Architecture

Architecture

• development control compliance – Town and Country Planning consents, listed building consent, conservation areas, enforcement action
• regulatory control compliance – Building Regulations, fire safety, Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, asbestos
• design duties – adequacy of design work, design checking, compliance with standards and codes of practice, specification, risk analysis, sub-contractor design
• management duties – co-ordination, tendering, procurement advice, contract administration, instructions, certificates, fees
• health and safety – assessment, investigation, accidents
• building design – form, function, space utilisation, conservation, maintenance, energy efficiency, thermal performance, acoustic details
• fire – means of escape, fire spread, passive protection, compartmentation, fire stopping, seals, barriers, protected shaft, explosion, Building Regulations, insurance requirements, event reconstruction and modelling
• accoustics – insulation, absorption, Robust Details, Building Bulletin 93, coordination of specialist input, flanking transmission
• flooding – local policy, Environment Agency, flood plain, climate change, flood resistant design
• windows & glazing – toughened, laminated, double glazing, nickel sulphide inclusions
• facades, cladding & curtain walling – water ingress, seals, tolerances, weathering, thermal insulation, impact resistance, daylight shading
• render – durability, cracking, weathering, joints, seals
• waterproofing – basements, envelopes, roofs, terraces, podia, piazza, swimming pools, leaks, tanking
• roofing – traditional, flat, asphalt, felt, corrugated sheeting, wind resistance, leakage, failure, condensation/moisture
• floor screeds – floating, bonded, crazing, cracking, curling, leaching
• floor finishes – timber, stone, ceramic, mosaic, resin
• ceilings – suspended, mass barrier, collapse, vapour resistant
• workmanship – specification, construction defects, setting out, tolerances
• remedial works – remedial options, repair/refurbishment
• investigation – schedule of condition, surveying, monitoring, special load testing, materials testing