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Table of Contents

Executive Summary............................................................................................................................ i

1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Purpose of Report............................................................................................................

1.2 Context..............................................................................................................................

1.3 Remediation Inspection Methodology...........................................................................

2 General Information.................................................................................................................5

2.1 Building Overview............................................................................................................

2.2 Inspection Background...................................................................................................

2.3 Building Location.............................................................................................................

2.4 Notes from meetings with relevant school staff............................................................

3 Inspection Findings and Remedial Work...............................................................................7

Table 3.1 Weathertightness failures and remedial work summary.....................................

Table 3.2 Rough order of cost................................................................................................

Table 3.3 Other moisture related and/or ventilation causes................................................

Table 3.4 Additional or alternative building work.................................................................

Table 3.5 Imminent failure associated building work...........................................................

4 Scope Limitations.................................................................................................................. 10

Glossary............................................................................................................................................ 12

Appendix A Photos of building......................................................................................................14

Appendix B Elevations showing recommended remediation.....................................................15

Appendix C Additional Information from further investigations.................................................16

Executive Summary

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Summarise the types of weathertightness failure, consequential damage, and the type and extent of repair (remedial work) by elevation or part elevation. This should be consistent with Appendix B Elevations showing recommended remediation.

E.g. North elevation No stop ends or slope to the head flashings has allowed significant moisture ingress into the building cavity as a result of water flowing off the sides of the flashing and in behind the cladding.The moisture ingress has resulted in consequential damage and mould to the framing and cladding adjacent to these windows. Due to the number of windows and extent of actual damage identified, it is recommended that a re-clad is required to this elevation, with associated framing replacement.

In some cases, the building surveyor will recommend destructive testing investigations. Assuming Ministry approval, the results of the destructive testing investigations will be included in the relevant sections of this report including the section 3 tables, the Appendix A photos, the Appendix B eleva-tions showing the recommended remediation and this Executive Summary. Appendix C shall be used when the results of this further testing such as moisture content readings, timber sample test results etc, do not logically fit into other sections of this report.

The Executive Summary may also include maintenance or end of life issues that the building sur-veyor has noted during their on-site inspection. However, the focus of this report is on the recom-mended remediation to repair the weathertightness failure and consequential damage, and not on identifying all required maintenance issues.

The inclusion of maintenance aspects does mean this report has benefits for the Ministry’s role as the building asset manager.

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1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose of Report

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This Remediation inspection report has the primary focus of weathertightness matters. Consultants at their discretion may note other non-weathertightness related building related items, such as de-ferred maintenance, end of serviceable life, and poor workmanship which they consider need ur-gent attention and/or are relevant to the wider role of the Ministry as a long term asset manager.

The recommendations in the Remediation inspection reports will be wide ranging from demolition of the building through to recladding of one or all elevations or maintenance of individual elements. This report becomes one of the inputs into the next stage of the Ministry’s processes. The Ministry is responsible for defining the scope of building works which will include the weathertightness remediation and often other issues such as learning environment upgrades or seismic strengthening etc.

The actual design and documentation of remediation and other works required by the Ministry will be undertaken by a suitably qualified person such as an Architect or Building Surveyor in accordance with the Ministry’s Quality Assurance Requirements for Weathertightness Remediation. This person will be responsible for preparing suitable contract documentation, assisting with engaging contractors and observing the construction etc.

Any identified urgent health and safety issue must be communicated immediately to the Ministry’s representative.

The primary purpose of this report is to identify the weathertightness failures that are causing conse-quential damage to the building and, in turn, to recommend proposals for weathertightness repair, damage repair and adjacent work. To support the weathertightness failure conclusions, photos and observations, including observed damage, are included. These inclusions also link the weathertight-ness failure to the remedial work. The Ministry of Education (Ministry) can then make an informed de-cision with respect to what building work, including remedial work, it may choose to carry out on this school building after considering this report alongside other factors associated with the building.

Although not the primary focus, the report may also contain information to assist the Ministry with its role as a long-term building asset manager. This includes information on recommended maintenance issues such as cladding material end of life issues, cleaning out gutters etc.

This report will become part of the briefing information for the parties that will undertake the design and documentation for the remedial and other work that the Ministry decides to carry out.

1.2 ContextSince 2012 the Ministry of Education’s Building Improvement Programme has carried out weather-tightness remediation work based on Destructive Testing (DT) reports. These DT reports were fo-cused on the Ministry’s policy of identifying factors that might lead to weathertightness failure of build-ing elements at some stage, as well as actual weathertightness failures and consequential damage.

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In many cases the DT report identified a specific and localised weathertightness failure but the reme-diation work carried out was often a “re-roof” or “re-clad” in order to address risk factors that might lead to weathertightness failure of building elements in the future.

The Ministry has changed the focus of future remedial work to fix actual and proven weathertightness failures, along with addressing the consequential damage.

The Ministry has decided that factors that might lead to weathertightness failure of building elements at some stage in the future will not be included in the remedial work scope unless the factor is considered to be likely to cause imminent failure. Supporting observational and photographic evidence is included in the report in such cases.

DT reports have evolved over time. This means not all DT reports adequately differentiate between actual and potential weathertightness failures when providing their repair proposals. As a consequence, some reports are unable to be used to establish the necessary and often reduced scope of remedial works for actual weathertightness failure alone. The Ministry has therefore instituted a remediation inspection regime, as set out in the Ministry’s Weathertightness Remediation and Regulatory Strategy dated July 2018, utilising this remediation inspection report template, to identify the actual weathertightness failures, the consequential damage and the necessary remedial work.

1.3 Remediation Inspection MethodologyThe relevant Ministry property person is responsible for providing all relevant and up to date information for this school building to the building surveyor prior to the surveyor commencing work. A desktop review of the DT report is undertaken to extract the damage observed, failures identified and the repair recommendations provided by the previous consultant.

Prior to the site visit, an appointment is made to meet school staff that has knowledge and experience of the weathertightness issues. These conversations, noted in section 2.4, and typically held at the beginning of the site visit, further inform the required scope of the remediation inspection.

A remediation inspection of the building is undertaken to review the repair recommendations in the DT report as to whether they are actual weathertightness failures, or a response to factors that might lead to weathertightness failure of building elements at some stage in the future. The areas of damage recorded in the DT reports are visually re-inspected to assess, if possible, whether there has been any change in the extent of damage. The DT report analysis, combined with the information obtained from staff, Ministry and observations of the as-built construction and any consequential damage items form the basis of the conclusions regarding the weathertightness failures and consequential damage recorded in Table 3.1, column 7.

The recommended remedial work is summarised in Table 3.1 column 8, by reference to the weather-tightness failures and consequential damage identified in Table 3.1, column 7 to provide an overview of the problems faced and requiring attention. Table 3.1, column 8 also includes repairs associated with the adjacent works that will have to be carried out to give effect to the weathertightness repairs and damage repairs.

In cases where the building surveyor has recommended and the Ministry has approved further de-structive testing investigations, the results of these further investigations are included in this report. This further information is included in the relevant sections of this report including the tables in section 3, the photos in Appendix A, the elevations showing the recommended remediation in Appendix B and the Executive Summary. The second site visit is also recorded in the Document acceptance table on the page after the cover page.

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Appendix C is used to record the results of further investigations that do not logically fit into other sec-tions of this report. Examples are moisture content readings, timber sample test results etc. If not re-quired Appendix C is deleted from this report.

Further investigations are undertaken to provide sufficient information for the Ministry to be able to make an informed decision regarding the scope of the remedial work with an understanding of the weathertightness failure and consequential damage. Table 3.2 Rough order of cost, is to assist the Ministry with initial cost planning of any remedial work and accordingly the cost bands are wide.

Table 3.3 Other moisture related and/or ventilation causes, is completed where the damage observed could be construed as being due to weathertightness failure, but is in fact likely to be due to other moisture related causes such as condensation or lack of adequate ventilation. Where there are no such causes Table 3.3 has been left blank.

The recommended remedial work noted in Table 3.1, column 8 are the building works (remedial works) required to return the building element to its condition “as when it was new” using comparable current materials and construction techniques. Where it is believed that “as when it was new” is not code compliant, the additional or alternative building work required for code compliance is recorded in Table 3.4 Additional or alternative building work.

Table 3.5 Imminent failure associated building work, records as-built features or factors where there is expected to be imminent failure, and that have supporting observational and photographic evidence.

The main focus of the survey is upon the exterior of the building and is primarily a visual survey covering roofs, walls, joinery and other exterior envelope elements. Internal access and inspection was generally limited to a walk-through survey of accessible areas as necessary to provide visual evidence of weathertightness failure and/or consequential damage, with any areas where access was not provided recorded. In a relatively small number of cases further destructive testing is undertaken and the results recorded in this report as described above.

Digital photographs are taken during the survey, selected copies of which are included in Appendix A. The photos are annotated to identify the weathertightness failures and/or consequential damage that the photo represents, or the weathertightness failure conclusions supported.

Appendix B consists of elevation and roof drawings or photographs, marked up showing the extent of the recommended remedial work. Appendix B is consistent with the recommended remedial work described in the Executive Summary

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The methodology for the site inspection and completing the tables etc of this report is summarised as follows;Step 1 - identify the weathertightness failures (Table 3.1)

Record DT report information, summarising and condensing as much as possible (columns 1 - 4) Record site observations of weathertightness failure and damage, including photos (columns 5 &

6) Draw conclusions of what the weathertightness failures are that have caused the consequential

damage and/or DT report damage (column 7).

Step 2 - identify the remedial work which includes repairs to fix the weathertightness failure, the consequential damage and the adjacent work (Table 3.1, column 8).

Step 3 - identify supporting or additional information, as required (often Tables 3.3 - 3.5 are not required)

Rough order of cost for remedial work (Table 3.2) Other moisture related and/or ventilation causes (Table 3.3) Additional or alternative building work (Table 3.4)

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Imminent failure associated building work (Table 3.5)

Where additional destructive investigations are recommended by the building surveyor, the Ministry should be notified and approval obtained from the relevant Ministry representative before undertaking the additional investigations.

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2 General Information

2.1 Building OverviewBuilding

School Block and street ad-dress

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Ministry’s Block Name/ De-scription and storeys

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Known Standard Design < e.g. Ahead hall, etc. or non-standard >

Year of design (approx.) - is construction 1995 onwards?

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Construction

Foundation/flooring system < give details e.g. Ground Floor: Solid concrete slab Upper Floor(s): Suspended timber structure(s)>

Wall/Cladding/System < give details e.g. Direct-fixed fibre-cement sheet, with texture-coating >

Roof system < give details Pitched roof with profiled/corrugated metal cladding >

Roof slope < give details eg.10° on metal. 2° on membrane >

Exterior joinery material < give details e.g. aluminium double glazed; timber single glazed >

Other relevant construction details

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Site

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2.2 Inspection BackgroundAssessment Information

Who commissioned the report < give details e.g. Bob Smith from Capital Works Northern >

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Previous DT Consultant com-pany

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Date(s) of Remediation inspection

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School personnel interviewed < eg Principal, caretaker, teacher classroom 1 etc. Names optional >

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3 Inspection Findings and Remedial Work

Table 3.1 Weathertightness failures and remedial work summaryThis table summarises the information relating to the weathertightness failures and observed damage from the DT report, information supplied by the Ministry and this Remediation Inspection report’s site inspection.

The repairs (remedial work) are shown on an elevation (or part elevation) and/or building element (eg roof type, cladding type etc) basis in Appendix B Elevations showing recommended remediation

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8

DT report information: Inspection Information: Conclusions

DT re-port item¹

Weathertightness failure and damage ¹

DT referencesLocations Observations, including

observed damagePhoto Refs

Weathertightness failures that have caused DT report damage and/or consequen-tial damage

Recommended remedial work

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Photo Refs

           

           

Onsite observations in addition to DT report Information: Inspection Information: Conclusions

Item No. Locations Observations, including observed damage

Photo Refs

Weathertightness failures that have caused con-sequential damage

¹DT report items have been summarised wherever possible to reduce duplication

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The recommended remedial work which includes weathertightness repairs and damage repairs are those required to return the building element to its condition “as when it was new” using current materials and construction techniques. Current construction techniques refers to such fixing practices as the gluing/screwing of linings rather than nailing, and not to cladding cavity construction. A repair including the gluing/screwing of linings would be recorded in Table 3.1 while cavity construction to replace a direct-fixed cladding is recorded in Table 3.4.

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Table 3.2 Rough order of cost

Indicative cost range $0 - $100k $100k - $250k $250k - $500k $500k - $1m > $1m

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Table 3.3 Other moisture related and/or ventilation causesDamage observed Other moisture related or

ventilation cause Further investigation recommendations

e.g. Internal moisture or condensation

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When it is obvious or believed likely that damage observed (e.g. internal moisture or condensation) is due to non-weathertightness causes (e.g. inade-quate ventilation, inadequate insulation, thermal bridging) note the relevant damage, cause, and any further investigations by others believed necessary.

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Table 3.4 Additional or alternative building workBuilding work Table 3.1 item, or location Description of building work and justification

< Cladding replacement > < all walls>< eg replace direct fixed fibre cement cladding with fibre cement cladding fixed over a cavity to comply with manufacturer’s specification>

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Notes: List any Table 3.1 items where it is believed that repairing or replacing to an “as when it was new” condition using comparable current materials and construction techniques will not be code compliant. Current construction techniques refers to such fixing practices as the gluing/screwing of linings rather than nailing, and not to cladding cavity construction. Gluing/screwing of linings would be recorded in Table 3.1 while cavity construction to replace a direct-fixed cladding for example to comply with the manufacturer's specification is recorded in this Table 3.4.

Table 3.5 Imminent failure associated building workBuilding work Table 3.1 item, or location Description of building work

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4 Scope Limitations1. This report has been prepared under the following conditions of engagement:

a) This report is based primarily on a visual survey of the subject building in order to comment upon confirmed weathertightness failure.

b) This report is provided for the use of the Ministry and its legal representatives, and may not be used by others without written permission. The Consultant accepts no liability to third par -ties who may act on the contents of this report.

c) The Consultant is using the template provided by the Ministry, and the inspection methodol-ogy advised by the Ministry in order to undertake these reports.

2. The report does not provide guarantees, assurances or certification that the original construction, or later alterations, has been completed in accordance with Building Consent documentation or the New Zealand Building Code.

3. This report does not warrant that the building is free of decay and water ingress from defective roofs, claddings, rainwater goods, rising damp or the like, unless visibly evident at the time of the Consultant’s visual survey.

4. The inspection took place and this report has been produced following a desktop review of the previous DT report. The Consultant accepts no responsibility or liability for the accuracy of the advice provided by others, or for the reliance placed on that advice.

5. Where repair solutions are offered, given the limitations of visual survey work, no guarantees or assurances are provided around the effectiveness or durability of such repairs, nor as to the fact that further deterioration or damage may be uncovered as works progress that was not previ-ously identified from the visual inspection.

6. For the avoidance of any doubt, this report is not a structural or geotechnical survey and does not cover the inspection or testing of any services unless specifically identified in the main body of the report.

7. Where the presence of asbestos or other materials hazardous to health have been identified in the previous DT reports appropriate actions and processes were used in carrying out this inspec-tion. Where during the inspection process the Consultant identified the possibility of such a pres-ence and no indication was given in the previous reports of such occurrences, they have noted that possible occurrence and location but have not undertaken specialist investigations to confirm the presence or absence of asbestos or any other material hazardous to health. All comments are based upon a visual inspection only.

8. The comments made within this report are based on the Consultant’s professional opinion and interpretation of the information reviewed. The information contained in this report is not legal ad-vice.

9. It is assumed that the Ministry has provided all the information it currently has related to the building to be inspected, that is relevant to this investigation. However, it is not to be taken that the information supplied provides all the information needed to cover the building’s condition, performance and maintenance history. The Consultant is not held responsible for any damage, or cause of failure, that is not identified by the information provided, or from information that it is

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reasonable to expect the surveyor to have obtained from other sources, and/or is not evident dur-ing/at the time of the visual inspection carried out.

10. The Consultant has not considered whether any work recommended within this report requires a building consent. This element does not form part of this engagement. It is for the Ministry to con-sider consenting requirements and discuss this with their local Building Consent Authority.

11. The recommendations within this report are not sufficient for a builder to be directly engaged or instructed. A scope of repair and associated design will be required for work to be undertaken unless explicitly stated otherwise.

12. Where a building falls within the ten year long stop provisions of the New Zealand Building Act 2004, this report is not suitable for providing a full scope of repair or assisting legal counsel. 

13. This report has been prepared with the following understanding of the Ministry’s Weathertight-ness Remediation process.  The Remediation inspection report will be reviewed by the Ministry’s suitably experienced personnel and if necessary, discussed with the report’s author.  In cases where the Ministry decides to proceed with remediation, a suitably experienced professional, usually an architect or a building surveyor will be engaged by the Ministry to review the Ministry’s brief, undertake his/her own investigations, including on-site visits and meetings with relevant school staff, prepare suitable documentation and observe the construction.  The professional ob-serving the construction will provide suitable quality assurance documentation which provides evidence that they have observed the construction and are satisfied that the construction com-plies with the New Zealand Building Code. 

14. This weathertightness remediation inspection report is based primarily on a visual site inspec-tion.  It also relies on information provided by the building users such as the Principal, classroom teachers, maintenance managers and administrative staff.  Other information may be available from the Ministry such as the previous Destructive Testing report and/or recent construction/maintenance reports. Due to the primarily visual inspection nature of this process the building surveyor will not be held liable by the Ministry for any future weathertightness failure and con-sequential damage appearing on this Remediation inspection report building that was not appar-ent during this inspection or the subsequent remedial work undertaken by others.  Any future weathertightness failure and consequential damage will be addressed using the Ministry’s stand-ard weathertightness remediation processes.

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GlossaryThe items defined in this Glossary are shown in italicized text throughout this document.

Adjacent workBuilding work required to a building element that does not have consequential damage but will be affected by the required damage repair and weathertightness repair to the extent that the Ministry needs to know of that effect to properly scope the extent and cost of remedial work (e.g. the removal and reinstallation or replacement of wall cladding that does not have consequential damage, but is located above an apron flashing or surrounding a head flashing that must be replaced for a weathertightness repair).

As when it was newReinstating the building element to the condition and detail as it was at the time it was built using comparable modern materials. This is varied with the use of current materials and construction techniques. Current construction techniques refers to such fixing practices as the gluing/screwing of linings rather than nailing, and not to cladding cavity construction. Cavity construction to replace a direct-fixed cladding is additional or alternative building work.

Building elementAny structural or non-structural component and assembly incorporated into or associated with a building. Although for this Remediation Inspection report these will usually be elements associated with the building envelope and structure, the definition in the Building Code includes fixtures, services, drains, permanent mechanical installations for access, glazing, partitions, and temporary supports.

Consequential damageThe damage to a building element caused by a weathertightness failure, and that will require damage repair. Consequential damage includes observed damage and hidden damage.

Damage repairThe building work, which may be either repair or replacement, required to fix the consequential damage so that the building element is returned to a Building Code compliant state.

DT reportThe Destructive Testing report produced under the Building Improvement Programme by building surveyors as a result of destructive or invasive testing to identify weathertightness issues and construction defects. The DT report recommends repair solutions.

Hidden damageConsequential damage that is not visible from destructive testing and/or visual inspection, but can reasonably be inferred to have occurred from the visible evidence arising from the nature of the weathertightness failure, observed damage and knowledge of both building science and the building’s construction.

Imminent failureWhen it is believed that weathertightness failure of a building element will occur within twelve months from the time of the remediation inspection report.

Observed damageConsequential damage that is visible from destructive testing and visual inspection, and therefore known to have occurred. If necessary, evidence of observed damage can always be supported by photographs, material testing and the like whereas hidden damage must be inferred.

Remedial workThe combined building work arising from damage repair, weathertightness repair, and any adjacent work.

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Weathertightness failureAn as-built detail, feature or attribute of a building element that has caused any of the following consequential damage:

i. undue dampness, damage to building elements or both caused by the penetration of water;ii. undue dampness, damage to building elements or both, caused by the absorption or transmit-

tal of moisture;iii. adverse effects to building elements arising from moisture entering the space below sus-

pended floors; oriv. condensation, fungal growth or the degradation of building elements caused by the accumula-

tion or transfer of external moisture within concealed spaces and cavities.

Any as-built detail, feature or attribute of a building element that is not built in accordance with a current Acceptable Solution is not considered a weathertightness failure unless there is evidence of consequential damage.

Weathertightness repairThe building work, which may be either repair or replacement, required to fix the weathertightness failure so that the remediated building element is returned to a Building Code compliant state.

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Appendix A Photos of building

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Insert photos in portrait or landscape format so that no more than two photos are included per page.

Insert photos showing all elevations and roof (if possible) even when there is no known weather-tightness failure and/or consequential damage on any particular elevation.

Add annotation (notes, arrows, circles, colours etc) to photos to identify weathertightness failures or consequential damage that the photo represents, and/or the weathertightness failure conclusions, and other relevant features such as flashings, cladding type etc which may not be clear to the reader without a clarifying arrow or similar.

The DT report will often include photos showing moisture ingress and decay. In such cases a suit-able number of the DT report photos should be reproduced in this section. No further destructive testing should be required where the damage is clearly shown in the DT report photos. A visual check should be made to determine any increase in the extent of damage.

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Appendix B Elevations showing recommended remediation

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Provide number and short title to drawing to back-reference to text.

If elevation drawings are not available, take the best photos possible of the elevations and annotate these.

Insert photos in portrait or landscape format so that no more than two photos are included per page.

Include roof elevations if remediation is required to the roofing and/or flashings at the roof level.

Add annotation (notes, arrows, circles, colours etc) to photos to show recommended remediation. This should be consistent with the Executive Summary.

If additional investigations have been undertaken including timber sample testing, show results on these elevations such as timber sample ok or timber sample decayed etc.

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Appendix C Additional Information from further investigations

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Use this section when further investigations have been approved by the Ministry and undertaken, and the results of this further testing such as moisture content readings, timber sample test results etc, does not logically fit into other sections of this report.

Amend page numbers to be consistent throughout the document.

Delete this section if no further investigations are undertaken and/or this section is not required.

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