As mentioned we have organised to use an independent building inspector throughout our build and the first inspection is Foundation which happened today - if you don't get the slab right the rest of the build could be a nightmare.
I set out to our block this afternoon to meet our inspector and for him to go over the site to make sure everything is ok before they pour the slab tomorrow. When I got there he had beat me and was straight into it, I could see that he noticed a few things and the guys working were great and amended what he pointed out straight away.
Once he had finished he came over and his first words were "I don't like to tell the builders this but this is the best slab I've seen, its very well engineered and the work the guys had done was great". This is great to hear specially for how much extra we have paid for the slab work! He picked up a few things but the guys on site fixed them straightaway, so this means the slab will be poured tomorrow :)
Even though everything was fixed before he left the site we still got a written report of what was found and photo evidence of what was wrong. David discussed with me an inspection he did last week where he found that many things wrong with the foundation that they had still not poured concrete and it was five days after he did the inspection. While everything was fine for us it is always great to get a professional opinion as this is our future we're investing in.
Here are some photos I took today:
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