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Building Surveying

The Building Surveying Group provides specialist property advice to clients, across all ARCADIS AYH's markets, particularly in respect of transactional business, landlord and tenant issues including dilapidations and rent review advice, neighbourly matters including Party Wall Awards and matters where expert analysis of problems or defects on a building may be required.

The Building Surveying function is to support our Clients who deal with property, whether they be owners, occupiers, investors or funders. The core Building Surveying discipline of understanding forms of construction and how buildings and materials perform is applied to all of our services by experienced Chartered Building Surveyors.

The requirements of our Clients can vary immensely between differing parties, including acquisition surveys or monitoring building works, dilapidations advice to both landlords and tenants, strategic planning, expert analysis in support of rent review negotiations and analysis and negotiation of service charge accounts.

ARCADIS AYH Building Surveying operates within a construction consultancy environment and the team is supported by the core Project Management and Cost Consultancy disciplines as well as specialist Engineering, Health and Safety, Dispute Resolution and Programming functions.  The multi disciplinary nature of ARCADIS AYH and the wide ranging technical backup, allows Building Surveying advice to be rounded and technically focused.

 

 

Services include: 

Acquisition Surveys
There are many differing types of acquisition survey, ranging from simple photographic schedules of condition for a tenant acquiring a short term lease, to detailed examinations of buildings as a part of the legal due diligence process.

Expert Witness
The analysis of defects requires an experienced and analytical approach, together with an understanding of the Civil Procedure Rules which dictate methods and procedures for resolving disputes.

Insurance Reinstatement Valuations
ARCADIS AYH's building surveyors undertake large portfolio insurance valuations and 'one off' valuations when a Client may purchase a building. The valuation will draw upon both nationally published cost information and our own cost information database.

Party Wall Matters
The Party Wall Act has created a statutory requirement for owners and developers to appoint surveyors to control the neighbourly aspects associated with building works. The work that our specialist surveyors undertake ranges from dealing with small residential projects to multi-million pound inner city developments.

Project Monitoring           
This is the observation and checking of the construction phase of a building project. The process will usually include an analysis of the building proposals as part of the due diligence exercise before a legal commitment to fund, purchase or occupy a building is made; the surveyors will monitor the building standards, ensure that all warranties and guarantees are delivered, and at completion, witness the 'practical completion' of the job, and ensure that defects and problems are addressed.

Dilapidations/Exit Strategy Advice
The application of property law by both the landlord and tenant in connection with leasehold property at the beginning, end and potentially throughout a lease term.  ARCADIS AYH's building surveyors apply a detailed technical, legal and analytical knowledge in preparation or defence of clients' property requirements.

Licence/Plans Approval
Both landlord and tenant require professional comment upon proposed alterations to property in accordance with lease covenants.  ARCADIS AYH is able to offer substantial experience and expertise in both construction and statutory requirements.

Planned Preventative Maintenance Schedules
Detailed inspection and forward maintenance/elemental renewal of property allows for early financial planning and investment to maintain and extend the useful lifespan of property. ARCADIS AYH draws upon both nationally published cost information and our own cost information data base.

 

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