When you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

If you're paying top dollar and you're getting that sort of work, complain loudly.

zuum is right on the money, I was told by my builder before hand in a pre tutorial meeting for first home builder's that this was common practice and falls within AU Building Standards. If you're worried I'd suggest hiring a building inspector, which I did. It may cost you a little but atleast you get peace of mind, aswell as someone that has the knowledge to look for things that you would not normally would've thought of.

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its fine , that's how they raise the I beam so it clears the roof hangers , if it ran along side (but not in the way) of the hangers it would be sitting on the brick work , this is a common practice and in line with Australian building codes. looks like it is doggy but 99% of new houses will have the same thing.

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no condute in for the electrical cable, thats wrong , but now days the norm

but just to make you worry just think about what will happen if european borer or white ants eat that bit of timber between the beam and brick!!

the beam will crush the hangers and your roof will... at worst slightly sink and your plaster board will fall down severing one of your cats legs, THEN you would have wished you asked them to use a metal packer or at least some sort of stirrup.

but to put your mind at easy i am the estimator/scheduler for the new $3,000,000 home for the bunnings family in pep grove and they have the same thing in there roof.

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they always cut that shit into the walls , unless you ask for a condute at pre start , you will get one free with your phone run in so telstra can hook up the phone point but thats about it for standard condutes , its a good idea to get as many as you can to "future proof" your home

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Conduit only needs to be put in for any cables that are not running vertical in walls or for cables that aren't RCD protected ie. oven, hotplate.
It is also put in when there is too many cables to fit in the chase.

It is a good idea to have conduit in for everything but its gonna cost you more.

Its all about cost cutting at the end of the day.

Houses built these days are built just for that, these days. I work in Property Management & see plenty of brand new houses look like shit in 5-10 years time whilst all the houses built in the 80's (generally) & beforehand are still rock solid.

you see this in every house, My old man built a house 15yrs ago and saw this (hes a carpenter) and complained and was told the same that its the norm, Id be more worried about the bit of timber inbetween then the brick lol! but yeh its not gonna move unless we get a bit earthquake hah!