According to O'Brien, one way in which more attention
will be given to quality control is development of a project
quality control plan. Presently, testing and inspection
requirements are scattered throughout the contract specifications.
To develop a firm plan, the testing and inspection
requirements can be combined into a new division of the
specifications. This would emphasize quality control and
provide an organized location in which all quality control
issues are identified to the bidders. As a part of a quality
control plan, the manner in which the construction manager
will apply quality control procedures should be described to
the bidders. This will permit them to assign appropriate
costs to the testing procedures