Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Soil Test - Rock Found 6Oct 11, 2020 10:24 pm Albert142 @worldofmud Oh okay. No, I am not allowed access to the site, as it is unregistered. We were given access only due to the soil test clause in our contract. Its frustrating when they take your money and do as minimum as possible. I will have a talk to the builder and see what they have to say about this. To be fair to the soil testers, they have done what they were asked most likely. I looked at the borehole locations from a geotech. investigation point of view and the locations would be inadequate for that type of investigation but pretty standard for a residential soil test. It's likely the builder who requested this level of works, and site class to AS2870 is the minimum required to satisfy DA/building requirements, but not normally the required level to control costs on any site never mind a rock site. If you do contact the builder, perhaps query if there would be a difference in price (to you) where a site is classed A rather than S. . We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37139 Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12334 Hi Building Expert, Thank you for the feedback, much appreciated, there is also a code of conduct for building surveyors which they need to follow as well. I am looking… 4 3663 |