The structure while every strap, bolt and bracket can still be counted.
Two items dominate the Oran Park frame set. Metal straps required at the top and bottom plates and not fitted, recorded on five separate occasions. And tie down bolts missing from the bracing, recorded four times. Both belong to the same system: the chain that ties the roof to the walls and the walls to the slab against uplift. Add steel beam and post connections needing attention, jamb studs not fixed off and junctions not nailed, and the pattern is fixings rather than materials.
Annotated findings from Frame inspections on Oran Park builds. Client addresses withheld.
1Bored piersAfter boring and cage placement, before concrete
2Slab pre-pourThe day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
5FixingAfter mouldings, doors and joinery, before the painter
6WaterproofingAfter the membrane is applied and before any tile is laid
7Pre-handover (PCI)Two to three weeks before your handover dateInstant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
The continuous run of fixings from roof to wall to slab that resists uplift in wind. Every link is nominated in your engineering, and a missing strap or bolt breaks the chain at that point.
Two to three hours single storey and longer on a double storey, where the upper frame and its tie downs have to be reached safely and photographed.
They are the parts of the structure specifically engineered for the loads you never see, which is why they are specified item by item and why we count them rather than glance at them.
Generally yes, because they are cheap at frame stage and expensive to argue about afterwards. The report gives a numbered list with photographs and locations.
At lock-up, and each is marked fixed, partly fixed or outstanding.
Your engineering and its tie down schedule. Without them the report describes the frame but cannot confirm it against the design.
