RDI workflow
Pre-Construction Baseline & Site Condition Documentation
the evidence system cameras and 360° capture deployed at project mobilisation to create comprehensive timestamped visual record of site conditions before construction commences.
- Category
- Progress Tracking & Documentation
- Frequency
- Common
- Confidence
- Medium
- Evidence records
- 10
- Cost model
- Qualitative
Trigger, activity, conclusion
Project mobilisation — contractor establishes site compound, prepares to commence works. PM/legal team identifies need to document existing conditions before ground disturbance/demolition/traffic movements.
Conducting systematic pre-construction condition survey — using 360° for interior/adjacent buildings, fixed cameras for external areas/boundaries, drone for aerial overview.
Baseline condition record complete and archived. Record available for immediate retrieval throughout project and post-completion liability period.
Workflow steps
- Step 01
Prior to site works commencement, PM identifies pre-construction survey scope.
Inferred - Step 02
Neighbours/adjacent property owners formally notified; consent obtained where required.
Inferred - Step 03
360° capture walkthrough conducted of all interior spaces within site boundary.
Evidenced - Step 04
360° capture conducted in adjacent properties and along site perimeter.
Evidenced - Step 05
Drone flight commissioned to capture aerial photographs and video of the site.
Inferred - Step 06
Fixed the evidence system cameras positioned for ongoing high-risk boundary area monitoring.
Evidenced - Step 07
All captured material archived in the evidence system platform with accurate timestamps.
Inferred - Step 08
Pre-construction condition report compiled and formally issued to relevant parties.
Inferred - Step 09
Archived record maintained throughout project and post-completion liability period.
Inferred
Evidence records
Before commencing demolition works adjacent to a Victorian terrace, the contractor used the evidence system 360° capture to document the existing condition of party walls, cracked brickwork, and existing settlement in neighbouring properties — "without that record, we'd have no defence against any crack that appeared during piling."
The client's legal team required a full pre-construction condition survey as a contract condition. The contractor used 360° capture and fixed cameras to produce a comprehensive baseline record that was formally submitted to the client and archived — referenced eighteen months later when a neighbour claimed that site traffic had damaged their driveway (the pre-construction record showed the damage pre-existed construction).
ROI model
Qualitative workflow
This workflow is currently represented as a qualitative benefit. A parametric cost model should be added only when the assumption set is credible.