Project Building Surveying

Summers-Inman Building Surveyors work with clients to formulate project briefs and financial budgets and manage the design and construction project from beginning to end.

Services include:

• Condition reports: whether for ongoing maintenance or dilapidations and negotiations with landlords or tenants.
• Surveys: physical dimensioned surveys of land and buildings. These are often carried out on an estate wide basis as part of periodic reviews for Clients with large property portfolios. Clients include Utilities companies, Police Forces and Universities.
• DDA surveys: access surveys of existing buildings when refurbishment is about to take place or early advice when new buildings are being planned
• Fire surveys: condition, access and escape surveys together with specifying remedial actions necessary. Work has included major fire strategies in large scale university buildings
• Remediation projects: identifying problem areas in buildings and specifying how to put them right
• Building Design and Performance: building detailing and space planning by our in-house design team.
• Contract administration: the design, specification and overall management of individual projects. The work is supported by our in house cad drawing teams.

Party Wall Advice, Rights of Light

Summers-Inman’s expert advice can ensure clients comply with the provisions of the Party Wall etc Act 1996. Failure to adhere to the requirements of this Act during the early stages of a project may lead to expensive delays.

Early advice can also be provided on rights of light issues and the procedures necessary to ensure that a planned building scheme can proceed.

Disaster Management

Summers–Inman offers clients a rapid response to property disasters such as fires, floods or natural failures, providing professional advice on dealing with insurers and loss adjusters and managing the damage reinstatement works necessary. Works have included the remediation of several thousand flooded homes in the north east, Yorkshire and Cumbria, reinstatement of fire damaged property and the rebuilding of a collapsed multi storey car park whilst under construction

Access Audits

Summers-Inman can provide professional property audits to ensure buildings comply with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The Act imposed obligations - which came into effect in 2004 - to remove physical obstructions that discriminate against disabled people in accessing services.

Expert Witness

Summers-Inman’s experience in presenting evidence in report and witness form can provide added weight to a case. Indeed, the high quality of the properly researched written evidence produced is often sufficient to assist in the resolution of property and construction disputes without the need for expensive and time consuming litigation.

Asbestos Surveys

Summers-Inman’s building surveyors are British Institute of Occupational Hygienists Proficiency Certificate P402 accredited. This enables us to offer specialist survey and consultancy services to ensure clients comply with the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002.

Contracts to remove or safe-manage hazardous asbestos-bearing materials can also be managed.