Best place to find Arch. Eng. to do a survey on a house?

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    • November 14, 2007 at 4:19 pm #709683
      Grif
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      Hi all,
      Hope it’s OK to post this in here…..
      Anyone point me in the right direction to find an Arh Eng. to do a eng. survey on a section of a house?

      It’s a period house, about 1920 and there seems to be structural damage at the rear extrusion. Looking for a survey/advice.

      Nixers welcome! 🙂

      Thanks in advance.

    • November 15, 2007 at 2:54 pm #795767
      Anonymous
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      Hi folks,
      after some investigation i talked to a chartered building surveyor and from his perspective they’re qualified to assess the structural damage to the house? Hrm, confusing all these surveyors. Should a Chartered Building Surveyor be able to provide a similar service to a Structural Engineer in the case of a house?

      They guy i talked to btw was extremely helpful and based on my description of the problem pointed to a faulty drain running under the extension to be a likely cause. His call to action was using telltales and assessment of the drain (if there is one) using cctv.

      Wondering should i pay the 600 or so euro or walk away…..

    • November 15, 2007 at 4:37 pm #795768
      Anonymous
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      Hi Grif. I’d have thought that at inspection stage both professions would have been able to do the same job – ie point out the cause of the problem. However, when it comes to rectifying it, if you have the structural engineer on board from the start, you may be better off. The Building Surveyor might well have to engage a structural engineer to come up with a deisgn solution to rectify the problem – thereby incurring an additional fee. If you have any structural design work to be carried out this will be the remit of an engineer and not a Building Surveyor.

    • November 16, 2007 at 11:27 am #795769
      Anonymous
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      @JB wrote:

      Hi Grif. I’d have thought that at inspection stage both professions would have been able to do the same job – ie point out the cause of the problem. However, when it comes to rectifying it, if you have the structural engineer on board from the start, you may be better off. The Building Surveyor might well have to engage a structural engineer to come up with a deisgn solution to rectify the problem – thereby incurring an additional fee. If you have any structural design work to be carried out this will be the remit of an engineer and not a Building Surveyor.

      OK cool, that’s the info i was looking for. I’d say there’s definitely work to be done, how urgent that work is and what it would cost to repair would be the critical info im after.

      Thank you very much for the reply.

      Mark

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