• Patel Harsh Mukeshkumar
• Prof. Ankit Patel

Construction industry is considered as one of the most important industries in India. Every of the largest construction companies are facing problems today and also bidding is strategic decision that helps contractor’s firm to survive. Conventionally, bidding management are highly unstructured in construction companies. During the tendering process for most major construction contracts there is the opportunity for bidders to suggest alternative innovative solutions. Clearly clients are keen to take advantages of these opportunities and equally contractors want to use their expertise to establish competitive advantages. This paper identifies the factors affecting total quality management in construction. After the validation from the experts’ 25 major factors was sorted out for the study. In this research questionaries’ survey has been conducted by the physical interview and circulating google form. The questionnaire format created for get frequency and the fact of being severe (severity) to analysis and was distributed to 90 respondents in Ahmedabad that had good experience and keen knowledge tendering in either privet sector or government sector. Frequency analysis technique was adopted for ranking the most critical factors top 10 factors. The finding of this study shows a level of agreement among all contractors about the critical factors. The finding would benefit contractors and subcontractors by increasing their understanding of the major factors affecting the bidding strategy.

Total Quality Management In construction, Factors, Construction Projects,Frequency index method, Questionnaire survey

"factor affecting total quality management in construction", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no.b804-b813, August-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208195.pdf

"factor affecting total quality management in construction", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no. ppb804-b813, August-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208195.pdf