Quality Management System

As a business organisation made up of professionals, quality and ethics have always featured strongly in the Constitution and Code of Conduct of the South African Association of Consulting Engineers.

During the November 2002 AGM, it was proposed and unanimously agreed, that the concept of Quality Management be included in the Code of Conduct, with a requirement that member firms implement and maintain such a system within their practice, as a condition of membership. Members were given until 2006 to effect this requirement. The CESA Directorate is currently working toward an ISO 9001:2000 certification.

Included here is an advisory note on Implementing and Maintaining a Quality Management System as well as a list of QMS Consultants and links to other QMS organisations.

A set of FIDIC documentation “Quality Management in the Consulting Engineering Industry” is available for purchase from the Association. This documentation is an interpretation of the ISO 9001:2000 requirements for quality management for a consulting engineering firm and forms an excellent guideline, together with the Quality Management workshops presented by The CESA School of Consulting Engineering.