Templates / Groundworks and drainage
Foundation excavation inspection
Checklist · Each foundation, before concrete
The check of a foundation trench or base before concrete: dimensions and depth, the bearing stratum, soft spots, roots, water, and building control's acceptance.
Use it in Sitro: add it to a project and fill it on a phone, free for 14 days.
The law and guidance behind it
- Building Regulations 2010, Part A (structure)
- Approved Document A
- The project specification and drawings
The questions
Where and when
- Plot, grid or base
- Date
Checks
- Width and depth as the drawings
- Bottom on the bearing stratum the engineer expects
- No soft spots, roots or made ground left
- No standing water; bottom clean
- Depth right for nearby trees (NHBC or the engineer's table)
- Building control or the engineer has seen it
- Photos
Sign-off
- Inspected by
- Date and time
- Signature
A template to adapt to your site, not legal advice.