The following are the essential site and test records that must be compiled with and kept at the site office:
- Schedule of structural works
- Attendance record
- Site record book
- Approved structural plans, amendments and specifications
- Record of all departures or deviations relating to structural elements of the building works
- Record of inspection and approval for concreting
- Record of repairs to defective structural works
- Site investigation report
- Record of piles installed
- Record of pile load tests
- Record of tests on cement, sand and aggregates
- Record of concrete cube tests
- Record of tests on steel reinforcements
- Record of tests on prestressing steel
- Record of prestressing works
- Record of tests on welding works and all welders’ certificates
- Record of all other necessary tests
Details of some of the above records needed are further illustrated as a guide in Appendix A
It is to be noted that any construction test that is to be carried out in a laboratory must be carried out in a laboratory approved by the Singapore Accredited Council under the Singapore Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAC-SINGLAS).