Construction project involved many parties and construction participants. Thus, there should be much work to be done along the process to complete the construction project. Currently almost all of construction inspection activities are done using paper-based blueprints. Issues on the manual current practice of site inspection are expensive, slow and high probabilities of error. In addition, the delivery of information to the sub-contractor also has done using paper-based blueprints and hard-copied reports.
Knowing that disadvantages of manual inspection that had been use, some researchers see this opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of inspection. All of these problems can be done by improving the capabilities of inspectors
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Inspection of building construction work
Inspection of construction must be done to make sure the building construction work follow the requirements or not inspection of construction must follows the approval of application and the builder’s request. In the inspection stages, the inspector must know the codes and guidelines required to be examined at each stages of inspection. The codes and guidelines give the stages at which the inspectors are expected to examine the work and to approve the work examined so that the contractor can move to the following stages of work. According to (Wason), the following are the work that should be examined:
A. Building Layout.
The actual layout of the buildings should be checked against the approved plans. Before beginning the check, the Building Inspector should ask to produce a copy of the approved plans to the person in charge of the site. The site boundaries should be marked while the site boundaries may be difficult to check by the Building Inspector, and the Inspector should satisfy himself that the construction is within the required distances from the site boundaries and is in accordance as the approved
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To produce concrete of the strength required by the Guidelines, concrete tests should be carried out to assist the builder.
D. Ring Beam
The Building Inspector should check to see that the size used is as the approved plans and in accordance with the recommendations of the Guidelines and adequate reinforcement. The quality of the concrete should be examined. Bad quality of concrete produced if the formwork was badly constructed. It is expected that the Inspector will guide the small builder in the construction of adequate formwork for ring beams.
E. Roof.
The Inspector responsible is to ensure that the roof structure is constructed as designed, and to see that the roof plates are properly bolted to the ring beam and that the rafters are connected to the plate by acceptable connectors.
The roof sheeting should be connected to the rafters and purlins by screws because screws provide better resistance to high winds. The roof sheeting itself should be supported at intervals as shown in the Guidelines so that there is no sagging
SQ7 Daily checks can include: Weekly checks can include: • Fire extinguishers are in place • First aid kits are in place • Exit signs are properly illuminated • Evacuation routes and emergency exit doors are not obstructed • Automatic fire doors are not obstructed and are not being held open by chocks, heavy objects nor any other inappropriate methods • First aid kits are fully stocked • Fire extinguisher gauges show that the extinguisher is fully pressurised • Emergency exit doors can be easily opened from the inside • Emergency warning systems work – determined by weekly testing of the alarms at a pre-arranged P1 Administrative building: • electrocution • check power boards are proper safety ones and check weekly/ daily To ensure
4. External audits are performed by Third party agent or outside agents. 5. Audit is performed by an organization free from customer supplier
As we discussed, the above-mentioned file copy that I have does not include the following: * Ordinance No 03-4491 (Rezone 03-RE-18) with Proffered Site Plan 03-SP-32 *Resolution 03R-1633 approving Major Conditional Use 03-CU-04 * Resolution 04R-1693 approving Minor Conditional Use 04-MCU-01 The information is being requested to make sure any modification necessary can be addressed. I appreciate all of you
Even though the standards are uniform in all counties and cities, both are permitted to include more restrictive regulations which could depend upon the weather, geological and topographical circumstances. These adoptions must nonetheless be documented and submitted to the commission. As areas and towns differ in conditions of topographical and geological circumstances the Title isn't too restrictive. These problems could be determined by a few factors like the place and its susceptibility to natural disasters such as mudslide, earthquakes or floods. Counties in areas exposed to earthquakes, for instance, restrict development of high rise structures.
Building control is an important aspect to consider whilst in the construction process; if the approved inspectors and the CIOB do not inspect the work being done then the workers will not know if they are doing something wrong. The reason in which building control is important is that the inspectors can make sure that everyone is complying with building control. The regulations that are implemented exist to ensure the health and safety in and around all types of buildings they also provide for energy conservation and access to and use of buildings. The building regulations contain various sections dealing with definitions, procedures and what is expected in terms of the technical performance of building work.
The local government uses the California building code as a set of standards to be imposed on construction. In order to obtain a “Certificate of Occupancy” (which pronounces a building fit to inhabit), the building department inspects the construction project in order to ensure that it complies with California building code. When a building is found lacking or short of the code standards, the inspector will require that corrections be made prior to a certificate being issued. Building Code Construction laws date all the way back to ancient Babylon, but in ancient times, the inspectors of the construction put a heavy emphasis on penalties when faulty construction was evident. Beginning in the 19th century, cities started to incorporate building
Though Fred Wilson specializes in creating works of art that represent his perception of American history and American society as a whole, Wilson’s Drip Drop Plop came into creation as a representation, primarily, of Americas repetitive racial history against African Americans. When Fred Wilson was asked to be the American representative at the Venice Biennale, Wilson thought that it would be best to incorporate glass unto his work, something that Venice is well familiarized with, taking in mind that it is a city generally known for its glass manufacturing. The medium which Fred Wilson chose consisted of black glass shaped in the form of droplets and puddles. He chose to work particularly with black glass for his display as a representation
During this essay I will examine the case of “the unmotivated building inspector” Arnold, Randall et al, 2010. I will firstly look at why the subject, Simon is unmotivated in his job and try and make some recommendations for change based on the issues I identify. I will then identify primary and secondary case issues and draw on contemporary research in psychology when analysing these issues. I will pick 2 or 3 key areas to focus on when doing this. Why is Simon unmotivated?
Next, documentation aspects such as the layout, people buried on site and historically noteworthy materials should
This includes: i. Use Function Parameter: This is the default option and it uses function type parameter of walls, floors and building pads to determine the building elements considered to be part of the building envelope. ii. Identify Exterior Elements: Uses a combination of ray-casting and flood fill algorithms in order to identify the building elements that are exposed to the outside of the building, the building
The project was about design of one-way and two-way slab. The basic steps are to determine applied load, to analyze resultant load and to calculate reinforcement steel bars. The most significant part of my undergraduate studies is perhaps the graduation thesis. My thesis topic is “ Design Project of High-rise Building”.
The TQM had two major weaknesses in the batch-and-queue system: First, the long time between the occurrence of a quality issue and its de-tection which impede the search for the root cause of the quality problem. Second, the inexistence of quality testing in the production line. Due to the missing quality control stations in line, defective parts were queued at the next process step in-stead of being sent to rework (Zone control). Daktronics decided to eliminate the quality problems by the “live testing” strategy. With the help of electronic, visual and standardized work instructions and checklists (in A3 format) including in-spections in line, testing of all parts was implemented to eliminate waste of de-fects (Jidoka and Poka-Yoke).
There are mostly two kinds of Roofing these days. First is the Commercial and other one is the Residential Roofing. Commercial Roofing is used to ensure and seal the highest point of commercial structures while residential roofing is for the security of the private houses and flats. It covers basic entries and avoids leakage of rain water from entering the building. Commercial Roofing by and large has a generally level slant, instead of Residential Roofing, which is regularly steeply inclined.
Introduction: The term 'advanced development technology ' in construction industry covers an extensive variety of present day techniques and practices that envelop the most recent improvements in materials technology, design methodology, amount studying, offices management, administrations, structural examination and design, and management skills used in construction industry. Technological advancements in different fields such as medical industry, business industry, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering etc. have brought many positive impacts. Fusing advanced development technology into construction industry can expand levels of value, proficiency, safety, maintainability and incentive for money. The advanced technologies in construction industry are very useful for all type of small and large scale construction projects.
The Architect working on a project is not only responsible for the design but is also expected to work as a link between different parties in involved in the process, most importantly the client and others for successful outcomes and to achieve client’s satisfaction in a project. With so many factors affecting the process, Architects find it difficult to explain the nature of their professional activities and their deliverables for successful project (Bali, 2009). Also, success can be viewed in different ways whereby what one perceives as a successful project outcome may be viewed quite differently by the next. A client’s judgement of a success may often be different to the architect.