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ᐅ Damages to Masonry Units During the Shell Construction Phase

Created on: 20 Dec 2021 18:17
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ChriRoth
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Hello everyone,

we are about to start building our new house and have chosen a local construction company. Today, by chance, we visited a shell construction site by this company (in a larger new development area). In our rather inexperienced eyes, the workmanship there did not seem as neat as in another shell construction site we also saw in the same development.

Is it acceptable for a wall, for example, to be built without staggered bricks/blocks? Is what we saw still within normal standards? We are just a bit unsure.

Thank you for your expert opinion and best regards, Christine


Unfinished wall made of white concrete blocks with cables on a construction site
Interior of a construction site with scaffolding poles, concrete walls, and wall markings.
Interior of a construction site with a white block wall, rusty steel supports, and mortar traces.

Concrete wall corner with cracks and spalling on the concrete blocks
Interior wall corner: left white wall, right gray tiles, red border on the right

Construction site: brown pipe with holes, red clamp, white block wall, green hose reel.
Interior of a construction site with white concrete blocks, bucket and bags; view outside.
Construction: interior of a construction site with block walls, scaffolding poles, passage to outside.
Construction site scene: stack of aerated concrete blocks with cracks, metal pipe visible on the left.
Nida35a21 Dec 2021 14:22
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ChriRoth schrieb:

We have already discussed hiring a building surveyor, which is definitely a useful addition.
and inform the construction company beforehand as well,
with us, every construction worker knew that inspections would take place.
During the inspections, the site manager or foreman was present whenever possible, and they complemented each other professionally. The building savings contract representative, who also acted as a damage assessor, had very thorough knowledge.