Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Basics to Building Surveyors


If you consider the fact that practically everything that is constructed on private land requires a building permit of some sort, then it is important to think about the role of the building surveyor and the influence they have throughout a particular renovating or building process.

Builder inspectors and surveyors are required to accept responsibility for making certain a renovation or new build is fit of its intended purpose, which means it should be energy-efficient, safe, and entirely livable. Surveyors in the course of their day-to-day duties need to interact with professionals such as the architects, engineers, and builders to help ensure a commercial or domestic property is built to the right standards to comply with the local building policies laid down by the authorities. They are also able to put forward advice on building legislation which might well affect the design or construction of the building.

Building surveyors aim to work on behalf of both the community and property owner and follow through each step of the construction process to ensure a property is build and finished according to the local legislation. Once the building plans are found to be acceptable, and fully comply to the authority's wishes, a permit to start the build are then issued.

With the work on a construction project fully underway, the building surveyor often remains involved in each step of the build, and may conduct future inspections or might call on the services of a building inspector to do these on-going reports on their behalf. If the inspections are found to be acceptable, a surveyor can then give their final stamp of approval. Stages of the build process that a surveyor might get involved include at the time of placing of the footings, after erecting the frame-work and a last inspection prior to a property given the okay for occupancy.

If throughout the inspection period the surveyor finds a need to fail a particular stage of the construction process, he than has the right to take the necessary enforcement action to guarantee the right remedial work is taken. This corrective work is often rectified as soon as possible to ensure the construction process continues as required and also helps to minimize additional costs and slowing the build.

The building surveyor's primary role relates mostly to the safety of a property and its structural integrity, so it is mostly the duty of the architect and builder to determining the overall quality of other matters, such workmanship, materials used and final finish.

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