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Construction inspection manual. Sixth
Edition. BNi, building
news. Table of
contents. 1. Recommended duties, responsibilities, and limitations. Owner,
architect, contractor, construction inspector, job site safety. 2.
Coordination. Communications,
correspondence and forms. 3. Checklist for field inspection. Starting out,
general items, technical items, closing out checklist. 4. Standards and codes. 5. The construction inspector. Qualifications
and requirements. Employment,
compensation, and agreements. Apprentices. Construction
industry organizations. Terms and
definitions. Forms. Inspector's
basic bookshelf. Inspector's
basic tools. Inspector's
basic project file. Miscellaneous
construction aids. Mathematics
and metric conversion. Access for
persons with disabilities. Hazardous
materials. Useful
construction data. Construction
inspector. Organizing
complete system of construction records. Log book,
daily report system. Progress
report system. Weekly, monthly etc. Correspondence
file. Payment file. Change order
file. Shop drawings
and samples little file. Substitution
file. Test and
inspections file. Site
conference file. Job memo
file. Progress
payment evaluation. Jurisdictions,
reports required. Keep in touch
with the architect. Planning and
coordinate delivery of owners applied materials. Do not take
orders from the owner, but architect. Do not advise
or issue direction in relation to construction methods. Lots of
additional rules here, data. Job site
safety. If you see
it, notify and document. Do not go
looking for it. Coordination. Communication. Owner
communicates directly with the architect, through the architect with the
contractor. The
construction inspector communicates directly with the architect and the
superintendent. The architect
communicates directly with the owner, contractor, and superintendent, and the
construction inspector. Remember the
writing issue, to document, document, document. Correspondence
and forms. The American
Institute of architects has developed the most complete series of documents. Widely used
forms, application for payment, certificate for payment, change order, field
change order, transmittal, and inspector’s daily report. Suggested
correspondence. Owner: all
matters document to architect. Architect:
distribution of correspondence to all parties involved. Contractor:
follow-up phone conversations in writing for important matters. Construction
inspector: use a field memorandum for conceptually numbered issues. Checklist for
field inspection. Starting up,
general items checklist, technical items checklist, and closing out
checklist. Starting out
and procedures checklist. Office established
and equipped as required. Phones,
faxes, and computer entities installed and parties informed of phone number. Mailing
address established. Acquire
complete directory of all the parties involved, phone numbers, faxes etc. Emergency
phone numbers acquired. Permits and
approvals have been obtained from all agencies. Codes and
standards are available on the job site. Procedures
for the work are established. Many issues
are here, manpower, climate, materials, equipment, laboratory tests, and
adequate operational conditions. The architect
is notified before phases of work are closed up. Safety of the
public is taken into consideration and verified. Hazardous
materials, handicap regulations. Technical
items checklist. Bidding
requirements, site work, concrete, Masonry, metals, wood, plastics, moisture
protection, including thermal protection, doors and windows, finishes,
specialties, equipment, furnishings, special construction, conveying systems,
mechanical, electrical. Each one of
these topics alone has several issues. Vandalism and
again public safety. Landscaping,
irrigation systems. Concrete:
reinforcement, cast in place, pre-cast. Structural
steel, metal decking, metal fabrications, flashing, sheet metal, metal doors
and frames, entrances and storefronts, metal windows, wood doors,
hardware. Glazing. Lath and plaster. Gypsum board. Tile. Acoustical,
flooring, carpet, painting, casework,~cabinetry. Window treatment, fire protection, plumbing, mechanical issues,
refrigeration, air distribution. Each
one of these topics has many issues individually. Basic electrical materials and methods, service and
distribution, lighting,. Closing out
checklist. Architect
inspection, owners representative, inspection list, revealing, service connection
meters, sterilization of plumbing system, agency inspections, operational
test of systems and equipment, system adjustments, owners personnel
instruction, final change orders, instruction manuals and other related
materials transmitted to owner. Extra
materials and spares delivered to owner, final payment forms process,
maintenance issues are understood and arranged for. Standards and
codes. Many
organizations and agencies and develop standards and codes applying to the
construction industry. There are 100
here. Codes. National,
standard, building code, fire prevention code, property maintenance,
mechanical, plumbing, energy conservation,. Federal and
state issues. This is a
topic by itself, end here. The
construction inspector. Qualifications
and requirements. College and
hands-on experience. Minimum of
two years college. Personal
skills. Proper
inspection insurers the owner gets
the structure paid for and the contractor makes a reasonable profit. The
construction inspector, employment, compensation and agreement. The owner
engages the construction inspector for the project, and inspector works under
the direction of the architect. Compensation,
generally speaking, the rate of the foreman the average of the four highest
trades present. Construction
industry organizations. National and
state organizations. Terms. Agency, application in certificate for payment, architect, architects representative, beneficial occupancy, mailing inspector, change order, codes, consulting, construction documents, date of substantial completion, field change or, final acceptance, final inspection, inspector, owner, owner representative, progress payment, progress schedule, record drawings, schedule of values, shop drawings, standards, supplier, superintendent, vendor,. Keep in mind,
modern technologies. Webcams,
digital cameras, small cameras, motion activator, surveillance,. Phones with
cameras, videoconferencing, broadband connections. Camcorders. |
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