Bored piers
After boring and cage placement, before concrete
Depth and diameter against the engineering, cage centred with cover, bases clean and dry
Learn more about the bored piers inspection →Seven checkpoints through a Catherine Field build, each one timed before the work disappears.
The frame records nearest to Catherine Field are about hardware. In Leppington, 2.5 kilometres north east, we recorded washers missing from a tie down, triple grips at a truss tie, bracket fixings in the roof framing, and a bottom plate overhanging its slab edge by twenty five millimetres, twice. A washer is a few cents and it is what stops a bolt pulling through timber. From Austral come the heavier items: a connection that does not match the engineering, a steel column not installed, a metal strap required at the top and bottom plates. None of these photographs was taken in Catherine Field. They come from Leppington, Oran Park and Austral, between two and eight kilometres away, and each caption says which. A suburb of 2,609 people has not yet given us a library of its own, and that is worth stating rather than disguising.
After boring and cage placement, before concrete
Depth and diameter against the engineering, cage centred with cover, bases clean and dry
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The day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
Vapour barrier continuity, cover to reinforcement, beam geometry, set downs and penetrations
Learn more about the slab pre-pour inspection →
Once frame and trusses are up and the roof is on, before lining
Washers, grips and bracket fixings, plate bearing at the slab edge, connections against the drawing, steel columns
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After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
Expansion joints, mortar and render, flashings and capping, downpipes, insulation and ventilation
Learn more about the lock-up (pre-plaster) inspection →
After mouldings, doors and joinery, before the painter
External doors installed, door and window infills, downpipes, penetrations sealed and site grading
Learn more about the fixing inspection →After the membrane is applied and before any tile is laid
Coverage and terminations, falls to the waste, shower recess set down, junctions and penetrations sealed
Learn more about the waterproofing inspection →
Two to three weeks before your handover date
Painting by room, weep holes, render, driveway and grading, wet area sealing and the roof space
Learn more about the pre-handover (PCI) inspection →Each photograph carries the stage it came from and the suburb it was taken in.
Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections Room by room, while your bargaining position holds. 
Defect Investigation Reports One element, taken on its own and measured against its requirement. 
Pre-Purchase Building Inspections A visual inspection under AS 4349.1, on mixed stock. 
Building and Pest Inspections Both reports off one attendance, on largely recent housing. Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
A bolt through timber concentrates its load on a very small area. The washer spreads it. Without one, the bolt head can pull into or through the timber under exactly the load the connection exists to resist.
The wall frame sitting proud of the slab edge, in this case by twenty five millimetres. The plate is then bearing on less concrete than the design assumed, and the wall above is transferring its load closer to an edge than it should.
Nothing in a standard NSW residential contract lets them refuse, and the property is yours. In practice a note to the supervisor arranging a time is the entire negotiation.