The structure while every bolt, washer and bracket can still be counted.
This is the biggest single set on the site: forty eight photographs from Leppington frame inspections. The pattern is fixings rather than materials. Bolts missing at steel posts and beams. Tie down bolts absent, recorded five separate times. Truss boots and roof bracing not installed. Washers missing, bracket fixings short, bottom plates overhanging by 25 millimetres, studs and top plates damaged. Every one is cheap while the frame is open and gone the week the plasterer starts.
Annotated findings from Frame inspections on Leppington builds. Client addresses withheld.
1Bored piersAfter boring and cage placement, before concrete
2Slab pre-pourThe day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
5FixingAfter mouldings, doors and joinery, before the painter
6WaterproofingAfter the membrane is applied and before any tile is laid
7Pre-handover (PCI)Two to three weeks before your handover dateInstant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Two to three hours single storey, longer on a double storey where the upper frame and its tie downs must be reached and photographed safely.
Because fixings are small, numerous and installed at pace. They are also the parts the engineer specified individually for loads you never see, which is why we count rather than glance.
The bottom plate sits proud of the slab edge by more than the tolerance allows, reducing its bearing. It is measured against the tolerance rather than described.
Generally yes. They cost little at frame stage and a great deal to argue about later, and the report hands over a numbered list with photographs.
They are, at lock-up, with every item marked done, partly done or still open.
Your engineering and its tie down schedule, without which the report can describe the frame but not confirm it.
