The structure while every bolt and strap is still countable.
Box Hill frames use more structural steel than the Victorian growth suburbs, and that is where the findings concentrate. We have recorded M12 bolts absent from a beam connection, a connection built differently to the engineer's detail, a column missing its tension member, corner straps never fitted and strap bracing left untensioned. Steel is unforgiving in one specific way: it looks finished from three metres whether or not the bolts are in.
Annotated findings from Frame inspections on Box Hill builds. Client addresses withheld.
1Bored piersAfter boring and cage placement, before any concrete
2Slab pre-pourThe day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
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.
Because the connection, not the beam, is usually the weakest part of a steel frame. The engineer sized the bolt group for a specific load; removing bolts from it changes the capacity of the joint, and after the linings go on nobody counts them again.
Two to three hours on a single storey and longer on a double storey, where the upper frame, its steel and its tie downs have to be reached safely and photographed.
Metal strap bracing only resists load in tension. Fitted loose it contributes nothing at all, which is why we record straps that are present but slack as a defect rather than as a completed item.
Yes, at lock-up as a matter of course. Each earlier item is marked fixed, part done or outstanding, which gives you a written record if it ever becomes contested.
Generally yes, since correcting frame items now costs little and disputing them later costs a great deal. The report hands the supervisor a numbered list with photographs and locations.
The engineering and the tie down schedule for your lot. Without them we can describe the steel that is there but not confirm it against what was designed.
