Inspection Flashcards
OLA - What were the specific testing methods used?
hammer tapping, chloride analysis, carbonation and concrete cover depth testing.
OLA - What were the key findings or results obtained from the additional testing?
Concrete in a reasonable structural condition taking into account the age of this reinforced concrete structure. Concrete at the test locations revealed carbonation has not reached the steel reinforcement bars whilst chloride-ion content is less than BS guidelines. Generally cover concrete levels were found to be low typically 10mm – 30mm, long term weathering
leading to the onset of corrosion.
OLA - Were there any challenges or obstacles encountered during the testing process?
High level areas required access equipment.
OLA - How did communicate the defects from your survey?
Verbal meeting with the priest.
OLA - What repairing methods were recommended?
Identify with hammer test.
Saw cut damage min. depth 20mm.
Broken out 20mm behind any reinforcement.
Reinforcement cleaned.
Concrete and reinforcement primed.
Repaired using approved repair mortar.
Bonsall Hall - What factors led to the recommendation for a planned repointing scheme?
Failing mortar pointing and damage to stonework walls.
Bonsall Hall - How did you present the survey report to the client?
Verbal meeting with the priest.
Bonsall Hall - Give me an example of a defect and associated repair.
Leaking gutters, clear gutters, re-align and seal joints.
Bonsall Hall - How did you structure the information within the report to ensure clarity?
Introduction with property information, logical running order external - internal conditions. Recommendations and pricing at the end. Appendix with photographs.
Quinquennial survey standard?
To the client’s requirements or BS 7913: 2013. Guide to the conservation of historic buildings.
What are dilapidations and what is the RICS guidance?
The term “dilapidations” is often confused with “defects”. Dilapidations are in-fact a debt between the landlord and the tenant of a lease hold property. A dilapidation inspection can be carried out at varying stages within a lease period and identifies potential claim items for failure to repair or maintain the building as specified within the lease.
RICS Dilapidations 7th edition - Guidance Note.
What is a schedule of condition?
A “condition survey” and a “schedule of condition” are often confused with one another. The “schedule of condition” will simply record the current condition of the property and include a photographic record and brief written schedule. Schedules of condition are primarily produced for party wall awards and prior to clients entering a lease.
Explain a defect analysis?
A Building Surveyor may be called in to carry out a focused inspection of a specific defeat (or defects) within a building. This quite often involves the use of specialist equipment. Includes penetrating and rising damp or timber decay. This element again involves detailed diagnosis; prognosis and recommendations to resolve.
What is the RICS Technical due diligence of commercial property professional standard?
I learnt RICS defines a TDD as the ‘systematic review, analysis, discovery and gathering of information about the physical characteristics of a property and/or land’. I learnt this covers building surveys, condition inspections, pre-acquisition surveys and vendor surveys. Term structural survey should not be used. I learnt the aim of a TDD is to allow the client to make informed decisions from a technical perspective. The TDD will consider short, medium and long term risks. I learnt there are 4 types of inspections in a property lifecycle. I learnt surveyors need to be mindful of conflicts of interest and agreeing terms of engagement. I learnt inspections need to be carried out safely.
