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Revis

ion :

Issue 0

1

Date

: 15.0

3.2

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AM

BE

R

Execu

tiv

e S

um

mary

On 1

5.0

3.2

014 M

r.M

arc

Tard

if (

lead)

and M

r.A

lex N

ott c

arr

ied o

ut

a v

isual str

uctu

ral surv

ey

of th

e

Vert

ex I

nnovative A

ppare

ls L

td f

acto

ry a

t th

e a

ddre

ss a

nd c

o-o

rdin

ate

s g

iven o

n the c

over

page o

f th

is r

eport

. W

e m

et w

ith M

r.M

d.

Jam

al U

ddin

(M

anagin

g D

irecto

r).

We w

ere

pro

vid

ed w

ith c

opie

s o

f A

rchitectu

ral and E

ngin

eering D

esig

n d

raw

ings,

as w

ell

as a

G

eote

chin

calR

eport

. E

ngin

eering d

raw

ings w

ere

title

d P

roposed 6

–S

toried I

ndustr

ial B

uild

ing,

while

arc

hitectu

ral dra

win

gs w

ere

for

perm

it a

nd d

ispla

yed s

tam

ps a

nd s

ignatu

res f

rom

local

Bangla

deshi build

ing a

uth

orities.

The a

rchitectu

ral desig

ner

was M

r.H

aznat

Farz

an.

The

Geote

chnic

al re

port

was c

onducte

d b

y D

aw

ood

Alv

ee

Constr

uction &

Soilt

est

Lab.

The c

onstr

uction

docum

ents

indic

ate

the c

om

mencem

ent

of constr

uction in A

pril 2011.

These d

raw

ings c

losely

m

atc

hed t

he a

ctu

al site c

onditio

ns.

How

ever,

the b

uild

ing is s

till

under

constr

uction a

nd c

urr

ently

the 5

thsto

rey

floor

sla

b is in the p

rocess o

f fo

rmin

g a

nd b

ein

g p

oure

d.

The facto

ry i

s u

sed f

or

garm

ent

manufa

ctu

ring o

n a

ll sto

ries.

We in

specte

d a

ll sto

ries ,

in o

rder

to look for

conditio

ns p

osin

g im

min

ent danger

to o

ccupants

, as

well

as c

onditio

ns w

hic

h m

ight w

arr

ant

futu

re c

oncern

.

We h

ave c

on

cern

reg

ard

ing

th

e s

oil b

eari

ng

cap

acit

y c

on

sid

eri

ng

th

e f

oo

tin

g s

ize s

ho

wn

on

str

uctu

ral

dra

win

gs.

1.

Colu

mn s

afe

ty f

acto

rs a

re low

.

2.

The b

earing c

apacity

indic

ate

d o

n t

he g

eote

chnic

al re

port

does n

ot

appear

adequate

to

support

the f

ooting loads w

hic

h w

ould

be d

evelo

ped u

pon b

uild

ing c

om

ple

tion.

3.

Str

uctu

ral dra

win

gs a

ppear

err

oneous in t

heir labelli

ng.

It is u

ncle

ar

what

rein

forc

em

ent

is inte

nded f

or

gro

und a

nd t

ypic

al floor

sla

bs.

A r

ein

forc

ed g

round f

loor

sla

b r

esults in a

low

colu

mn s

tress s

afe

ty f

acto

r.

Execu

tiv

e S

um

mary

(co

nti

nu

ed

)

It w

as r

equeste

d t

hat

it b

e n

ote

d,

the 1

stand 2

nd

floor

of

the b

uild

ing a

re o

ccupie

d b

y th

e H

.B.

Intim

ate

s L

td.

facto

ry.

This

are

a w

as inclu

ded in the s

cope o

f in

spection.

Furt

her

actions w

ith a

ssocia

ted p

riorities a

nd t

imefr

am

es a

re g

iven a

t th

e e

nd o

f th

is r

eport

. P

lease

note

that

these a

ctions s

hould

be c

om

ple

ted a

s s

oon a

s p

ossib

le a

nd c

ert

ain

ly w

ithin

the t

imefr

am

e

note

d.

We h

ave r

evie

wed t

he p

ropert

y fr

om

an o

utlin

e s

eis

mic

pers

pective a

nd w

ould

consid

er

that

the

build

ing a

long w

ith m

any

oth

ers

in the D

haka r

egio

n h

ave a

ris

k in a

majo

r S

eis

mic

event.

We h

ave c

arr

ied o

ut som

e o

n-s

ite t

esting a

nd p

relim

inary

analy

sis

to s

upport

the fin

din

gs o

f th

is

report

.O

ur

Lim

itations a

nd A

ssum

ptions a

re a

lso n

ote

d a

t th

e e

nd o

f th

is r

eport

.

This

short

report

has 4

sections n

am

ely

:

1.

Executive S

um

mary

(th

is s

ection)

2.

Short

Gra

phic

al S

ection s

how

ing k

ey

issues o

bserv

ed

3.

Priority

Action L

ist

4.

Lim

itations a

nd A

ssum

ptions

Bu

ild

ing

Ex

ten

ts (

Fro

nt

Ele

va

tio

n)

6-S

tore

y R

ein

forc

ed C

oncre

te B

uild

ing

Bu

ild

ing

Ex

ten

ts (

Sid

e E

leva

tio

n)

6-S

tore

y R

ein

forc

ed C

oncre

te B

uild

ing

Bu

ild

ing

Ex

ten

ts (

Re

ar

Ele

va

tio

n)

6-S

tore

y R

ein

forc

ed C

oncre

te B

uild

ing

5th

Sto

rey S

lab C

urr

ently

Under

Constr

uction

Bu

ild

ing

Ex

ten

ts (

On

go

ing

Co

ns

tru

cti

on

)

Bu

ild

ing

Layo

ut

Pla

ns

Gro

un

d, 1

st&

2n

dF

loo

r P

lan

s

Co

ns

tru

cti

on

Do

cu

me

nts

Bu

ild

ing

Layo

ut

Pla

ns

Gro

un

d, R

oo

f &

Typ

ical

Flo

or

Pla

ns,

Bu

ild

ing

Secti

on

s &

Ele

vati

on

s

Co

ns

tru

cti

on

Do

cu

me

nts

Str

uctu

ral P

lan

s

Ele

vati

on

Co

ns

tru

cti

on

Do

cu

me

nts

Co

lum

n L

ayo

ut

Str

uctu

ral P

lan

sB

eam

Rein

forc

em

en

t S

ch

ed

ule

Co

ns

tru

cti

on

Do

cu

me

nts

Beam

Rein

forc

em

en

t D

eta

il

Str

uctu

ral P

lan

s

Co

lum

n R

ein

forc

ing

Pla

cem

en

t D

eta

ils

Co

ns

tru

cti

on

Do

cu

me

nts

Co

lum

n R

ein

forc

em

en

t S

ch

ed

ule

Geo

tech

nic

al In

vesti

gati

on

Rep

ort

Co

ver

Pag

e

Co

ns

tru

cti

on

Do

cu

me

nts

Fin

din

gs S

um

mary

Bu

ild

ing

Ex

ten

ts

R.C

Beam

and c

olu

mn

fram

e w

ith a

2-w

ay

solid

sla

b

Sta

bili

ty p

rovid

ed b

y

mom

ent fr

am

e a

ction a

nd

brick in-f

ill w

alls

Sla

b T

hic

kness: 140m

m

Colu

mn S

ize:

Varies

Betw

een 3

04m

m x

304m

m

to 3

04m

m x

762m

m

Grid 6

.4m

x 6

.4m

----

---

Mo

vem

en

t Jo

int

(No

Mo

vem

en

t Jo

int)

Colu

mn L

ayout

Pla

n (

Gro

und t

o 5

thS

tories)

Ide

nti

fie

d P

rio

rity

1 C

on

ce

rns

Lo

w C

olu

mn

Sa

fety

Fa

cto

rs

Priority

1 C

oncern

Colu

mn load r

un-d

ow

ns indic

ate

low

er

than d

esirable

colu

mn s

afe

ty f

acto

rs.

Lo

w C

olu

mn

Sa

fety

Fa

cto

rs

Ide

nti

fie

d P

rio

rity

2 C

on

ce

rns

So

il C

ap

ac

ity/F

oo

tin

g D

es

ign

& I

nc

om

ple

te S

tru

ctu

ral D

raw

ing

s

Priority

2 C

oncern

Foundations a

re b

uilt

in a

manner

oth

er

than t

hat

recom

mended b

y

the g

eote

chnic

al re

port

. G

enera

l fo

undation c

apacity

checks w

ere

perf

orm

ed.

Based u

pon G

eote

chnic

al findin

gs,

the s

oil

bearing

capacity

does n

ot

appear

adequate

to s

upport

the f

oundation s

how

n

on t

he s

tructu

ral dra

win

gs.

So

il C

ap

ac

ity/F

oo

tin

g D

es

ign

Priority

2 C

oncern

Str

uctu

ral dra

win

gs a

re incom

ple

te.

Typ

ical sla

b r

ein

forc

ing a

nd r

oof

sla

b r

ein

forc

ing p

lans a

re m

issin

g. T

wo d

iffe

ring g

round f

loor

sla

b

pla

ns a

re p

resente

d.

Pla

ns a

re g

enera

lly o

f very

poor

qualit

y.

Inc

om

ple

te S

tru

ctu

ral D

raw

ing

s

Ide

nti

fie

d P

rio

rity

3 C

on

ce

rns

(No

ne

)

Pri

ori

ty A

cti

on

s

Pro

ble

ms O

bserv

ed

Su

mm

ary

ITE

M 1

: (P

rio

rity

1)

Co

lum

n lo

ad

ru

n-d

ow

ns

in

dic

ate

a lo

w c

olu

mn

sa

fety

fa

cto

r fo

r th

e c

om

ple

ted

bu

ild

ing

. It

is

no

tab

le t

ha

t th

e b

uil

din

g is

c

urr

en

tly u

nd

er

co

ns

tru

cti

on

at

the

5th

flo

or

sla

b le

ve

l.

ITE

M 2

:(P

rio

rity

2)

It w

as

no

ted

th

at

the

fo

un

da

tio

ns

sh

ow

n o

n

str

uc

tura

l d

raw

ing

s d

o n

ot

ma

tch

th

e r

ec

om

me

nd

ati

on

s m

ad

e b

y t

he

G

eo

tec

hn

ica

l re

po

t. A

fte

r e

xa

min

ati

on

of

Ge

ote

ch

nic

al fi

nd

ing

s a

nd

va

rio

us

fo

un

da

tio

n c

he

ck

s b

as

ed

up

on

th

e f

ou

nd

ati

on

s in

dic

ate

d b

y t

he

s

tru

ctu

ral d

raw

ing

s. It

is

do

ub

tfu

l th

at

the

so

il b

ea

rin

g c

ap

ac

ity i

s

ad

eq

ua

te t

o s

up

po

rt t

he

lo

ad

s a

pp

lie

d t

o t

he

fo

oti

ng

s p

res

en

ted

. N

ota

bly

, b

am

bo

o p

ile

s w

ere

us

ed

be

ne

ath

pa

d f

oo

tin

gs

. H

ow

eve

r, t

he

y

co

mm

en

ce

ap

pro

xim

ate

ly 2

fe

et

be

ne

ath

th

e u

nd

ers

ide

of

foo

tin

g a

nd

o

nly

ex

ten

d t

o a

de

pth

of

28

’-8

” b

elo

w g

rad

e w

he

re s

oil

is

of

ve

ry p

oo

r c

ap

ac

ity.

ITE

M 3

:(P

rio

rity

2)

Str

uc

tura

l d

raw

ing

s w

ere

fo

un

d t

o b

e i

nc

on

sis

ten

t a

nd

of

low

qu

ali

ty.

It i

s q

ue

sti

on

ab

le h

ow

th

e f

ull

str

uc

ture

ha

s b

ee

n

bu

ilt

wh

ile

la

ck

ing

cle

ar

co

nc

ise

str

uc

tura

l d

raw

ing

s. A

s a

n e

xa

mp

le,

the

re is

no

typ

ica

l fl

oo

r s

lab

re

info

rcin

g p

lan

pro

vid

ed

. H

ow

eve

r, t

he

s

tru

ctu

re is

cu

rre

ntl

y u

nd

er

co

ns

tru

cti

on

at

the

5th

sto

rey l

eve

l.

Pri

ori

ty 1

(Im

me

dia

te –

No

w)

•D

o n

ot co

ntin

ue

co

nstr

uction

pa

st th

e 5

thflo

or

sla

b le

ve

l. It

is r

eco

mm

en

ded

th

at th

e 5

thflo

or

sla

b b

e u

se

d a

s th

e r

oo

f le

ve

l.

Item

1 a

nd

Acti

on

s

Colu

mn w

ork

ing s

tress w

ill b

e h

igher

than a

ccepta

ble

upon b

uild

ing c

om

ple

tion a

nd is s

till

of

concern

at

the c

urr

ent

exte

nt

of constr

uction.

Pri

ori

ty 2

(wit

hin

6 w

ee

ks

)

•F

acto

ry e

ng

ine

er

to r

evie

w d

esig

n, lo

ad

s a

nd

co

lum

n s

tre

sse

s.

Pri

ori

ty 3

(wit

hin

6 m

on

ths

)

•P

rod

uce

an

d a

ctive

ly m

an

ag

e a

lo

ad

ing

pla

n

for

all

flo

or

pla

tes g

ivin

g c

on

sid

era

tio

n to

sla

b

an

d c

olu

mn

ca

pa

city.

Pri

ori

ty 1

(Im

me

dia

te –

No

w)

•N

on

e

Item

2 a

nd

Acti

on

s

Foundation d

esig

n is q

uestionable

giv

en e

xis

ting s

oil

pro

pert

ies.

Pri

ori

ty 2

(wit

hin

6 w

ee

ks

)

•D

eta

iled

en

gin

ee

rin

g a

sse

ssm

en

t to

be

co

nd

ucte

d in

ord

er

to d

ete

rmin

e th

e

ad

eq

ua

cy o

f th

e a

s-b

uilt

fo

un

da

tio

n fo

r

exis

tin

g s

oil

pro

pe

rtie

s

Pri

ori

ty 3

(wit

hin

6 m

on

ths

)

•C

arr

y o

ut a

ny r

em

ed

ial m

ea

su

res

reco

mm

en

de

d b

y a

bo

ve

me

ntio

ne

d d

eta

iled

en

gin

ee

rin

g a

sse

ssm

en

t.

Pri

ori

ty 1

(Im

me

dia

te –

No

w)

•N

on

e

Item

3 a

nd

Acti

on

sS

tructu

ral dra

win

gs a

re inconsis

tent

and n

on-u

niform

. C

ritical build

ing e

lem

ents

have b

een

constr

ucte

d w

ithout

pro

per

pla

ns.

Pri

ori

ty 2

(wit

hin

6 w

ee

ks

)

•D

eta

iled

en

gin

ee

rin

g a

sse

ssm

en

t to

be

ca

rrie

d o

ut in

ord

er

to a

de

qu

ate

ly fo

rmu

late

str

uctu

ral p

lan

s a

nd

asse

ss th

e s

uita

bili

ty o

f

as-b

uilt

str

uctu

ral e

lem

en

ts

Pri

ori

ty 3

(wit

hin

6 m

on

ths

)

•A

dd

ress fin

din

gs a

nd

re

co

mm

en

datio

ns o

f

the

ab

ove

me

ntio

ne

d d

eta

iled

en

gin

ee

rin

g

asse

ssm

ent

Deta

il E

ng

ineeri

ng

Assessm

en

t

This

Schedule

develo

ps

a m

inim

um

level o

f in

form

ation, a

naly

sis

and t

est

ing e

xpecte

d a

s part

of a D

eta

il E

ngin

eeri

ng A

ssess

ment.

The

build

ing(s

) have b

een v

isually

ass

ess

ed a

nd it m

ay b

e d

eem

ed n

ecess

ary

that a d

eta

iled e

ngin

eeri

ng a

ssess

ment

be c

arr

ied o

ut by a

com

pete

nt E

ngin

eeri

ng T

eam

em

plo

yed b

y the f

acto

ry O

wner.

This

request

should

be r

ead in c

onju

nction w

ith the B

UE

T d

evelo

ped T

ripart

ite G

uid

elin

e d

ocum

ent fo

r A

ssess

ment

of S

tructu

ralI

nte

gri

ty o

f E

xis

ting R

MG

Facto

ry B

uild

ings

in B

angla

desh

(T

ripart

ite D

ocum

ent)

, th

e late

st v

ers

ion o

f th

is d

ocum

ent sh

ould

be r

efe

renced.

This

docum

ent als

o g

ives

guid

ance o

n r

equir

ed c

om

pete

ncy o

f E

ngin

eeri

ng T

eam

.

We e

xpect th

at th

e follo

win

g m

ay n

eed to b

e c

arr

ied o

ut:

1.

Develo

pm

ent o

f F

ull

Engin

eeri

ng A

s-B

uilt

Dra

win

gs

show

ing S

tructu

re, lo

adin

g, ele

ments

, dim

ensi

ons,

levels

, fo

undations

and f

ram

ing

on P

lan, S

ection a

nd E

levational d

raw

ings.

2.

The E

ngin

eeri

ng team

are

to c

arr

y o

ut su

pport

ing c

alc

ula

tions

with a

model b

ase

d d

esi

gn c

heck to a

ssess

the s

afe

ty a

nd s

erv

iceabili

ty

of th

e b

uild

ing a

gain

st loadin

g a

s se

t out in

BN

BC

-2006, Low

er

rate

pro

vis

ions

can b

e a

pplie

d in

accord

ance w

ith t

he T

ripart

ite

Guid

ance follo

win

g in

tern

ational e

ngin

eeri

ng p

ractice, ju

stific

ation for

these

low

er

rate

pro

vis

ions

must

be m

ade.

3.

A G

eote

chnic

al R

eport

desc

ribin

g g

round c

onditio

ns

and c

om

menting o

n f

oundation s

yst

em

s use

d/p

ropose

d.

4.

A r

eport

on E

ngin

eeri

ng test

s carr

ied o

ut to

just

ify m

ate

rials

str

ength

s and r

ein

forc

em

ent c

onte

nt in

all

key e

lem

ents

stu

die

d.

5.

Deta

iled lo

ad p

lans

shall

be p

repare

d f

or

each level s

how

ing c

urr

ent ad p

ote

ntial f

utu

re lo

adin

g w

ith a

ll key e

quip

ment item

ssh

ow

n

with a

ssocia

ted loads.

6.

The E

ngin

eeri

ng team

will

pre

pare

an a

ssess

ment

report

that covers

the follo

win

g:

•A

s-B

uilt

dra

win

gs

inclu

din

g•

Pla

ns

at each level c

alli

ng u

p a

nd d

imensi

onin

g a

ll st

ructu

ral com

ponents

•C

ross

sectional d

raw

ings

show

ing s

tructu

ral beam

s, s

labs,

flo

or to

flo

or heig

hts

, ro

of build

-ups

and B

asi

c d

esi

gn

info

rmatio

n o

f th

e s

tructu

re•

Hig

hlig

ht any v

ari

ations

betw

een A

s-built

com

pare

d to the d

esi

gn s

tructu

re•

Resu

lt o

f te

stin

g for

stre

ngth

and m

ate

rials

•R

esu

lts

of geote

chnic

al a

ssess

ment

and t

est

ing/invest

igation

•D

eta

ils o

f lo

adin

g, in

puts

and r

esu

lts

of com

pute

r m

odelli

ng

•C

om

menta

ry o

n a

dequate

/inadequacy o

f ele

ments

of th

e s

tructu

re•

Schedule

of any r

equir

ed r

etr

ofitt

ing requir

ed f

or

safe

ty o

r perf

orm

ance o

f S

tructu

re

Any p

roposa

ls f

or

Retr

ofittin

g to f

ollo

w g

uid

ance d

evelo

ped in

the T

ripart

ite D

ocum

ent

Su

rvey L

imit

ati

on

s a

nd

Assu

mp

tio

ns

This

report

is

for th

e p

rivate

and c

onfidential u

se o

f A

ccord

for

whom

it w

as

pre

pare

d togeth

er

with th

eir

pro

fess

ional a

dvis

ors

as

appro

pri

ate

. I

t sh

ould

not be r

epro

duced in

whole

or

in p

art

or

relie

d u

pon b

y t

hir

d p

art

ies

for

any u

se w

ithout th

e e

xpre

ss w

ritt

en p

erm

issi

on

of W

SP

.

This

report

can b

e u

sed in d

iscuss

ion w

ith t

he s

upplie

r or

facto

ry o

wner

as

a m

eans

to r

ectify

or

addre

ss a

ny o

bse

rvations

made.

The r

eport

is

not com

pre

hensi

ve a

nd is

limited to w

hat

could

be o

bse

rved d

uri

ng a

vis

ual i

nsp

ection o

f th

e b

uild

ing.

This

report

is

not in

tended to b

e tre

ate

d a

s a g

enera

lised in

spection a

nd d

oes

not cover th

e d

ete

riora

tion o

f st

ructu

ral m

em

bers

thro

ugh

dam

pness

, fu

ngal o

r in

sect att

ack, nor

does

it d

eal w

ith p

roble

ms

and d

efe

cts

of non-s

tructu

ral natu

re. O

ther non s

tructu

ral asp

ects

of th

e

build

ing s

uch a

s fire

safe

ty h

ave n

ot been a

ssess

ed i

n this

surv

ey.

Except as

oth

erw

ise n

ote

d, dra

ins

and o

ther

serv

ices

were

not vie

wed o

r te

sted d

uri

ng o

ur

insp

ection a

nd a

re t

here

fore

sim

ilarl

yexclu

ded

from

this

report

. W

e h

ave n

ot in

specte

d a

ny p

art

s of th

e s

tructu

re w

hic

h a

re c

overe

d, u

nexpose

d o

r in

access

ible

and w

e a

re there

fore

unable

to r

eport

that any s

uch p

art

of th

e p

ropert

y is

fre

e fro

m d

efe

ct.

Exte

rnal i

nsp

ection o

f th

e f

açade w

alls

has

genera

lly b

een c

arr

ied o

ut fr

om

gro

und level o

nly

by v

isual s

ighting. N

o o

penin

gup

work

s w

ere

carr

ied o

ut (e

xcept as

note

d)

and w

e r

ely

on the A

rchitects

and E

ngin

eers

dra

win

gs

pro

vid

ed to u

se f

or

our

vie

ws

on c

onceale

dpart

s of th

e

stru

ctu

re a

nd in p

art

icula

r fo

undations.

S

trength

s of m

ate

rials

and c

om

ponents

are

unte

sted a

nd w

e r

ecom

mend that th

e facto

ry o

wners

B

uild

ing E

ngin

eer

carr

ies

out in

situ

test

ing o

ver and a

bove those

suggest

ed t

o s

atisf

y them

selv

es

with t

he m

ate

rial s

trength

sand c

om

ponent

deta

ils.

Recom

mendations,

where

giv

en, a

re f

or

the p

urp

ose

of pro

vid

ing in

dic

ative a

dvic

e o

nly

, are

not exhaust

ive, r

ela

te s

ole

ly to identify

ing key

and o

bvio

us

stru

ctu

ral defe

cts

as

identified in

this

pre

senta

tion, and d

o n

ot ta

ke the f

orm

of or

const

itute

a s

pecific

ation for

work

s.

We take

no r

esp

onsi

bili

ty for

the w

ork

s as

const

ructe

d. T

his

report

does

not in

terf

ere

with the f

acto

ry o

wners

Build

ing E

ngin

eers

resp

onsi

bili

ty for

the

stru

ctu

ral p

erf

orm

ance o

f th

is b

uild

ing. T

he B

uild

ing E

ngin

eer

rem

ain

s fu

lly resp

onsi

ble

for th

e s

tructu

ral a

dequacy o

f th

e b

uild

ing.

This

report

does

not com

ment i

n d

eta

il on the f

utu

re s

eis

mic

perf

orm

ance o

f th

e b

uild

ing a

nd o

nly

hig

hlig

hts

the f

act th

at th

e b

uild

ing m

ay

experi

ence s

ignific

ant d

am

age o

r colla

pse

in a

seis

mic

event alo

ng w

ith m

any o

thers

in the D

haka r

egio

n.

The o

bse

rvations

in this

report

are

base

d o

n the E

ngin

eeri

ng J

udgem

ent of th

e lead s

urv

eyor/

engin

eer at th

e tim

e o

f th

e s

urv

ey.

We a

ssum

e

in m

akin

g these

obse

rvations

that no c

overi

ng u

p o

f fa

ults

defe

cts

, filli

ng o

r pla

steri

ng o

ver cra

ckin

g o

r si

gnific

ant r

epair

work

has

been

carr

ied o

ut by t

he b

uild

ing o

wner.

A

ny f

utu

re a

ltera

tions

or

additio

nal w

ork

by the b

uild

ing o

wner

will

void

this

report

.