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To celebrate Women in Construction week, we have caught up with one of our Clerk of Works who answered a few questions about her role in the industry. What is

Take a LEVEL-headed approach to independent quality inspections on your construction projects by using our Clerk of Works services to detect any defects or deficiencies that otherwise may cause your

This Building defect shows incorrectly filled fire retardant foam. The entire void should be filled prior to attaching architraves to offer additional fire resistance. This could cause potential risk to

Our Clerk of Works has identified this bad finish defect of concrete soffit to the mezzanine floor.

This is a defect spotted by our Quality Site Inspector in the shaft wall partition system to riser UPG where a vertical leg has been chopped out, which is ultimately

Our M&E Clerk of Work identified this crushed underfloor heating pipe which posed a threat to reduced efficiency and failure of the underfloor heating system. In the long-term, the pipe

Too close for comfort? This defect photo shows a poorly installed central heating controller which meets a light switch, that our M&E Clerk of Works identified while onsite.

We were brought in retrospectively after the project had completed. The entire roof had been condemned basically due to health and safety issues following our investigations/recommendations. The defect photo shows

Lime staining is free lime, generally from mortar, which has been washed from the mortar joints on to the face of the brick.  Lime staining can occur with any brick as