Inspection Flashcards
(40 cards)
What are the 4 stages of inspection?
- Personal safety
- Local area
- Internal
- External
What equipment would you take on an inspection?
- pad & pen
- Camera / phone
- Plans
- PPE
What would you look out for in the local area?
- Local amenities
- Transport routes
- Comparable evidence
- Contamination
What would you look for on an external inspection?
- Construction
- Repair & condition
- Car parking / access
- Defects
What would you look for on an internal inspection?
- Layout and specification
- Repair and maintenance
- Defects
- Services
- Statutory compliance
- Fixtures and fittings
What are the 3 main purposes of an inspection?
- Valuation
- Property Management
- Agency
What do you look out for on each inspection?
Property Management = lease compliance, repairs, insurance compliance, statutory compliance
Valuation - Condition, specification, defects, occupation details
Agency - Condition, specification, presentation
What are the 4 types of foundation?
- Raft - a slab foundation over the whole site to transfer load
- Piled - reinforced concrete cylinders transfer the weight to the ground
- Pad - a slab under individual or a group of columns
- Trench - For walls and closely spaced columns (residential dwellings)
What are the types of brickwork?
Solid wall - no gap between layers of brickwork
Cavity wall - gap between layers of brickwork (can be filled with insulation)
Head - short end of bricks on show
Stretched - long edge of bricks on show
What is efflorescence?
White marks caused by salts in the brickwork.
What is spalling?
Damage to the brickwork where the surface of the bricks start to crumble due to cold weather
What is the specification of a Grade A office?
- 350mm ceiling void
- 150mm floor void
- passenger lift
- Air conditioning
- Double glazing
- 1 car parking space per 200 sq ft
- 2.5kn/sq m floor loading
What is the difference between a Cat A and Cat B fit out?
Cat A = grade A office space but shell
Cat B - Cat A plus tenant fit out
What is a fan coil unit?
An air conditioning unit that heats or cools air by passing it over a coil connected to a central heating or cooling system
What is VRV?
Variable refrigerant volume - air conditioning unit that provides climate control to different sections of the building
What is the difference between Cat A and Cat B space?
Cat A - grade A space
Cat B - Cat A plus tenant fit out
What is the spec of a grade A industrial building?
- 8m to eaves height
- min floor loading 30 kn/sq m
- LED lighting
- Concrete screed floors
- Electric loading doors
- 40% site coverage
- Office content up to 10%
What is an inherent defect?
A defect in the building materials/structure that has always been present
What is a latent defect?
A fault with the property that could not have been identified on a reasonably thorough inspection
What would you do if you spotted a defect?
- Take photos
- Try and identify a possible cause
- Report to client
- Recommend investigation by a building surveyor
What are 3 common defects?
- Movement
- Water
- Defective building materials
What is subsidence?
Vertical downward movement of a building foundation, caused by a loss of support
What different types of damp are there?
- Dry rot = fungal infection
- Wet rot - damp timbers
- Penetrative - water through brickwork - defective rainwater goods, brickwork etc
- Rising damp - usually does not go above 1.5m from ground
- Condensation - lack of ventilation
What are some common building defects?
Older buildings = damp issues, water ingress
New industrial buildings = leaks around roof lights, guttering
New office buildings = water ingress due to AC units or leaking pipework
