Remote site walks by video: when they can stand in for a visit
A phone video can show a site far better than a description, but it cannot replace a check on work that is about to be covered. This guide sets out where the line sits and how to file the walk.
11 min read
Topic
Site Management
Articles and news about Site Management for Australian builders.
Remote site walks by video: when they can stand in for a visit
A phone video can show a site far better than a description, but it cannot replace a check on work that is about to be covered. This guide sets out where the line sits and how to file the walk.
11 min read
Protecting trees on a building site and when removal needs approval
A retained tree is often a condition of the approval, and it dies quietly if its root zone is cut or compacted. This article sets out how to protect it during footings and excavation, and when removal needs approval.
11 min read
Sediment and erosion controls on residential sites in NSW
Soil leaving a building site after rain is a pollution problem, a neighbour problem and a stop-work problem. Set the controls before the soil moves and check them after every heavy storm.
11 min read
Working offline on building sites when coverage drops
Many house sites have patchy coverage, and an app that fails halfway through a form is worse than paper. This guide sets out how to prepare for offline work and how to check that entries reach the office.
11 min read
Council stop work orders on residential sites: what to do first
A stop work order is a regulator’s notice, not a commercial dispute. The first steps are to stop the work, read the notice closely, establish the facts and respond in writing.
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
Waste management plans and skip bin costs for builders
Waste is one of the few line items a builder controls almost entirely from the site office. Plan the sorting, the bin placement and the haul before the first delivery, and the cost stops drifting.
11 min read
Setting up a residential site properly before you start
Site establishment is the work you do before the first trade arrives — and it sets the cost and programme of everything that follows. Get the physical setup and the services wrong and you spend the rest of the job working around it.
11 min read
Managing tools and equipment across multiple sites
Tools that move between jobs are the hardest assets a builder owns to account for. A register, a movement rule and honest insurance disclosure do more for your margin than any lock.
13 min read
Principal contractor duties on NSW residential sites: WHS and coordination
On a residential site the principal contractor is not a title on a contract, it is a set of WHS duties that attach to whoever holds the role. Here is what those duties require in practice, and where the coordination usually breaks down.
12 min read
Setting up site sorting that works: a logistics guide for NSW builders
Sorting construction waste is a logistics problem before it is an environmental one. If the bin is further away than the tip truck, the material goes in the general waste.
12 min read
Planning connectivity and data on site before you start
Site establishment usually means fencing, amenities and a temporary board. Connectivity belongs on that list, because every other trade now depends on it. Plan coverage, power and file access before the first delivery lands.
11 min read