Interesting download. This document was issued verbatim in 1991 by the now defunct (due to excessive claims) New Home Warranty Program for single family homes, and not meant for multi-family homes. It was called Schedule 'E' Workmanship and Material Standards Guide, and back then established minimum standards of the day.

It appears little has changed if our BC building industry is using these ancient standards today, and still don’t know how to do things right the first time. The BC building industry remains void of meaningful and objective standards (to accurately measure if a wall is plumb or a floor uneven).

The most common words in the HPO’s 2-5-10 warranty insurance program: http://www.hpo.bc.ca/PDF/Bulletins/2-5-10.pdf, are 'exclusions' and 'limitations', which proves that the insurance industry obviously has no faith in the building industry either, and for good reason.

Why is it that today, Third-world industries are able to measure defects in parts per million (that is quality) and our building industry lags so far behind?

BC builders understand the importance of producing high quality glossy marketing material. The word quality is also used liberally in their literature, raising the expectations of the unsuspecting buyer.

Delivering quality however is a subjective matter. In the building industry, a 'quality defect' means something totally different than everywhere else in the world.

The fact of the matter is that while much has been done by government to help protect builders, nothing substantive or new has been done to protect homebuyers. If the role of senior government is to protect people, where in hell have they been?

Check this out: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071102/WFIVE_haven...

Perhaps it is now time for homes to be prefabricated offshore in a controlled environment, and considerably reducing sub-standard quality and costs to homebuyers; just like the auto industry did decades ago.

I think I would not call non pavement homes as being a defect but certainly if you can have pavements made on the driveway or entrance of your home then it really enhances the appearance of the property.

John,

Paving

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