Types of inspection

Once construction begins, it's the property owner's responsibility to ensure the council inspects the project according to the schedule set out in the building consent.

Building Inspection

  • Site – location of the building on site (verified by a surveyor’s report or visible boundary markers)
  • Foundation – before placing any concrete for foundation walls or footings
  • Piles – before placing any concrete for pile foundations (timber or concrete)
  • Pre Slab – before placing any concrete for concrete floor slabs and any integral footings
  • Retaining wall – before back-filling against any wall or covering any tanking
  • Sub-floor – before covering any sub-floor framing
  • Pre wrap – before fitting building wrap to framing
  • Pre clad – on completing the building wrap with flashings/tapes installed and before fitting any external cladding external cladding
  • Brick – brick work at half height
  • Post Clad & weather-tightness – before application of any coating system
  • Pre Line – before fitting internal linings where specialist vibrationally isolated connections or in-frame insulation is specified
  • Post line (bracing) – post line bracing while fixings are still visible
  • Post line (fire) – where fire rated walls are included, certification from the fire design engineer (PS4) or sufficient inspections to verify correct installation of specified linings and protection of penetrations
  • Post line (wet area membranes) – inspection of installed wet area membranes before installation of finish surfaces such as tiles
  • Post line (acoustic) – where sound rated walls are included, certification from the acoustic design engineer (PS4) or sufficient inspections to verify correct installation of specified linings and attenuation of penetrations
  • Final – final inspection on completion of all building work.

Roofing Inspection

  • Membrane – membrane upstand prior to concealing behind any wall linings or under flashings
  • Postwrap – purlins and wrap in place

Plumbing Inspection

  • Drainage – testing any drainage work before back filling and before covering any field drains
  • Pre slab – plumbing in/under the floor slab
  • Pre line – plumbing systems before fitting any linings

 

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