International Journal of Advance Research In Science And Engineering http://www.ijarse.com IJARSE, Vol. No.4, Issue No.02, February 2015 ISSN-2319-8354(E) 218 | Page A STUDY ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAFETY AND QUALITY PERFORMANCE IN FOUNDATION J. Immanuel Johnson 1 , Dr. S. Arulselvan 2 1 PG Scholar, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, (India) 2 Associate Professor, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, (India) ABSTRACT A model for relating the safety and quality performance in foundation is proposed in this paper. The project aims to study about the relationship between safety and quality performance in foundation by discussing few case studies and field data. The scope of the project is to 1. Identify the reasons for lack of quality in foundation 2. Justify the reasons by case studies 3. Obtain field data from different projects 4. Analyze the data and propose a model to show the relationship between safety and quality in foundation. The study concluded that safety in foundation can be improved by good quality foundation practice which is explained in the paper. Keywords- Foundation Safety And Quality- Model- Reasons For Lack Of Quality- Code Provision- Field Study. I. INTRODUCTION Construction is one of the largest industries in the world subjected to many risks. Unfortunately many fatal accidents in the construction industry are caused due to failure in foundation. During the last few years, with major infrastructure development there is no proper study of safety and quality in the construction projects particularly in foundations. Neither owner nor worker or contractor care about safety on job sites. It was noticed that accident rates have increased in the past few years due to lack of safety and quality procedures particularly in foundation. Many organizations in developed countries have realized that the key to achieve project success is by providing good safety & quality. But still most of the construction projects in India are not practicing it. II. CASE STUDIES 2.1 Visakhapatnam accident- The Hindu dated 18 th Sep’2014 Figure 1. Four Buried Alive