Digital hold-point checklists: setting up the gate for pours and inspections
A digital hold point is only worth having if it stops the next step until someone signs for it. This is how to build the gate, the sign-off and the time stamp so the record holds up.
11 min read
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Quality
Articles and news about Quality for Australian builders.
Digital hold-point checklists: setting up the gate for pours and inspections
A digital hold point is only worth having if it stops the next step until someone signs for it. This is how to build the gate, the sign-off and the time stamp so the record holds up.
11 min read
Receival inspection: checking building materials before they are installed
A receival inspection is the last moment you can reject a defective delivery cheaply. Once the product is fixed, the argument shifts from the supplier’s problem to yours.
12 min read
Material substitution on site: checking equivalence before you swap
Swapping a product on site is a variation to a documented design, not a site convenience. Equivalence has to be assessed against the function the material performs and recorded before the work is covered up.
13 min read
Substrate flatness and moisture checks before floor coverings
Floor coverings fail from underneath. This is how to verify flatness and moisture before you hand over a slab or sheet substrate to the flooring trade.
14 min read
Plasterboard fixing and jointing defects at handover: prevention on the tools
Almost every plasterboard defect a certifier or client picks up at handover was set on the day the sheets went up and the joints were taped. This article deals with fixing and jointing practice rather than lining selection.
11 min read
Insulation installation gaps, compression and poor fits: what actually goes wrong on site
An insulation product only performs as well as its installed condition. Gaps, compression and poor fits are the three faults that undo good product selection, and they are almost always visible before the linings go on.
12 min read
Reveal tolerances for windows and doors: what to accept on site
Tolerance checking starts before the units come off the truck. Get the inspection and the paperwork right and a defect becomes a supplier claim; get it wrong and you are paying to fix someone else’s extrusion.
15 min read
Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery: getting the installation and commissioning right
A balanced heat recovery ventilation system is only as good as its installation. This covers duct routing, condensate, controls and the commissioning steps that keep it performing.
11 min read