Demolition Plan, Building Services Checklist & Australian Standards

This assignment provides a comprehensive overview of demolition planning, including assessing needs, creating a demolition plan, and obtaining necessary permits while adhering to regulations like the Planning and Development Regulation 2008 and Australian Standards. It details essential building services such as energy supply, water supply, heating, ventilation, lighting, communications, security, fire protection, air conditioning, and refrigeration, categorizing them into mechanical and electrical systems with relevant Australian codes. Additionally, the assignment includes a site inspection checklist covering erosion and sediment control, site management, material and waste management, soil management, erosion controls, and site stabilization/revegetation. Finally, it offers inspection checklists for footings, timber floors, concrete floors, timber frame walls, masonry walls, truss roofs, and framed roofs, ensuring thorough quality control and compliance.

Question 1: Demolition Plan
The process of demolition of an existing building or dwelling unit follows a number of steps that
must be accomplished to ensure that the demolition is in accordance the provided guidelines. The
steps are as shown:
Assessing the needs-The demolition of a structure involves numerous factors and different
approaches. It is thus fundamental that the specific needs of the demolition are addressed so as to
customize the demolition plan for the specific project.
Creating the plan- The plan is inclusive of the method to be used in conducting the demolition as
well as the equipment that would be used in executing the demolition. The mission of the
building being demolished is to come up with the safest and the most effective way out even as it
remains within the provisions of the stipulated budget. The decisions on such factors will be
influenced by the size of the dwelling units, the types of building materials used as well as the
reasons for demolition. Still, the location of the building unit will be taken into account. The
demolition methods that can be adopted include implosion, deconstruction, selective demolition
and the use of a traditional excavator with a grapple. Upon setting up the demolition plan, it will
be possible for the company to decide on the method to be used, the necessary equipment, the
cost, the quantity of the debris and mode of dispersal on the site. Back up plans and emergency
plans will be required as parts of the overall demolition plan to cater for any emergencies.
Getting Permits-The required permits from the city or town authorities will need to be acquired
before the demolition exercise can commence. This is because the elimination of any building
from a site leads to alteration of the landscape and can as well change the property taxes and
values in the area in which the demolition is to be done.

The demolition will have to be in complaint with the:
 Provisions of the Planning and Development Regulation 2008
 NS Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
 Building Act 2011
 Building Act 1993
 AS 2601-The Australian Standards for Demolition of Structures
 AS 2436-Australian Standards and Codes of Practice on Noise Control
 Building Regulations applicable to the state of Victoria
Question 2
Question 3
 Bushfire (medium risk)-P2.3.4
 High wind-3.10.1
 Earthquake-3.10.2.2
 Alpine area (NSW)-P2.3.5
Question 5: List and description of the building services

 Energy supply-include the supplies for gas and electricity. The Australian code for
the service is AS 4564
 Water supply-Encompasses the services of supply, drainage and plumbing-The
Australian code for the service is WSA 03-2011
 Heating and ventilation-The Australian code for the service is AS 1668.2
 Lighting-includes both day lighting and natural lighting services. The Australian
code for the service is AS 1680.
 Communications and telephonic services-The Australian code for the service is AS
S009:2013
 Security and alarm systems-The Australian code for the service is AS 2201.1
 Fire detection and protection services-The Australian code for the service is AS
1670.1
 Air conditioning and refrigeration services-The Australian code for the service is AS
1668.2
The above services are classified into either mechanical or electrical systems. Mechanical
systems include:
HVAC systems, which is an abbreviation for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning and
include such services as active mechanical/ electrical services
Site Drainage which include drainage, water, sanitary disposal and removal of waste water
from the various disposal points

Gas supply, which include cooking, nitrogen and commercial gases. It involves the storage,
piping, supply and pressure regulation of gas from the container to the designated areas
Fire protection encompasses water supply, smoke detection, water sprinkler
Plumbing that deals with water treatment, distribution, storage, sanitary facilities, sanitary
fixtures
Question 4: Site Inspection Checklist
LOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . .
INSPECTION OFFICER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SIGNATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
N/A – not applicable
 – Acceptable controls adopted
 – Measures are not acceptable, or a potential problem exists
Part A: Initial site inspection
Item Consideration Assessment
1 Has an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (ESCP) been
approved for the site?
2 Have all necessary development approvals been obtained?
3 Are site conditions consistent with those assumed within the
approved ESCP?
4 Are environmental values being adequately protected?

Item Consideration Assessment
4 Appropriate in-house site inspections of ESC practices are being
carried out such that all control measures are being maintained.
5 Site inspections and monitoring are being carried out at
appropriate times and intervals.
Part B: Site inspection and monitoring

Part C: Site establishment
Item Consideration Assessment
6 Site access is controlled and the number of access points
minimized.
7 Adequate drainage and sediment controls exist at site entry/exit
points.
8 Adequate drainage, erosion and sediment controls have been
placed around the site compound.
Part D: Site and vegetation management
Item Consideration Assessment
9 Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) and/or landscape plan has
been prepared.
10 VMP and/or landscape plan is being appropriately implemented.
11 Site personnel appear to be aware of ESC requirements and
have ready access to the Erosion and Sediment Control Plan.
12 ESC measures are being installed in accordance with the
approved Installation Sequence.
13 Adequate supplies of ESC materials stored on-site: such as
straw bales, wire, stakes, sediment fence fabric, filter cloth,
clean aggregate.

Part E: Material and waste management
Item Consideration Assessment
14 Chemicals and petroleum products appropriately stored on site.
15 Emergency spill response plan has been prepared for the site.
16 Oil/petroleum spill containment/response kits available on-site
where appropriate.
Part F: Soil management
Item Consideration Assessment
16 Topsoil stripped and stockpiled prior to major earthworks.
17 Stockpiles located at least 5m away from top of watercourse
banks.
18 Long-term soil stockpiles adequately protected against wind and
rain.

Part H: Erosion controls
Item Consideration Assessment
26 Erosion control standard is consistent with requirements of
regulatory authority.
27 Soil erosion is being controlled to a standard consistent with the
level of environmental risk.
28 Erosion Control measures are consistent with the approved
ESCP.
29 Disturbance to existing ground cover is being delayed as long as
possible.
30 Raindrop impact erosion is being adequately controlled.
31 Earth batters are free of “rill” erosion.
32 Dust problems are being adequately controlled.

Part K: Site stabilisation/revegetation
Item Consideration Assessment
33 Site stabilization/rehabilitation plan has been prepared.
34 Site stabilization/revegetation is occurring in accordance with
approved Plans and/or programming.
35 Exposed areas are adequately stabilized given the site
conditions, environmental risk, and construction schedule.
36 Soil surfaces are suitably roughened prior to revegetation.
37 Excessive soil compaction is amended prior to vegetation.
38 Seedlings are appropriately stored prior to planting.
39 Seedlings are not excessively mature for their pot/tube size.
40 Drill seeding (if any) is being applied across the slope (not up
and down the slope).
41 Newly seeded areas are developing an appropriate grass cover
(not just strike rate), density and grass type.
42 No newly seeded areas require reseeding.

Part L: Action summary
Item Consideration Yes or No
Answer “Yes” if further action is required on site
43 Do any existing control measures require modification?
44 Are additional ESC measures required on the site?
45 Are alternative ESC measures required on the site?
46 Is a revised ESCP required for the site?
47 Is further water quality monitoring required?
48
49 Is additional erosion control (minimum 70% cover) required?
50 Will the underlying cause of any non-compliance need further
investigation?
51 Will it be necessary for the site to adopt an alternative Code of
Practice better suited to the site conditions or work activities?
52 Will further site inspections be required?

b.
Question 5: Inspection checklist for
Footing
 Material for the formwork
 Water tightness of the form
 The dimension of the footing
 Footing placement
 Reinforcement bar quality
 Reinforcement of the column
 Spacing and sizes of the reinforcement bars
 Reinforcement clear cover
 Ingredients of the concrete
 Machineries and tools

 Accessibility of the footing
 Cleaning of the formwork
Timber Floor
 Dimensions of the wall openings
 Condition of the floor
 Treatment of the sub-fram surface
 Dimensions of the sub-frame
 Cement grout used
 Alignment and plumb of the sub-frame
 Grouting
 Dimensions of the sub-frame opening
 Alignment and plumb of mainframe
 Completion of the main frame
Concrete Floor
 Check siting
 Sand blinding
 Size of the mesh
 Perimeter reinforcing
 Control joints
 Under floor insulation
 Starter steel returned to slab
 Ground clearances

 Thickness of concrete
 Door-brick rebates
Timber Frame walls
 Installation of binders
 Setting down of non-load bearing walls
 Removal of the bottom plate
 Consistent internal opening sizes of the doors
 Straight and level entry bulkheads
Masonry Walls
 Proper an appropriate bundling of the bricks
 Erection of frames
 Wetting of the bricks
 Quality of bricks and materials of sand
 Cleaning of the dead mortars
 Checking of the curing and racking
 Outline of each of the rooms
Truss roof
 Correctly fixed ceiling to the underside of the timber framing
 Straight and plumb trusses
 Any broken or split timber
 Same level of the support or adjacent trusses

 Correctly fitted in horizontal position accompanied by the required anti-rotation fixing of
bolts and screws
 Level of the furring channels
Framed roof
 Anchor bolts installed
 All truss hangers nailed
 Positive connection on all beams and post
 All joist hangers are nailed
 Horizontal penetrations are sealed
 Top/bottom plate holes are sealed
 All beam pockets are nailed
 Installation of all roof ventilation
 All top and bottom of chases are fire stopped