On Site Testing and Inspection

Examples of standard and customised testing and evaluation regimes include:-

  • Access floors; air tightness; load capacity
  • Balustrades, pedestrian and vehicle barriers & parapets in buildings, car parks, stadiums etc to HMSO 'A guide to safety at Sports grounds, Building Regulations Document K and relevant British standards'
  • Concrete and screed testing
  • Cladding and glazing – inspection, AAMA water spray test for water tightness, air tightness and impact testing'
  • Energy conservation; environmental conditions and thermal imaging
  • Building surveys, Inspections and condition assessments including provision of abseiling teams where access is difficult
  • Floors; floor coverings, paving, defect analysis and failure investigations
  • In situ load tests on anchors and fixings, anchorages for highway safety barriers, cladding, cradle rails, fixings, hooks, floors and lift beam testing
  • Loading; floors, roofs, walls, fixtures & fittings
  • Building defects and failures
  • Non destructive testing; testing to destruction
  • Post-installation inspection
  • Walls & partitions

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