Consultancy Services
We are consultant surveyors providing advice to construction professionals in relation to timber and damp defects including fungal decay, dampness, basement waterproofing, etc. Our service is to undertake surveys and provide detailed reports and cost assessments for any specialist remedial works required.
The scope and extent of surveys are tailored to the project’s needs, whether it be at feasibility stage, as part of the design process or at construction
phase.
We are NOT contractors who derive their income from carrying out, often unnecessary or excessive, rot treatments or damp-proofing works.
We understand that your reputation matters as a property professional and you need to be 100% confident that the specialist surveyors
you use offer you and your client the following:
- Prompt, efficient and professional services
- Fully qualified and insured
- CSRT/ CSSW surveyors
- Flexibility for urgent surveys
- Detailed written reports delivered on time
- First class communication and service
Rowallan are industry leading surveyors and offer all of the above.
Why is Rowallan different?
As independent specialist surveyors we charge a fee dependent on the property size, type and scope of survey required. Our service is to provide you and your client with the best impartial advice. We do not offer free surveys in the hope of making money from (often unnecessary) remedial works. Contractors offering a ‘free’ survey derive their income from carrying out remedial treatment work, thus, there is a significant vested interest in the extent of work they consider necessary. The experience of surveyors working for such companies can vary considerably and are often incentivised to generate orders by being paid commission. Rowallan are different because we strive obsessively to add value by providing all clients with honest surveys – therefore giving short term savings by avoiding unnecessary works and long term peace of mind that the property has been properly and accurately surveyed.
Should we determine that specialist remedial works be required we can arrange for this to be undertaken by one of our Approved Specialist Contractors.
Benefits of using a Rowallan Approved Specialist Contractor – You can be safe in the knowledge that:
- Remedial works specified will be completed within the cost assessed by us.
- The work will be fully undertaken in accordance with our specification.
- Works will be carried out with minimum disruption by skilled, experienced technicians complying with stringent industry standards in terms of workmanship and health and safety.
- Upon completion a long term guarantee covering the specified works will be issued.
Whilst the contract for remedial works will be direct to the Specialist Contractor, they will engage us to provide technical advice/ supervision and act as a liaison between the specialist contractor and design team and/ or principal contractor.
You may well have previous experience dealing with preservation companies, in that, most predominantly deal in the domestic market, and frustrations occur with organisation, communication, programming, health and safety, understanding of the contract process/ payment schedules, etc. Our Approved Specialist Contractors and ourselves as consultants are well-versed in commercial contracts.
Alternatively, should you wish for remedial works to be undertaken by your own contractor, we can be engaged as consultants to manage this process in either a pre-planned or ad hoc basis with fees agreed depending on size of project/ level of advice required.
Project: Cairndhu House, Helensburgh
Client: Panacea Homes
Approved Specialist Contractor: PP Builders Limited
Description: – Residential Conversion Project from construction phase. Timber repairs/ treatments and basement waterproofing of Grade A listed building.
Rowallan were engaged to provide consultancy/ surveying services and to specify remedial rot repairs as exposure was undertaken in various phases. Works were requested to be undertaken by one of our Approved Specialist Contractors and ongoing liaison with the design team (principally the Structural Engineer) with regard to specialist epoxy resin repairs to exposed structural beams and structural steelwork appropriate to replace concealed elements of the structure.
We were also tasked with recommending a suitable basement waterproofing system. A Type C cavity drainage system was considered the most appropriate design with membrane, channels and sump/ pump arrangements installed.
Project: Climbing Centre, Kilmarnock
Client: Above Adventure
Approved Specialist Contractor: Insula Preserve
Description: Conversion of Church to indoor climbing facility – from design stage to construction. Dry rot eradication works
Initially engaged to specify and organise dry rot eradication directly by the client to the adjacent church hall to prevent immediate deterioration, we were subsequently engaged as part of the more substantial principal contract of alteration and refurbishment works to the original church building itself.
Project: Private residential development, Kilmarnock
Client: Private developer
Approved Specialist Contractor: Insula Preserve
Description– Residential conversion from feasibility (pre-purchase) stage to construction. Dry rot eradication and associated structural alterations.
During purchase negotiations we were engaged to assess condition and provide budget costs for dry rot eradication works. Following exposure by the client’s own contractor we provided a detailed specification for specialist eradication works and works were subsequently instructed to be undertaken by one of our Approved Specialist Contractors. For reasons of practicality, the specialist contractor was also requested to undertake structural alterations concurrently together with stonework reinstatement to suit prior to handing back for internal fit out by client’s contractor.
