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Building a new home in Phuket is an exciting process, but it can also be stressful, especially if issues arise during construction. That's why it's important to conduct pre-construction inspections to identify and address potential problems before the building process begins. In this article, we'll discuss the importance of pre-construction inspections for home building projects in Phuket and provide tips for homeowners to ensure their inspections are thorough and effective.

Before You Start

 
 

Inspections conducted during the construction process are essential for identifying and addressing issues before they become costly or difficult to fix. These proactive evaluations ensure that each stage of construction adheres to quality standards and building codes, maintaining the project’s structural integrity and preventing delays. By catching problems early, such inspections help keep the project on schedule and within budget, reducing the risk of expensive post-construction repairs. Moreover, they provide peace of mind to homeowners and investors, knowing that the building is being constructed correctly and safely, safeguarding their investment and ensuring a smoother overall construction experience.

Overall, hiring a professional inspector for pre-construction inspections is a smart investment for homeowners in Phuket. It can help identify potential issues, reduce the risk of costly delays, and ensure a smoother construction process.

What is As-Built Survey & How to Conduct One Accurately

During the construction process, few things are as certain as unplanned changes. Whether the result of unknown variables or a sudden change of heart, unplanned changes quickly make as-designed documents outdated. This is where as-built surveys come into play.

With accurate as-built surveys, you can tell a building’s whole story — even if that story had numerous revisions and drafts before reaching the conclusion. In the past, as-built surveys were a manual, time-consuming process. Today, they’re more doable than ever. 

Before diving into the technical advantages available to you today, it’s important to fully understand what as-built surveys are and why they’re critical to construction.

What is an as-built survey?

As-built surveys are an as-is blueprint of a project, detailing the project as it exists after any changes occurred. They are an in-depth record of a structure as it was built, not planned, and include final utility locations, measurements, materials, and more. The as-built survey is the first part of the two-step process that makes as-built plans possible, and is all about accurately gathering measurement or placement data. 

As-built surveys are typically accompanied by an as-built drawing or as-built model, which provide a visual record of the structure/project following any changes to the original plan. This set of as-built documents is an essential part of complete record keeping, as it ensures any future renovations or maintenance decisions are made with as much information as possible.

The significance of as-built surveys in construction

As-built surveys are a critical component of any construction project, whether it’s a renovation or a net-new build. Without as-built surveys, you’re stuck relying on blueprints and as-designed documents, and your best guess based on what you can see. But, with as-built surveys, your construction efforts are bolstered by a number of benefits.

Accuracy verification

As-built surveys are typically conducted using advanced surveying equipment, like laser scanners, meaning the measurements are often more accurate than those taken by hand. As-built surveys are also conducted after a project is completed (and often during the project). Between this and the technology used, you can rest assured the measurements are accurate and verified before documents are created and reports are handed off to any stakeholders.

Documentation of changes

While as-built surveys are often conducted at the end of a project, you can also run them after changes occur, but before project completion. Coupled with detailed notes from your on-site staff, this can result in thorough documentation of any changes that occurred during the project.

Future modifications or renovations

When approaching any modifications or renovations, more details and information are usually for the best. Approaching a renovation or update without accurate information can result in costly mistakes, and unexpected changes and challenges.

As-built surveys detail any changes that occurred during a project, including utility location changes or material substitutions, all of which can impact a renovation or modification. For example, if you’re trying to add additional outlets to a room, knowing where existing wires are can allow you to piggyback when creating new outlets.

Maintenance planning

Maintenance planning and budgeting is only accurate when you know what it is you’re dealing with. As-built surveys ensure you have accurate information on what materials were used on build sites, which utilities are newer and vice versa, and so on.

In other words, accurate as-built surveys allow you to determine which structures or projects pose the biggest risk in the coming year in regards to maintenance. They also save you the time and resources that come with hunting down an underground utility, and so on.

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