Construction in Kenya

Site Supervision Standards for Nairobi Builds

Glossy Site Delivery22 May 2026 6 min read
Site Supervision Standards for Nairobi Builds

Strong site supervision is the difference between a project that lands on programme and one that quietly loses two months and a chunk of margin. Here is the standard Glossy applies on every build.

Every Glossy site opens with a written site-establishment checklist: hoarding, welfare, first-aid, fire points, NCA signage, all-risks insurance certificates, and a daily site diary opened before the first block is laid.

The resident engineer or clerk of works then runs a daily walk-around against the approved drawings and specifications. Any deviation is photographed, logged, and issued as a non-conformance report the same day — never at week-end when memory has faded.

Concrete pours, structural steel connections, and waterproofing details are held points: no work proceeds without a signed inspection by the consulting engineer. This single discipline eliminates the vast majority of latent defects that come back to bite two years after handover.

Key Takeaways
  • Open every site with a documented establishment checklist
  • Log deviations the same day, not at week-end
  • Enforce held points for concrete, steel, and waterproofing