Quality Control

Quality Control

Quality Control

Here we are, eventually, at the final post of my 4-part blog describing the roles of a site-based Civil Engineer. The posts have been broken down into the following subjects:

As with almost everything that is produced in this country, and pretty much all over the world, we must build our structure to an approved design and specification. Each client we work for may have a different specification but all will provide a copy to allow you to refer to anything from stone layer thicknesses to concrete strengths. A lot of the time the Local Authority will assign a Clerk of Works to the site and he/she will visit periodically over the course of the contract to check we are following the specification and advise us on any issues.

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