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Post by sandypine on Sept 6, 2024 17:54:48 GMT
That does beg the question as regards what was the District Surveyor and his team doing if the cladding was fitted incorrectly. Having briefly inspected the fitment of cladding way back in the late 80s on a refurbished office block there were chances of about five different interested parties routinely inspecting the work of the cladding sub contractor from the main contractor, the client representatives, the architect, independent inspectors and District surveyor. Getting it wrong was pretty difficult. As someone who has fitted cladding I know it can be fitted wrong quite easily . All the above will meet up on site have a sit down for an hour then do a quick lap of the site from the ground .Ive never seen any of these guys on the scaffolding . But I dont think the fitting of the cladding is the issue here but the materials used . What hasn't been mentioned in the report is why there was a rush to clad anything that didn't move in the name of the green agenda which led to unsuitable buildings being clad in the first place . If they were suitable for cladding what materials should have been used ? If they haven't answered that then all roads lead back to the climate zealots . Not if the inspectors are on the ball but I am going back over thirty years. Getting it right was a matter of pride. Sometimes checking the torque on the bolts to the fixings there would be seven people walking round as one person checked the torque, overkill no doubt but each interested party had to have a rep there and with the way the contracts were set up there were many interested parties. |
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Post by Dogburger on Sept 6, 2024 19:46:04 GMT
As someone who has fitted cladding I know it can be fitted wrong quite easily . All the above will meet up on site have a sit down for an hour then do a quick lap of the site from the ground .Ive never seen any of these guys on the scaffolding . But I dont think the fitting of the cladding is the issue here but the materials used . What hasn't been mentioned in the report is why there was a rush to clad anything that didn't move in the name of the green agenda which led to unsuitable buildings being clad in the first place . If they were suitable for cladding what materials should have been used ? If they haven't answered that then all roads lead back to the climate zealots . Not if the inspectors are on the ball but I am going back over thirty years. Getting it right was a matter of pride. Sometimes checking the torque on the bolts to the fixings there would be seven people walking round as one person checked the torque, overkill no doubt but each interested party had to have a rep there and with the way the contracts were set up there were many interested parties. Fair enough but these days the lads use impact drivers to tighten up the bolts and dont even know what Im talking about when I ask the last time its been calibrated ?? |
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Post by sandypine on Sept 6, 2024 19:55:01 GMT
Not if the inspectors are on the ball but I am going back over thirty years. Getting it right was a matter of pride. Sometimes checking the torque on the bolts to the fixings there would be seven people walking round as one person checked the torque, overkill no doubt but each interested party had to have a rep there and with the way the contracts were set up there were many interested parties. Fair enough but these days the lads use impact drivers to tighten up the bolts and dont even know what Im talking about when I ask the last time its been calibrated ?? When I finished every piece of equipment had to be traceable to national standards in one size shape or form and on the buildings at Canary Wharf every contractor had to have a quality plan to which they were inspected. If I measured something the ruler, instrument or tape was traceable and had to be rechecked at defined intervals. We were heading towards aviation QA. Lots of boxes to be ticked of course but everything was traceable. |
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