Daily inspection is much important in each part of your construction. Inspections make sure that activity within a project goes as planned and is according to standards and regulations. Running a Health and Safety Inspection requires the coordination of people, materials hence, inspections are performed for several purposes in every construction phase and throughout the entire project to ensure that things are progressing smoothly.
Health and safety
Health and safety inspections are also important to ensure that health and safety, the Construction (Design and Management), and the Safety and Health at Work, regulations, and standards are being complied with and followed.
These inspections can be conducted by the contractor, externally by a regulating body, or by third-party audits. The health and safety inspections that need to be performed on the site are a specific list and should be performed thoroughly as required:
- Prevention of falls and fall protection systems
- Working at height
- Working platforms such as scaffold and mobile platforms
- Ladders and stepladders checking
- Personal protection equipment (PPE), with head protection
- Plant, vehicles, and other equipment or tools
- Storage spaces
- Electrical
- Asbestos risk prevention
- Provision of welfare amenities such as toilets and handwashing facilities
- Site conditions and order
- Avoiding obstructions
- Management of respiratory risks
- Structural stability
- Prevention of unauthorized access to the site
The schedule of inspections should be as to frequency and accompanied by correct reports and actionable items.
Building control
In States, it is the Building Control that develops appropriate legislation and standards allied with health, safety, accessibility, energy conservation, and sustainability of the built environment and comprises professional organizations, government bodies, or a comparable agency.
These building control inspections are usually performed by a building control local authority or by an approved third-party inspector. Building control inspections are required in the following key stages of a project:
- Beginning
- Excavation
- Foundations
- Laying of damp proof courses
- New drains installation
- Construction of the basic structure
- Installation of insulation
- Roof construction
- Completion
Other Inspections
Other construction inspections are not included in the categories above, which include:
- Planning inspections to authenticate compliance with planning permissions, conditions, and obligations.
- Inspections for release of funding by applicable agencies.
- Insurance inspections
- Routine inspections of street work through highway authorities for road and sewer construction kinds.
- Environmental inspections related to pollution and installations like kitchens and drains.
- Fire safety inspection for fire escapes, protection systems, risks, and storage of certain materials
- Factory inspections
- Archeological inspection of excavations
Some construction inspection guidelines
As mentioned, the main quality measures of a project are the project scope, the budget, and the completion time. Always go back to these three main points when you’re planning an inspection.
Project scope
The scope of the project should be foremost the inspection processes at all times where the client’s requirements are the main focus of the scope. All inspection checklists and all reports must always have the client’s details with thorough notes of communication history between the client and your construction staff.
Every little thing adjusted or installed must be approved by your client. Communication with the client is at the top of any of your project checklists. Use inspections to make sure everything is going according to the project scope.
Budget
All of your Health and Safety inspection checklists that deal with money must always reference the budget. Completing a project within budget is also a priority as a contractor or project manager, which greatly replicates the quality of your work.
Make sure to have inspections that are in the coordination of your suppliers, materials, labor activities, payouts, etc. Use your inspections wisely to monitor that every spending falls within the budget as you progress from one phase to the next event until completion.
Schedule
Your construction project schedule affects your client’s budget and requirements, which can turn a satisfied client into a dissatisfied one bringing some costly litigation. Utilize inspections to monitor your project schedule on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
Always update all relevant stakeholders of any kind of delay including their details. Construction delays can cost a lot; always keep to the clearly defined project schedule at the start of all construction activities.
Construction errors and change orders
Human error and change orders are inevitable in projects. The importance of inspection lies in a good inspection system that handles errors and necessary changes. Having a good inspection system centered around your project teams will help you with the success of your project and its on-time delivery.
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