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Routine Inspection (SO1-AC5)
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Routine inspection is critical in each and every part of your construction project. Inspections guarantee that works within a project go forward as planned and are according to requirements, standards and regulations. Running a construction site requires the coordination of people, materials and equipment hence, construction inspections are executed for a great number of purposes in every construction phase and throughout the entire project duration to ensure that things are progressing smoothly.
Construction inspections are usually carried out as a contractual responsibility performed by the contractors to provide the client or a third party an independent view of the construction works and their progress.
The usual construction inspections include the following activities:
- Inspection of the construction process to make sure that all materials and procedures comply with the plan and specifications
- Inspection and documentation of all contractor activities
- Reporting of daily on-site inspections:
- Detailed inspections of the quality of installations if they comply with standards and specifications
- Most inspections are usually conducted but are not limited to the construction phase. But before you can inspect and start reporting on a project’s progress, specific inspections are carried out as part of the general contract administration process.
These inspections may be part of the contract review and contract signing, pre-contract meetings and client onboarding.
Construction site inspectors may either be the supervisor, project manager, a member of the contractors’ existing team or an entirely different consultant. Depending on the size of the project, a site inspection may have to be carried out by a team with specific inspectors per different departments of the project. Design consultants also play a role in periodic inspections. For specific aspects of a project, specialist inspectors may be required to perform inspections on environmental policy, waste management on site, accessibility, etc.
Since site supervisors, furnish the contract manager or project manager with an independent evaluation of construction works and their progress, site supervisors usually keep daily construction logs or a site diary, and construction progress meetings, and create and submit regular reports.
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Example
Findings: The key findings are summarised in the tables below.
Category 1: A hazard of workplace activity likely to cause death, serious injury or serious illness.
Category 2: A hazard or workplace activity likely to cause other than death, serious injury or serious illness.
Category 3: Contravention of administrative requirements e.g. work plans, inductions, and record-keeping systems.
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Risk category |
Non-conformances |
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Category 1 |
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x 25 Faults |
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Category 2 |
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x 2 Faults |
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Category 3 |
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x 1 Fault |
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Total |
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