs for bridges.
The superior quality of bridges is a matter of great importance. The quality administration is determined by different instruments which are components of ISO 9000 standards. As for Romania the quality in the area of engineering is guided by the Law 10 of quality. The concept of quality costs has the main objective the identification, evaluation and comparison of costs. These costs administration must integrate all the phases of creation and exploitation of a bridge construction.