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Expert Witness Reports
The team of Building Surveyors at Chandlers Building Surveyors Ltd are very experienced is acting as expert witnesses and preparing expert witness reports in accordance with the FCABE, FPWS and P & T Club guidance documents.

The roll of an expert witness, especially within the construction and building industry, is very important within the judiciary system. The responsibility of an expert witness is to collate, write and possibly give evidence in court. Chandlers Building Surveyors work effectively with the courts, lawyers and their clients.
Recent expert witness commissions include:
  • Preparing an expert witness report on defective bathroom installations; the installations did not accord with current standards.
  • The ingress of excessive dust from adjacent building works into a retail outlet specialising in selling high quality expensive goods. The shop and its products were covered in dust on a daily basis.
  • The preparation of an expert witness report to outbuilding of a stately home with regard to the condition of the building and stored materials.
Expert witness court attendance
Surveyors at Chandlers Building Surveyors Ltd have a good deal of experience in attending court on a variety of property related issues, from boundary disputes to breach of contract issues.
Contact Chandlers Building Surveyors now for a no obligation discussion and estimate for Expert Witness services.

Party Wall Services
The Party Wall etc Act 1996 imposes a legal requirement on building owners proposing to undertake building work to serve notices on adjoining owners where the building work meets certain criteria.

Notices that may be served are 6 metre notices, 3 metre notices, line of junction notices and party structure notices, in many cases more than one notice is served to ensure that the requirements of the Party Wall Act are met.
Serving Party Wall notices
The purpose of serving notices is to ensure that adjoining owners are fully aware of the proposed building works as the Party Wall etc Act applies, this enables a 'framework for development' to be agreed between their respective surveyors and a Party Wall Award produced enabling work to proceed in an agreed manner minimising inconvenience to the adjoining owners.

Surveyors at Chandlers Building Surveyors Ltd are experienced in managing a variety of Party Wall scenarios. This includes serving notices, preparing condition surveys of adjoining owner's properties, acting as the building owners surveyor, the adjoining owners surveyor and as agreed surveyor.

Chandlers Building Surveyors experience in Party Wall commissions allows us to produce succinct accurate and meaningful awards with a timely and cost effective approach.

Fixed Price Fee
No matter what the commission we are able to provide a fixed price fee quote that enables your party wall issues to be managed effectively.

Contact Chandlers Building Surveyors now for a no obligation discussion and/or a fixed-priced quote for your Party Wall situation.
DDA And Fire Risk Assessments
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 places a requirement on building owners to ensure that Disabled Persons Access audits are undertaken on specific types of buildings and that, where practical, alterations are made to accommodate the requirements of disabled people.

The Act provides a definition of disability; "A disability is a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day to day activities".

It follows therefore, that disabled people can have impaired hearing or sight, as well as mobility issues, all of which should be taken into consideration when preparing a DDA access audit.

Chandlers Building Surveyors aim is to provide practical advice to enable cost effective measures to be implemented in buildings.
The Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order 2005
This act places a requirement on owners of specific types of building to prepare a Fire Risk Assessment of their premises, taking into account compartmentation, means of escape, managerial issues etc.

Experienced building control surveyors at Chandlers Building Surveyors Ltd are able to survey your premises, produce a practical assessment and make cost effective recommendations on how the requirements for a Fire Risk Assessment can be properly implemented.

In our experience minor changes to management issues and cost effective changes to building structures can provide meaningful improvements to properties in the event of fire.

Contact Chandlers Building Surveyors now for an informal discussion and fixed price quotation.

If you would like to find out more about our services and how we can help you please don’t hesitate to contact us either by telephone, email or using the form below.

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