Types of inspection
Once construction begins, it's the property owner's responsibility to ensure the council inspects the project according to the schedule set out in the building consent.
Building Inspection
- Site – location of the building on site (verified by a surveyor’s report or visible boundary markers)
- Foundation – before placing any concrete for foundation walls or footings
- Piles – before placing any concrete for pile foundations (timber or concrete)
- Pre Slab – before placing any concrete for concrete floor slabs and any integral footings
- Retaining wall – before back-filling against any wall or covering any tanking
- Sub-floor – before covering any sub-floor framing
- Pre wrap – before fitting building wrap to framing
- Pre clad – on completing the building wrap with flashings/tapes installed and before fitting any external cladding external cladding
- Brick – brick work at half height
- Post Clad & weather-tightness – before application of any coating system
- Pre Line – before fitting internal linings where specialist vibrationally isolated connections or in-frame insulation is specified
- Post line (bracing) – post line bracing while fixings are still visible
- Post line (fire) – where fire rated walls are included, certification from the fire design engineer (PS4) or sufficient inspections to verify correct installation of specified linings and protection of penetrations
- Post line (wet area membranes) – inspection of installed wet area membranes before installation of finish surfaces such as tiles
- Post line (acoustic) – where sound rated walls are included, certification from the acoustic design engineer (PS4) or sufficient inspections to verify correct installation of specified linings and attenuation of penetrations
- Final – final inspection on completion of all building work.
Roofing Inspection
- Membrane – membrane upstand prior to concealing behind any wall linings or under flashings
- Postwrap – purlins and wrap in place
Plumbing Inspection
- Drainage – testing any drainage work before back filling and before covering any field drains
- Pre slab – plumbing in/under the floor slab
- Pre line – plumbing systems before fitting any linings