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The City & Guilds Textbook: Plumbing Book 1

electrical supply companies usually employ private subcontractors to inspect
the installations and issue test certificates on their behalf. The fees for these
services are paid by the customer.

Site visitors

Construction sites occasionally get visits from people with little or no
construction site experience. To many, construction sites are dangerous places
with many different activities happening at once. To the experienced person,
these activities seem perfectly normal, but to the uninitiated, construction sites
can be confusing, noisy and daunting. Generally, there are three types of visitor
to construction sites:

1 the frequent visitor with no construction site skills
2 the inexperienced visitor, including the general public
3 the experienced visitor, such as delivery drivers.

All visitors, regardless of the reasons for their visit, must follow the same rules
as all other construction workers. They must:
l check in at the appropriate place, usually the general site office; often it is a
requirement to sign in the visitor’s book and wear a visitor’s ID; visitors must
also sign out again when leaving the site
l undergo a site health and safety induction
l wear the proper attire, such as hard hats, eye protection, high-visibility vest,
hard-soled shoes (no high heels, sandals, sports shoes or open-toed shoes; no
shorts or sleeveless tops); construction sites are often damp, dusty and dirty
places, and the clothing should reflect this.

2 INFORMATION SOURCES

IN THE BUILDING SERVICES

INDUSTRY

Documentation on-site

No construction site can function without certain documents and a certain
amount of day-to-day paperwork. Each of these documents has an important
function:
l Job specification: a description of the installation that is being quoted for,
complete with the types of materials and appliances that the installation
must contain. Occasionally, it may specify the manufacturer or British
Standard of the materials the installation is to use.
l Working drawings (also known as building services drawings): all plans,
elevations and details needed by the contractor, along with the specifications,
so that an estimate can be obtained and then the building can be constructed.
These need to show all dimensions and be properly scaled.

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