Hi Everyone,
We are building a double story house and are in pre-slab stage. We had a meeting with construction supervisor on site last week and asked him to check the distance from fomrwork at the back of the property till the rear fence to see if it the same as engineering plan. he measured the distance and said it is 4m instead of 4.4m specified in approved plans. We asked him to re-position the formwork before concrete is poured to make it per engineering plans, but he said he is 100% sure the positioning is right as they had their surveyor on site and it is based on surveyor report. He suggested it is due to fence positioning issue not slab. This is very unlikely as our neighbor are building at the same time and no one has this issue (all back fences are in the same position in all neighbor lands). Can anyone advise what is our option here? The builder is not accepting this issue and insist they will pour the slab next week. The council says we need to check with our private certifier but it takes some time for them to get back to us. We also not sure if the site measurement are checked with private certifier when plans are approved. I will appreciate any advice.
Thanks.