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 | Having your dream home built? |
| No or little experience in the building process, housing standards and quality assessment? |
| Do you value peace of mind? |
Our construction inspection services are flexible to meet your needs and to work in with the construction process.
New
home construction – normal inspection stages:
1 Completion of framing
2 Completion of brickwork (or other cladding)
3 Just prior to wet area tiling
4 Just prior to practical completion
Other inspections can be
done at any time eg to address particular concerns eg at footing construction
stage but that is doubling up on inspections that should be done by the footing
engineer. Some people still like it
to be done independently. If you wish, our service can also include consultation at
the early planning, pre-builder selection and pre-contract signing stages and
also to address any specific concerns during construction.
Useful documents for construction inspections are
the floor plan, elevation plans, footing
engineer’s report pages detailing the footing specifications and location of
control joints. Framing plan is
required for the framing inspection. Contract
documents and specifications may also be useful if there are inclusions not
detailed on the plans. Building
Supervisor’s name & contact number can be helpful.
We assess significance of issues identified and if required, can act as an intermediary between yourselves and the builder to resolve problems where appropriate. We are mindful of maintaining a healthy relationship between builder and home owner and seek to take a constructive, practical approach to inspections while ensuring that essential requirements are met. We maintain an electronic library of up to date versions of Australian Standards referenced under the Australian Building Code as well as a library of other specific South Australian building requirements. This electronic library is available for ready reference if required, both on-site and at our Office.
Fees
Fees are based on a charge-out rate of A$250* per hour (inclusive of GST for inspection, report writing & consultation time). There is a minimum charge of A$400* (inclusive of GST) per site visit. Travel is not charged for if the site is within 30 minutes actual travel time from our base at Royston Park - travel charges may apply elsewhere.
* A 25% surcharge applies for inspections on weekends, public holidays & after normal working hours.
Fees are current till 30th September 2010
Call Natalie on 0419 806 429 for inspection inquiries & bookings
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