Building Surveys & Condition Assessment
Building surveys and condition assessment: measured survey, opening up, material testing and defect mapping as the basis for any work on an existing building.
Before anything can be calculated, what is there has to be established – geometry, materials, reinforcement and defects.
What this involves
- Measured survey, by laser scan where useful
- Opening up at agreed locations
- Reinforcement detection and cover measurement
- Material properties from cores and testing
- Defect mapping with photographic record
What you get
A survey report that says what was measured, what had to be assumed and how reliable each statement is. The uncertainties belong in it explicitly – they are what later governs the safety factors.