All in the detail

It's the final countdown this week, so the Contractor will be pulling out all the stops to get the building finished to a standard we'll be able to accept on Friday. That's the plan at least.

The ongoing challenge for us and the Contractor will be keeping an eye on the final details to check we're all satisfied with the quality of workmanship, that everything works, and that the building is 'practically complete'. This is no mean feat in a building where various trades are all under pressure to deliver at the same time, and when the Site Manager and our Project Coordinator are juggling numerous decisions and last minute issues.

The satellite dish location is a good illustration of this. The Electrical Contractor located the dish and TV aerial on the wall where it received good reception, which also hapens to be side of the building that most passers-by will see. Whilst it's not a complete eyesore it does detract from the relatively uncluttered rendered wall. Architect and Client both agreed that they don't want to see the dish/aerial and the Contractor has kindly relocated it.

This might not seem a big deal, but it's these 'snags' and other detailing issues that will be identified over the next few days to make sure that the building is a great as it ought to be.