The iso 9000 standard helps in documenting quality procedures by providing accepted accounting principles generally the certification is given for two quality standards for a construction organization they are certification to iso 9001 this certificate is provided for companies who carry out design activities as the major business operation. Iso 9000 the quality management system standards developed by the international standards organization iso is widely used in the construction industry as it is in all industries in the world recently a growing interest has been paid to the use of this system in the construction industry. The acceptance of iso 9000 standards in the construc tion industries is not as wide as in other industries such as manufacturing there are special features in the con struction industry that limit the implementation of the iso 9000 standard the following are some of these fea tures phenol 1994 quality 1992. The iso 9000 clauses most often complied with are those dealing with 1 inspection and test status 2 inspection and testing 3 control of nonconformance product and 4 handling storage