Over the past six months, the CQA's Cause-Code Working Group has looked at a number of different cause lists and has developed a standard set of NCR Causes - to develop a standard coding schema that the whole industry can use - which will then lead to better data on the cause of Nonconformance - and therefore better prevention as an industry.
The idea is that we have Cause Codes that are suitably specific and distinct - so that our Engineering staff (who typically assign the root cause) are clear which one to pick. To help with this, we have provided some context for each cause to ensure that each is clearly differentiated from the others. In some cases there may be multiple causes, and some systems may allow Engineers to assign multiple causes - but the end game is that we all describe things consistently.
After launching the consultation period in August 2023, this has now closed, and we haven't received any significant feedback.
Construction Quality Australia is therefore proud to announce the publication of the first ever Construction Industry list of cause codes - members can download them HERE.
Over the next few months, many of our member organisations will be updating their standard NCR cause codes to reflect this list. We hope you will too.
If you have any questions, please email info@cqa.org.au - we are keen to help!
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