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Could ‘quality hold points’ improve housebuilding?

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  1. This should not just be confined to the mechanical aspect. Living in a house where NHBC and manufacturers guidance has been ignored there needs to be proper control within this sector.

    NHBC are a pointless organisation who do not enforce their own guidlines because they are just that and give the definitive impression of being in bed with the developer and not having the homeowners interest at the forefront.

    Example: a garage wall built outside of NHBC guidlines and the BS for deviation from the vertical. This is acceptable because it “looks okay” even after the inspector agreed it was outside required tolerances.

    Not only should the guidelines/ British Standards be enforced but there should be a truely independent body carrying out inspections and enforcing rectification notices.

  2. Another additional cost? How often will they visit? How many exclusions in their report?

    Is this just admitting the lack of competence in site management.

    Surely it is better to improve site management training and ensuring they have the time and resources to carry out all their tasks.

    Sadly, it would appear many hardly ever leave their site desks.

  3. An excellent approach to preemptive design and installation checks rather than costly reactive ones. Lets hope this is adopted on more construction sites.

  4. Supervisory hold points are an excellent idea such as:

    1. Is the work area safe?
    2. Does the crew know what it has to do?
    3. Can they do a good job?
    4. Do they know the standard required?
    5. Would they conceal bad work?

    All are cost-effective preventive measures and the responsibility of the house builder.

    Leaving unknown crews to work any old how and then inspecting the result at a “hold point” will prove costly and frustrating.

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