Level 1

Question 1

What defects may you find in an office? Period and Modern?

Answer 1

Period - Dry rot, Wet rot, tile slipage
- Damp at roof and ground level
- Water ingress in doors and windows

Modern - Damp at roof and ground level
- water damage from M&E failure
- structural movement
- Damaged cladding
- Cavity Wall tie failure

Question 2

What is Wet and Dry rot?

Answer 2

Wet Rot - casued by damp and timber decay - signs include wet/soft timber, fungal growth

Dry Rot - Caused by fungal attack - spreads across wood in fine and fluffy white strands

Question 3

What is cavity wall tie failure?

Answer 3

Where ties holding two cavity walls together break
Could be caused by corroded ties
Signs include cracking along the bricks

Question 4

What defects may you find in an industrial unit?

Answer 4

Damaged cladding
Cut edge corrosion
Gutting defects
Damaged roof sheets

Question 5

What is cut edge corrosion?

Answer 5

Where bear edge cladding panels become exposed, damaged and weathered - eventually corrode
Expert assessment but would cut off corrosion and treat edge

Question 6

What defects may you find an retail unit?

Answer 6

Period - Dry rot, Wet rot, tile slipage
- Damp at roof and ground level
- Water ingress in doors and windows

Modern - Damp at roof and ground level
- water damage from M&E failure
- structural movement
- Damaged cladding
- Cavity Wall tie failure

Question 7

What is C&W Health & Safety Policy?

Question 8

What mobile software did you use on your inspection? How did it work?

Answer 8

iAuditor
It provides a list of key points to look for on inspection and a methodological process and fill-in boxes and prompts

Question 9

What are the pros and cons of iAuditor?

Answer 9

Pros - Provdies a template for inspection with key prompts and drop downs for common inspection notes. Formulates as a pdf to be referred to
Cons - does not include all points to look out for so still diligent, but does allow you to add extra information