Structural surveys – Undertaking building & structural surveys

COURSE BACKGROUND
This 1 DAY COURSE will provide an overview of building and structural surveys, including typical defects, subsidence etc, preparing reports and repair option

SPEAKER ALL VENUES
David Symonds

OVERVIEW
Establishing the client’s needs
• The briefing process
• Interpreting the brief and setting objectives
• Resource management: controlling the time and cost of the survey

Legal liability and compliance
• Contractual liability and negligence risks

Preparations for undertaking a survey
• Documentary information
• Health and safety risk assessment
• Surveying equipment

The preparation of survey reports and schedules
• The structure and style of the report or schedule of condition
• The contents of the report

Further investigations
• Crack and level monitoring
• Excavations and boreholes
• Soil testing, laboratory analysis and root identification

Typical structural defects



• Lateral restraint problems
• Corrosion and rot, chemical attack
• Accidental damage
• Repair options

Subsidence
• The difference between subsidence and settlement
• Shallow foundations and filled ground
• Clay soils, shrinkage, trees
• Leaking drains

Repair of some typical structural defects
• Superstructure repair
• Mass concrete underpinning