A single failure, examined against what the drawing and the standard actually asked for.
A defect investigation is measured against the approved drawings and engineering for the property, the National Construction Code, the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2017 and the Australian Standard relevant to the element in question.
0 checkpoints across 0 areas on a standard Austral defect investigation report. On a site under construction we need the lot open and the builder told we are coming. Where a stage is not finished we say so in the report rather than passing it.
Elements of one investigation on an Austral property.
New Construction Stage Inspections Seven checks through an Austral build, each timed before the work disappears. 
Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections The final list while the last payment is still yours. 
Pre-Purchase Building Inspections A visual inspection to AS 4349.1 for the older houses among the new lots. 
Building and Pest Inspections Building and timber pest in one attendance, reported apart. 
Dilapidation Reports A dated photographic record before the block beside you is built on. NCAT Expert Witness Reports Evidence drawn to the tribunal's procedural direction when a dispute reaches it. Pre-Listing Inspections See what a buyer's inspector will see, while the timing is still yours. Insurance Claim Assessments An impartial account of damage and its cause for a claim in assessment. Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
A defect report runs across a whole property listing everything found. An investigation isolates one failure and works out the cause, which is the document that matters when fault is being argued rather than existence.
It is written to be usable, though the tribunal expects a report prepared to NCAT Procedural Direction 3, which we produce separately. Plenty of disputes close before reaching that point.
We record what failed and the requirement it failed against. Where the remedy needs design, that is an engineer's certificate and the report says so instead of guessing.
