Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 18, 2021 11:47 am hello everyone this forum came highly recommended to us as a place to get some advice firstly If we don't believe our Slab is up to spec - is there a website somewhere that explains our rights? the builder wanted to 'fix' the slab before we had time to get an engineer onsite but we asked him to hold off, he said he could hold off until tomorrow (we have had another concreter look at the work who agreed its a pretty bad job, but he is not able to provide a report) secondly does anyone know structural engineer in this area that they could recommend - been a bit hard to track one down thanks in advance for reading this post and helping Kate Re: Slab Issues in Cobram Vic 2Aug 18, 2021 12:49 pm Hey KaterChap welcome to the forum What makes this a great forum is professional posts without fear or favour, while no ones trying to sell you 2 litres of paint based on Fake images/projects (Humour) 1stly, you'll need your soil report and engineering details, not sure what 'fix " the slab means, but photos do help 2ndly, Identifying problems with concrete requires hands on site & engineering experience, Contact Engineers Australia, unfortunately their private forum is for members only. I suspect if they ever opened it to the public it would be swamped with Builders complaints OT Tradies/Builders are a unique species. When they get the job.. they'll tell you "that's the way they now do it" and if they dont get the job they'll bag out the other guy that gets it... The only thing that protects you in either case is compliance certified engineering Details and site inspections Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs 12 5320 I am looking at building a house. Has anyone used Construkt Homes (based in Adelaide)? Does anyone have experience with this builder? 0 6450 Industry type domestic contracts are prepared by industry bodies for the benefit of the builders. This means that if you are the owner watch out. One of the points is… 0 3226 |