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Construction Supervision
Construction Supervision
What is the cost of not supervising a construction project?
Independent supervision looks like an avoidable cost until the day a wall is opened. This article puts numbers on the most frequent consequences and sets out what gets checked at each stage so they never reach the client.
Construction Supervision
What should a construction supervision report include?
Structure, frequency and essential content of a site supervision report that is genuinely useful to the project owner.
Property Valuation
Property Valuation
Technical valuation: the methods, the comparison table and the review checklist
How a valuation method is chosen, what each one measures well and badly, and the checklist that supports a request for review with evidence.
Property Valuation
Is a property valuation the same as a bank valuation?
The same technical exercise, but not the same purpose or client. Why two credible reports can show different values and which valuation to commission for each decision.
Property Valuation
Why do property documents show different area measurements?
The tax record says one number, the land registry says another, the listing says a third. None of them is necessarily wrong: they measure different things. This guide explains each area, where the discrepancies come from and what to do when the gap affects value.
Building Pathologies
Building Pathologies
Masonry pathology: diagnosis and intervention strategies
Cracking, rising damp, salt efflorescence and render loss: how to tell cause from symptom before deciding how to intervene in a masonry wall.
Building Pathologies
Buildings with history: rehabilitation cases in Madeira
Three recurring building types in Madeira. The Funchal town house, the quinta with agricultural outbuildings and the rental building and what each demands of those who intervene.
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