Bored piers
After boring and cage placement, before any concrete
Depth and diameter against the engineering, cage centred with cover, bases clean and free of water
Learn more about the bored piers inspection →Seven points in a Box Hill build where one trade is about to bury the work of the last.
Box Hill is being built out under the North West Priority Growth Area, and the estates are releasing stages alongside each other, so trades move quickly between sites. Two themes run through everything we record here. The first is steel: beams and columns with bolts missing, connections that do not match the engineer's detail, tension members never fitted. The second is waterproofing, where pinholes in the membrane turn up on job after job. Neither is visible once the linings and the tiles go on.
After boring and cage placement, before any concrete
Depth and diameter against the engineering, cage centred with cover, bases clean and free of water
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The day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
Vapour barrier continuous, reinforcement supported and lapped, cover maintained, penetrations set out correctly
Learn more about the slab pre-pour inspection →
Once frame and trusses are up and the roof is on, before lining
Steel connections against the engineering, M12 bolts and tie down bolts, strap bracing fitted and tensioned, bottom plate support, stud condition
Learn more about the frame inspection →
After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
Studs undamaged, cables clear of hot water pipes, sarking and parapet capping, gutters and sumps, expansion joints
Learn more about the lock-up (pre-plaster) inspection →
After mouldings, doors and joinery, before the painter
Waterproofing rectifications closed out, weep holes and brickwork, window infills, eaves and fascia, downpipes secured
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After the membrane is applied and before any tile is laid
Pinholes through the membrane, bond breakers at junctions, puddle flanges, screed falls, membrane terminations and coverage height
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Two to three weeks before your handover date
Box gutters and overflows, balcony drainage and balustrades, driveway joints, stormwater clear, wet area fittings, finishes
Learn more about the pre-handover (PCI) inspection →One finding per stage, each recorded on a Box Hill build.
Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections The final list while the last payment is still yours to hold. 
Defect Investigation Reports One failure, traced back to what the drawing actually required. 
Pre-Purchase Building Inspections A visual inspection to AS 4349.1 of the established homes around Box Hill. 
Building and Pest Inspections One attendance covering both, with the pest findings kept in their own report. 
Dilapidation Reports A dated photographic record before the lot beside you is built on. 
NCAT Expert Witness Reports Evidence drawn to the tribunal's procedural direction when a dispute goes that far. Pre-Listing Inspections Find what a buyer's inspector will find, while the timing is still yours. 
Insurance Claim Assessments An impartial record of the damage and how it came about, for a claim being assessed. Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Waterproofing, narrowly ahead of frame. Frame problems are expensive but usually visible for longer; a pinhole in a membrane disappears under tile within days and surfaces as a leak years later, by which time the room has to come apart.
Against the engineer's detail for your lot, bolt by bolt. We have recorded M12 bolts absent, welds substituted for bolted connections, and a column detail that did not match what was drawn. Without your engineering we can only describe what is there, not whether it is right.
In this precinct, routinely. Your principal certifier attends for the certificates, not for you, and no standard NSW residential contract excludes your own consultant. We give notice and work around the trades.