Pre-Slab Pour Inspection
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Pre-Slab Pour Stage
The Pre Slab Pour is an inspection of your home’s base, steel and formwork etc prior to pouring concrete, to ensure everything has been properly constructed, ready for concrete to be poured. This inspection stage is generally conducted the afternoon before the slab is scheduled for pouring the next morning.
Once concrete has been poured, there is no way to know what issues exist in the slab structure, until it’s too late…
Often there are numerous defects present in the steel, vapour barrier and formwork, and it is important to have them checked, as the building surveyor’s inspector often neglects to either detect or report on these issues.
Our detailed inspection process will find the issues, to ensure your home is built on a solid base.
Every concrete slab is individually designed, specific to the geotechnical conditions of the site. After a soil test confirms the site conditions, this design can be engineered. The structural slab design, and the installation has to comply with the NCC’s Building Code of Australia, and the relevant Australian Standard, AS 2870 – Residential Slabs & Footings.
The specifics of the design of your new home’s concrete slab are then detailed in the engineering plans. We check that the design has been carried out on site as specified in the engineering, and the works are in accordance with the BCA, AS 2870, and are generally of a good standard.
The specific components of the Pre Slab Pour inspection that will be inspected include:
- vapour barrier
- stormwater and sewer drains
- steel reinforcement
- concrete cover
- pipe penetrations
- termite protection
- bored pier locations
- steel laps, location and installation
- adherence to Australian Standard AS2860
- adherence to Building Code of Australia
- adherence to engineering documents
It can be only a matter of a week or so from when your builder starts on site, to when the slab is ready to be checked, and you may not have been introduced or even spoken to your building supervisor. If the drainage plumbing pipes have been installed, the concrete slab is likely only 1 or 2 days from ready.
The time between when the slab is ready, and when concrete is poured is only a matter of hours, and concrete slab works can easily be delayed one or more days due to a small change in weather conditions, such as rain, wind, or excessive heat, which will almost certainly delay things on most building sites. We suggest the you inform your builder that Correct Inspections will inspect this stage, and request as much notice as possible.
Our Inspection Bundle Packages
Our prices are much better value than our competitors, saving you many hundreds of dollars throughout the construction of your new home, and even more money if you take advantage of our bundle packages. Check out our prices here.
