Joint Virtual Meetings
Efficient collaboration
Joint Virtual Meetings are held between your site manager, relevant members of your technical team and in-house NHBC technical specialists. Your NHBC project lead or Building Inspector will set up the meetings and invite the relevant people who, from NHBC, could include our technical building consultants, surveyors, engineers, geo-environmental engineers, members of our Standards or underwriting teams.
The meetings take place at key stages in the project and will deliver a ‘virtual team’ to work collaboratively together. You have greater access to our in-house technical experts and the opportunity to discuss design and construction issues at an early stage. We’re confident that this increased collaboration will help you build right first time; identify any areas where we can provide additional support; speed up project assessments and acceptance as well as the clearance of conditions.
Types of meetings
Prestart
For more complex projects, we also offer a Joint Virtual Meeting with a range of our in-house technical specialists. This meeting is an opportunity to discuss key design/site issues and discuss any project specific inspection requirements.
Inflight
These take place once the project has commenced and the timing and required attendees will be project-specific. For example, we might hold a meeting before a complex area of construction is started; where there have been design or site issues; or perhaps for support with clearing conditions.
Consultation
These are sometimes offered for complex sites that have planning approval but which are not yet registered with us. They will be used to discuss how the requirements of the NHBC Standards might impact the design, potential conditions and information requirements.
Technical risk management tools
We work together with you, on a bespoke site-by-site basis, from pre-construction to post-completion to help you identify and manage the technical risks on your sites. Below, we explain some of the key tools we use to support you.
Bespoke Technical Risk Management Plan
This document records the bespoke approach we will take to mitigate the risks of defects and improve quality across the site. It will highlight risks that might require extra inspections, extra meetings and/or photographic evidence.
Quality Common Scoring
Applied to all Key Stage and Risk Based inspections, this is the same scoring we use for Construction Quality Reviews.
Quality Benchmark Report
Produced for each Key Stage Inspection and where required, any additional Risk Based Inspection stages, this report will provide photos and commentary, a score of 1-6 and will highlight good practice and defects.
Technology Assisted Inspections (TAI)
This functionality allows you to upload geotagged photographs for online inspection or re-inspection by our team, sometimes avoiding the need for an inspection visit.