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Pro tip: Switched to weekly site walks and saved $3,200
I was doing monthly walkthroughs on a 12-unit apartment build in Austin. Missed a framing error for 3 weeks. Cost me $4,700 to fix. Switched to weekly walks last month. Caught a plumbing offset on day 2. Fixed it for $1,500 instead of whatever it would have ballooned to. Has anyone else had smaller schedule gaps save them money?
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thea14329d ago
Well, that's a really good point. It's amazing how much of a difference just a few days can make, isn't it? I've seen the same thing happen in my own line of work, not construction, but still. A weekly check versus a monthly one is like the difference between a small spot fix and a full redo. The problem with monthly walks is you're basically hoping nothing goes wrong for a whole month, which is just asking for trouble. That framing error you had, it probably started small and then just kept getting worse every day until it was a mess. So yeah, I think you hit on something important, catching a mistake at day 2 instead of week 3 saves you a mountain of headache and money.
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christopher_craig29d ago
@thea143 you mentioned catching mistakes at day 2 versus week 3, what's the biggest thing you've seen get totally out of hand just because nobody spotted it for a few extra days? I can think of foundation cracks or water damage that compound real fast, but there's probably some wild examples out there from people who do inspections for a living. That weekly versus monthly gap sounds small on paper but it's everything when materials or labor costs are involved.
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sethr112h ago
Hold up, I gotta push back a little here. $1,500 to fix a plumbing offset still sounds like a LOT of money to me. I've worked on builds where a small plumbing mistake could be fixed for like $200 if you catch it literally the same day. And that framing error you mentioned, $4,700 is brutal but sometimes weekly vs monthly isnt the only factor. Depends on who's doing your framing and how much they actually care about their work in the first place.
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