Inspection Flashcards
What types of inspections are there?
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For what reasons/p;urposes have you carried out inspections?
- Valuation Survey
- Purchase and Sale
- Leasing and Letting
- Lease Renewal/Rent Reviews
- Property Management
- Dilapidations
- Party Wall Survey
- Schedule of Condition
- Defects Analysis
- Structural/Mechanical/Electrical
Inspection Tools:
Name some measuring inspection tools?
- Tape
- Lazer
- 2m Wooden Rule
- Theodolite
Inspection Tools:
Name some inspection discovery tools?
- Boroscope (for within walls under floor boards)
- Hammer (to help with drains)
- Chisel.Screw Driver (to help with drains)
- Ladders (Loft/flat roof inspection)
- Moisure Meter (to discover dampness)
- Manhole Keys (to help lift some manholes)
Inspection Tools:
Name recording equipment for inspections etc?
- Pen/Paper
- Iphone/Ipad
- Dictaphone
- Camera/Video
- Thermal imaging camera
- Camera pole for camera/go Pro
Inspection Tools:
Name some items of tools relating to Health & Safety?
- Torch
- Phone
- High Viz Clothing
- PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
- Gloves
- Masks
- Hand Sanitiser
- Eye wear
- Steel toe cap boots
- Ear Defenders
- Safety Helmet
Before visiting a premises/site what does your pre-inspection checklist comprise?
State the following with recommendations/observations:
- Mode of travel
- Lone Working Policy
- Property Condition
- Occupation of premises
- What type of activity is at the premises
- Site rules and Welfare if any
- Roofs
- High Structures
- Dangerous Substances
- Diseases
- Spoecial Access
- Special Risks
- Access Equipment
- Other Equipment (PPE)
- Environmental matters
- Personal Matters
- How im going to travel - Car or Public Transport
- Not too fast or too long
- Are you currently on any medication that can affect your driving.
- Pasrking your vehicle safely.
- Lone Working
- Notifty colleague/office or partner of where you are.
- Call when you arrive.
- Call when you leave.
- Have mobile phone.
- Use of what 3 words.
- Property Condition
- Is the property derelict
- Any areas unsafe for access.
- Occupation
- Vendors in occupation
- tenants
- Vacant
- Pets/animals
- Any aggressive people
- Squatters/burgulars
- Type of activity at the premises
- Retail, offices, manufacturing, warehouse, residential
- Noisy, fumes, vehicle movements, equipmenmt, plant/machinery
- Site Rules and Welfare if any
- Does the occupier have house or site rules?
- Emergency arrangements
- Site induction procedures
- Roofs
- Is it necessary to go on or can you inspect with binoculas or from a window above.
- High Structures
- Safety with scaffolding
- Inspection via a cherry picker
- Dangerous Substances
- Chemiclas, radiation, asbestos, gas etc
- Register of ACMs or environmental reprots available?
- Diseases
- Clinical Waste
- Used syringes/needles, condoms, razer blades, etc
- Legionella bacteria in disused water storage systems
- Special Access
- Underground, Abseiling
- Special Risks
- Railway premises, Security establishments, plant rooms, roof top telecoms equipment
- Access Equipment
- Ladder, Cherry Picker, Mobile Work Platform (MEWP)
- Other Equipment (PPE)
- Gloves
- Face MAsk
- Safety Helmet
- Eye Protection
- Safety Footwear
- Hi-Viz
- Lighting
- Environmental Matters
- Weather Conditions and/or light levels
- Temperature extremes
- Personal Matters
- Genger or level of fitness
- Phobias e.g. vertigo or claustophobia
From an external inspection only how would you determine that a brick wall is of solid or cavity construction?
- Solid = Stretchers and Headers (The presence of Headers)
- Cavity = Stretchers
How thich is a solid brick wall?
- 9 inches approx 230mm
How thick is a cavity wall?
- 11 inches or 270mm (Approx)
What are the two main domestic-type of roof structures?
- Rafter and Purlin
- Timber trussed
What is the specification for a modern industrial unit?
- Min 8m clear eaves height with 10% roof lights
- Min 30kn per sq m floor leading capacity
- 3 Phase electricity
- Plastic coated prrofile cladding with brick or blockwork walls to approx. 2m
Describe a portal frame?
- A portal frame is a double pitched roof supported by steel columns
What is the specification for Grade A offices?
- Steel or reinforvced concrete frame
- fully accessed raised floors
- 2.6m clear floor to ceiling height
- ceiling void of 350mm and a raised floorr void of 150mm
- Suspended ceilings
- LG7 compliant lighting
- air-conditioning
What are the causes of damp in buildings?
- Penetrating
- Rising
- Condensation
- Plumbing failures
What causes rising damp in a building?
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How should a DPC be fitted?
- No DPC in older buildings
- Failed DPC like slates
- Bridged DPC
- A DPC should be 150mm or 2 brick courses from ground level
