Category: Construction Methods

By the time the concrete arrives on site, the quality of the finish has already been decided. It was decided by the carpenters.

Most delays on small buildings are not slow work. They are trades arriving in the wrong order and undoing each other.

A wall out of plumb by 20mm costs money in plaster for the rest of the job. Blockwork quality is decided in the first three courses.

A 1:2:4 mix measured with a shovel is not a 1:2:4 mix. Here is what site batching really delivers, and how we keep it honest.