The daily pre-start walk: what a builder checks before crews arrive
The pre-start walk is the one check that looks at the site as it is this morning, not as the plan says it should be. Here is what to look at and how to record it.
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The daily pre-start walk: what a builder checks before crews arrive
The pre-start walk is the one check that looks at the site as it is this morning, not as the plan says it should be. Here is what to look at and how to record it.
11 min read
Lighting a residential site for early starts and dark finishes
Winter starts and short afternoons put a lot of building work into the dark, and a site that is badly lit is a site where people fall, miss a cut and damage the work.
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Setting out a slab with digital layout tools
Digital layout tools place a slab faster than tapes and string, but a layout is only as reliable as the reference it was built from. This article sets out the checks that confirm the layout against the surveyor marks and the approved plans before the concrete goes in.
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