- Author
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National Bureau of Standrds
- Title
- Field Inspectors' Check List for Building Construction. Report of Subcommittee on Structure Central Housing Committee on Research, Design, and Construction.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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BMS 81
April 8, 1942
74 p.
- Keywords
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building construction
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inspection
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housing
- Abstract
- The purpose of a field inspection during the construction of a building is to make sure that the materials and workmanship provided by the contractor comply with or are equivalent to the requirements of the contract documents. These documents usually include general conditions, specifications, and drawings. The field inspector should obtain copies of all contract documents, reference specifications, codes, permits, insurance certificates; data relating to contractors and subcontractors, inspection laboratories; catalogs, approved samples, reports of tests, reference matter; and other pertinent information so far as it is available. Before field operations become too extensive or too active the contract documents should be carefully examined by the field inspector and this Check List amplified or condensed to conform to their provisions. Specification requirements for large or important projects will be detailed and specific; for smaller or less important jobs they may be less exacting. The extent of deviation from rigid inspection to be allowed must be determined by existing conditions. The type and purpose of the structure should be given reasonable consideration in the application of the requirements of the contract documents.