Methods and apparata for highly automated quality assurance of building construction projects

Claim 1

A method of tracking building construction timing and quality comprising: a. determining tasks requiring completion during a building construction project; b. constructing at least one tacking form for the tasks, wherein each tracking form includes: i. at least one quality control indicator form wherein quality standards for one of the tasks are listed, the quality standards being optional for completion of the task but affecting the quality of the task's completion, and ii. at least one completion indicator allowing recordation of the completion status of one of the tasks, each completion indicator corresponding to one quality control indicator form; c. while completing each task, completing the tracking form by: i. verifying whether the quality standards listed on the task's quality control indicator form are met, and ii. recording the completion status of the task using the task's completion indicator; d. at least periodically: i. compiling the completion status for the tasks, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of completion of the building construction project; and ii. reviewing at least some of the tasks' quality cool indicator forms versus the building construction project, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of adherence to the quality standards listed thereon.

Claim 2

A method of tracking building construction timing and quality comprising: a. determining tasks requiring completion during a building construction project; b. constructing at least one tacking form for the tasks, wherein each tracking form includes: i. at least one quality control indicator form wherein quality standards for one of the tasks are listed, the quality standards being optional for completion of the task but affecting the quality of the task's completion, and ii. at least one completion indicator allowing recordation of the completion status of one of the tasks, each completion indicator corresponding to one quality control indicator form; c. while completing each task, completing the tracking form by: i. verifying whether the quality standards listed on the task's quality control indicator form are met, and ii. recording the completion status of the task using the task's completion indicator; d. at least periodically: i. compiling the completion status for the tasks, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of completion of the building construction project; and ii. reviewing at least some of the tasks' quality cool indicator forms versus the building construction project, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of adherence to the quality standards listed thereon.

Claim 11

The method of clam wherein the completion indicators are provided on their corresponding quality control indicator forms.

Claim 12

The method of clam wherein the completion indicators are provided on their corresponding quality control indicator forms.

Claim 17

A method of tracking building construction timing and quality comprising: a. determining tasks requiring completion during a building construction project; b. constructing at least one tracking form for the tasks, wherein each tracing form includes for each task: i. at least one quality control indicator form listing quality standards for the completion of the task, the quality standards being optional for completion of the task but affecting the quality of the task's completion; ii. at least one completion indicator for the task, wherein the completion indicator bears machine-readable indicia encoding the completion status of the, task; wherein the quality standards are not each associated with their own respective completion indicators; c. while completing each task; i. recording on the task's quality control indicator form whether the quality standards listed thereon are met; ii. if the quality standards listed thereon are not met, recording the task's quality control indicator form the reasons why; iii. recording the completion status of the task using the task's completion indicator; d. at least periodically: i. compiling the tasks' completion status, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of completion of the building construction project; and ii. reviewing at least some of the tasks' quality control indicator forms versus the corresponding completed tasks within the building construction project, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of adherence to the quality standards listed on the quality control indicator forms, wherein the building construction project includes a construction phase wherein building components are installed, and wherein at least some of the building components have tracking forms physically attached prior to their installation, with these tracking forms including quality control indicator forms and completion indicators relating to tasks performed during installation.

Claim 18

A method of tracking building construction timing and quality comprising: a. determining tasks requiring completion during a building construction project; b. constructing at least one tracking form for the tasks, wherein each tracing form includes for each task: i. at least one quality control indicator form listing quality standards for the completion of the task, the quality standards being optional for completion of the task but affecting the quality of the task's completion; ii. at least one completion indicator for the task, wherein the completion indicator bears machine-readable indicia encoding the completion status of the, task; wherein the quality standards are not each associated with their own respective completion indicators; c. while completing each task; i. recording on the task's quality control indicator form whether the quality standards listed thereon are met; ii. if the quality standards listed thereon are not met, recording the task's quality control indicator form the reasons why; iii. recording the completion status of the task using the task's completion indicator; d. at least periodically: i. compiling the tasks' completion status, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of completion of the building construction project; and ii. reviewing at least some of the tasks' quality control indicator forms versus the corresponding completed tasks within the building construction project, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of adherence to the quality standards listed on the quality control indicator forms, wherein the building construction project includes a construction phase wherein building components are installed, and wherein at least some of the building components have tracking forms physically attached prior to their installation, with these tracking forms including quality control indicator forms and completion indicators relating to tasks performed during installation.

Claim 23

A method of tracking building construction timing and quality comprising: a. determining the tasks requiring completion during a building construction project; b. constructing a tracking form for each task, wherein each tracking form includes at least one quality control indicator form having thereon: i. one or more completion indicators for the task, wherein the completion indicator bears machine-readable indica encoding the completion status of the task; ii. one or more steps required for proper completion of the task; iii. quality standards for each step, wherein the quality standards do not each have associated completion indicators; c. while completing each task, i. recording on the task's quality control indicator form whether the quality standards listed thereon are met; iii. subsequently recording the completion status of the task using the task's completion indicator; d. at least periodically: i. compiling the tasks' completion status, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of completion of the building construction project; and ii. reviewing at least some of the tasks' quality control indicator forms versus the corresponding completed tasks within the building construction project, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of adherence to the quality standards listed on the quality indicator forms, wherein the building construction project includes a construction phase wherein building components are installed, and wherein at least some of the building components have tracking forms physically attached prior to their installation, with these tracking forms including quality control indicator forms and completion indicators relating to tasks performed during installation.

Claim 24

A method of tracking building construction timing and quality comprising: a. determining the tasks requiring completion during a building construction project; b. constructing a tracking form for each task, wherein each tracking form includes at least one quality control indicator form having thereon: i. one or more completion indicators for the task, wherein the completion indicator bears machine-readable indica encoding the completion status of the task; ii. one or more steps required for proper completion of the task; iii. quality standards for each step, wherein the quality standards do not each have associated completion indicators; c. while completing each task, i. recording on the task's quality control indicator form whether the quality standards listed thereon are met; iii. subsequently recording the completion status of the task using the task's completion indicator; d. at least periodically: i. compiling the tasks' completion status, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of completion of the building construction project; and ii. reviewing at least some of the tasks' quality control indicator forms versus the corresponding completed tasks within the building construction project, thereby obtaining a measure of the degree of adherence to the quality standards listed on the quality indicator forms, wherein the building construction project includes a construction phase wherein building components are installed, and wherein at least some of the building components have tracking forms physically attached prior to their installation, with these tracking forms including quality control indicator forms and completion indicators relating to tasks performed during installation.