clerk of works

British  

noun

1. an employee who supervises building work in progress or the upkeep of existing buildings

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Example Sentences

A clerk of works was hired to inspect the work carried out on the cladding.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2020

He called on the high sheriff of Wiltshire, Maj Gen Ashley Truluck, who attended the hearing, to award Mr Delcambre £1,000 and £500 to Gary Price, the cathedral’s clerk of works.

From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2020

He was buried there not because of his literary achievements but because he was the clerk of works to the Palace of Westminster.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2010

Many were dismissed and new hands were taken on, but the trouble still persisted, till finally Lady Wytham herself went down to interview the clerk of works and a foreman or two.

From Here and Hereafter by Pain, Barry

Hodgeman was appointed clerk of works on the construction, and was kept unusually busy selecting timber, patrolling among the workmen, and searching for his foot-rule which had an unaccountable trick of vanishing in thin air.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir