"The Illinois Quality Assurance Builder Standards provides, for the first time ever, new homebuyers and remodeling homeowners a way to measure the quality of the project against an industry approved set of standards."

"These standards create a series of performance standards that the builders and the homeowners can use to communicate and understand each others' expectations regarding the building or remodeling project. The standards address the most prevalent issues that arise between the builder and the customer before the project, and, most importantly, after the project is completed. All too often it is the undefined expectations that create the majority of the problems encountered in the building and remodeling processes. The standards will help eliminate problems before the project even begins."

Taken from The Illinois Quality Assurance Builder Standards, 1999 Edition.