BCGBC4010A Apply structural principles to residential low-rise constructions

Structural principles - Demolition

Demolition preparation
Structures
•	Identify materials, eg primary, structural and secondary lining materials.
•	Locate hazardous materials and notify authorities as required by OHS legislation.
•	Identify any special structural systems, eg post tensioning, bracing systems, elements resisting vertical loads, elements resisting horizontal loads.
A photo of a house is shown.
Services
•	Locate and identify services and supply mains, eg water, electricity, gas and extent of wires and pipes.
•	Locate and establish the extent of other services such as sewerage and drainage.
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Site
•	Locate depths of adjoining property footings where the building being demolished is close to the boundary or is likely to have an effect on the adjoining property.
•	Notify the building surveyor if any form of protection of the adjoining property is required.
•	Examine and record the condition of adjoining buildings particularly where they are close to the property boundary.
•	Locate and identify any common support structure for the adjoining property.
•	Determine the location of any underground tanks.
•	Determine suitable site entry points for personnel, plant and equipment and access to and from the site for vehicles.
•	Determine crossing and infrastructure protection by hoarding or crossover boarding.
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