Roof on, brickwork up, services in, and the last look before plaster.
Lock-up in Austral is largely about the external envelope, because the brickwork and the roof are complete and about to be signed off. Sarking lapped the wrong way, expansion joints that stop rather than run through, weep holes never formed, parapet capping incomplete and gas pipes hard against metal all turn up here. It is also where the frame list gets reassessed before anything is covered.
Annotated findings from Lock-up (pre-plaster) inspections on Austral builds. Client addresses withheld.
1Bored piersAfter boring and cage placement, before concrete
2Slab pre-pourThe day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
3FrameOnce frame and trusses are up and the roof is on, before lining
5FixingAfter mouldings, doors and joinery, before the painter
6WaterproofingAfter the membrane is applied and before any tile is laid
7Pre-handover (PCI)Two to three weeks before your handover dateInstant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Sarking sheds water that gets past the roof covering. Lapped against the fall it delivers that water into the joint instead of over it, turning a safety net into a funnel.
Let the masonry move without cracking. A joint that stops partway up the wall concentrates the movement at the point it stops, which is where the crack then appears.
They do. The stage is defined by services being in and linings not, which here is a window of a few days.
Every one, and each is marked fixed, partly fixed or outstanding in the report.
Around two hours plus the report, longer where there is a parapet roof or a complex external envelope to reach.
We inspect what is open and state plainly which areas could not be seen. Being told plainly what was seen is worth more than assuming everything was.
