Angell Thompson

Fire, explosion, flood, burst pipes, storm and impact - all necessitate emergency action, salvage & site safety. Liaison with local authority Planners, Building Control and where necessary the Conservation Officer. It has been established at law that Insurance Companies cannot be held responsible for knowing the reinstatement value of their customers' property.

Subsidence is a change in the condition of the ground on which a building is supported. It can result in crack-damage to walls and ceilings, distortion to door and window openings and in extreme circumstances, fractures to pipes and other services. In London and the South East, this damage most commonly occurs to buildings founded on shrinkable clay sub-soils, during periods of very dry weather.

If you are undertaking building works and require a structural design and/or structural calculations. Investigate, advise and report on specific structural defects, cracking, movement, distortion, deterioration or other failure or damage to your property. Tailor design and structural calculations for solutions to structural problems, and to satisfy the requirements of Local Authority Building Control.

Act 1996 extended legislation previously confined to the Inner London Boroughs, to cover all areas of England and Wales. All Building Owners proposing to undertake works to a Party Wall or carry out excavations in close proximity to an adjacent property are likely to be required to serve Notice on the owner of the adjoining property.