Monitoring neighbouring buildings during construction: how to avoid claims
A crack in the building next to an excavation is usually a dispute about when it appeared. Without a zero state and continuous measurements, the contractor usually loses that dispute. What to measure on neighbouring buildings, how often, and how to keep evidence.
- Scenario: a neighbour calls on Monday morning
- Who is liable for cracks in the building next door, and on what basis
- Zero-state survey: without it, every crack is "yours"
- What to measure on neighbouring structures, and where
- Frequency: why a weekly reading is too infrequent during the excavation phase
- Thresholds and response procedure: who gets the SMS and what they do
- Data as evidence: timestamp, raw data, log
- How it works in Inclify
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