The application of PDCA cycle management in quality control of cultural relics protection

Abstract

Cultural relic's protection project, being different from construction project or regular house maintenance project is a practical activity of protecting cultural relics as well as an embodiment of natural science research achievements. It is of vital importance for safety and value of cultural relic whether protective measures are reasonable or not. Quality of cultural relic's protection project has such features as a wide range of involvement, complex content, strong profession, high quality requirements, complex formation process of project quality, various factors for project quality, wide fluctuation of project quality level, etc. In order to ensure the quality level of cultural relic's protection project, use PDCA cycle management method in the construction process to manage and control major factors of cultural relics protection such as people, material, construction method, natural environment, etc. Carry out operation by strictly follow the PDCA cycle management sequence of four stages and eight procedures so as to guarantee the quality of cultural relics protection effectively. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.