Good Practice Guide: Building Condition Surveys

This Good Practice Guide introduces the core knowledge and essential skills needed to undertake building condition surveys. Concentrating on the private homes sector the source of most surveying work in the UK and based on a lifetime of practical experience, it begins by providing a helpful summary of many frequently confused terms, before taking the reader through the key steps of a professional building condition survey.

Looking at many practical case studies, it explains the equipment and skills that are needed, highlights the critical defects to look out for those areas where the most negligence claims arise and provides an invaluable overview of how and what to inspect. From taking instructions and agreeing terms of engagement to the crucial business of report writing and everything in between, this book is a perfect primer for construction professionals about the expanding business of building condition surveys.

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About the Author

Mike Hoxley

Mike Hoxley is Professor of Building Surveying at Nottingham Trent University. He has been a Chartered Surveyor for over 30 years and has served as a member of the Building Surveying Professional Group Board of the RICS for several years. His PhD is from the University of Salford and his research interests include building pathology, condition inspection of buildings and the management and marketing of the professional services firm. Mike is Co-Editor of the journal Structural Survey.

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