Course Content:
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
THE USE AND APPOINTMENT OF SPECIALISTS
• Types of specialists
• Specifying the selection criteria
• Contractual implications
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
• The contents of the report or schedule
FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS
• Crack and level monitoring
• Excavations and boreholes
• Soil testing, laboratory analysis and root identification
TYPICAL STRUCTURAL DEFECTS
• Expansion and contraction, shrinkage, temperature and moisture/humidity, different materials
• Lateral restraint problems
• Corrosion and rot, chemical attack
• Concrete defects
• Accidental damage
• Repair options
SUBSIDENCE
• The difference between subsidence and settlement
• Shallow foundations and filled ground
• Clay soils, shrinkage, trees
• Water, leaking drains
• Peat, mining and other less frequent causes of subsidence
• Repair options
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