Building Forensics & Occupant Health
We have achieved an international reputation for being at the forefront of investigation and problem solving in the built environment and our clients benefit from our quest to perform at every level.
Our principle consultant Jeff Charlton sits on various committees raising the standards of the industry including British Standards in PAS 64, was chair of special interest groups of the Institute of Specialist Surveyors and Engineers, developing guidelines and standards including mould ,water damage and is a member of the Emergency Planning Society professional working group on CBR terrorism. He was founding chairman of the BDMA and has been chair of BCI London Forum , co founder of BANG the business continuity group, and has worked on various EU and British standards in UK and Brussels.
We have been providing appraisals for over 10 years for insurers, solicitors, builders, home-owners and tenants. A measure of our success may be that we have never been called to court as our presented evidence has always been accepted by all parties prior to court action.
We have trained and qualified at the highest levels in water and fire damage, decontamination including asbestos and then spent 10 years in USA training in mould related issues including litigation aspects.
Despite being faced with many UK recognised often conflicting experts our advanced investigation, analytical and reporting techniques have provided unequivocal evidence to support our findings and clients interest.
These findings have sometimes overthrown insurance policy exclusions, builders and landlords contract terms and resulted in 6 figure settlements.
Apart from qualifications and experience Building forensics use the services of some of the most advanced government approved and or internationally ISO certified laboratories in USA where accurate results are provided quickly and at a lower cost than those in UK. Overnight carriage and 48 hour lab turn around time sees results within days of sampling.
