As Architects and Building Surveyors with decades of experience and sector specialisms in the building industry, we are best placed to act as an independent Expert to support clients and the wider consultant teams, as well as to assess and advise on disputes involving building defects. Few other professionals are as well placed to “get under the skin” of the intricate and complex process of creating a building.

Our Expert Witness works include recent experience for assisting clients with Healthcare Buildings, Specific Building Construction and Cladding Elements or Defects, Education, Heritage and Conservation and Sustainability, provided by our team of six full time experts and supplemented with specialist knowledge from Mark Elton, Jonathan Cerowski and Nigel Marcoolyn.

The apportioning of blame can be a weighty process with numerous interested parties battling it out to prove that it was someone else’s fault. Not only can the costs run into millions, but if a building defect has led to a loss of life, the moral obligation to corporate responsibility.

For structural defects discovered years after completion, contractors and consultants carry a legal responsibility towards the owner to rectify the problem and the proof of liability required can be a lengthy process. Due to the number of different parties involved, often sharing responsibilities, it can be very difficult to prove negligence.

Assignment of contracts, changing building ownership and the transient nature of previously involved consultants all need clarity and transparency.