Day 431: Last minute defects

At 7am last Wednesday morning I did my “final” inspection. The concrete pump and concrete trucks were all scheduled to arrive at 9am. I have been inspecting electrical conduits, drainage pipes, storm water details and shutter boards all week and thought that everything was in place. I was just about to leave when a saw a detail right at the edge of the slab that was COMPLETELY WRONG. It was a detail changed by the contractor in order to save time during casting, and the result was entirely different from the original design. As a result, we had to cancel the concrete and delay the pouring until this week Friday.