Building contract disputes • Disrepair claims • Defective design & workmanship negligence claims • Building pathology • Building conversion & restoration • Party Wall, etc., Act Mr Mathieson is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Managing Director of Ellis Belk Associates Limited and a practising Chartered Building Surveyor with many years' experience investigating building defects of both design and workmanship. In addition to his expert witness workload, Mr Mathieson has been involved with Channel...

Building defects • Building surveys • Dilapidations • Family disputes • Housing disrepair • Landlord and tenant compensation • Matrimonial disputes • Professional negligence • Party wall disputes • Valuation disputes

Nick is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer with over 20 years’ experience in the construction industry. He started his career working on construction sites whilst studying civil engineering, obtaining a first-class honours degree. He then worked at a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy in the UK, qualifying as a Chartered Engineer in 2009. Nick then began focusing on forensic engineering and dispute resolution work at a specialist consultancy in the UK, and has been working as an Expert Witness,...

Analysis of defective building construction/design • Negligent building contract administration • Building contract disputes • Negligent building surveys of property • Dilapidations • Boundary disputes

Party wall disputes • Building contract disputes - typically domestic to a value of £250,000 • Residential service charge disputes - acting for either freeholder or leaseholder • Housing disrepair - Section 11 complaints - acting for either landlord or tenant • Building element condition and compliance for personal injury cases (and similar)

Building surveying • Expert in all aspects of building litigation, including defective construction, including, but not exclusively, drains, cavity walls, mortar, brickwork, roofs, floors, drainage, windows, dampness, condensation, concrete • Valuation for interim or final accounts • Advice on building contracts • Professional negligence • Whether a house is built to NHBC Building Regulations or Building Guarantee Standards • Party wall awards • Expert reports & advice • Compliant with CPR Other offices: (i) 1 Kew Place,...

Building surveying • Building technology • Buildings • Alterations to buildings • Damp in buildings • Dilapidations • Dilapidation of buildings • Construction of buildings • Construction • Architecture • Fire • Fire safety • Building regulations • Boundary disputes • Party walls • Building design • Building defects • Construction defects • Building inspection • Building condition • Building Act • Building engineering • Building pathology • Commercial buildings

Neighbourly & Boundary Disputes I have been appointed as party wall surveyor for building owners and adjoining owners. I frequently provide advice to parties wishing to undertake works close to or on the boundary, which may or may not fall within the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. This includes commercial and domestic clients. I am employed to help resolve disputes between parties over neighbourly matters, including the undertaking of building works or the removal of boundary features by one party, the position...

Extensive experience of building & contractual disputes • Investigation & diagnosis of building defects & preparation of Scott schedules • Advice on costings & building technical matters • Application of building law to boundary disputes • Landlord & tenant disputes, dilapidations & lease renewals • Residential, commercial & industrial valuations, including rental valuations • Insurance claims disputes • Professional negligence of construction professionals • Construction health & safety management disputes

Building defects • Works not in accordance with Building Regulations • Reviews of design information in relation to scope • Reviews of the design/construction of external walls with respect to Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations (e.g. material specification, cavity barriers) • Performance of the architect or lead designer

Architecture generally, particularly: • Residential work • Refurbishment, conversion & alteration schemes • Professional practice • Party Wall matters • Defects & building failures • Town planning • Educational schemes • Commercial schemes • Fee scales & payment on quantum meruit basis • Architect professional negligence

During the 31 years of my business life I have practised as a surveyor advising on many aspects of residential and commercial property, investment, development and management. This includes: • Valuation • Survey • Pathology • Defect diagnosis • Sale • Letting • Purchase • Management • Repair • Advice on landlord and tenant • Dilapidations • Boundary disputes • Party walls • Right to light • Building disputes I have extensive valuation experience on residential and commercial properties throughout London, the South East and UK wide procured...

Building surveying: • Structural surveys & valuation • Boundary disputes • Party wall administration • Building defect diagnosis • Construction & contract administration • Building disputes • Subsidence damage • Leasehold dilapidations • Duties of a Chartered Surveyor or Valuer & negligence • Double glazing & conservatory disputes • Fire damage • Fire precautions & means of escape • Kitchen & joinery installation disputes Simon Levy is the Principal of an active, multi-disciplined practice of Chartered Building Surveyors and Designers....

Foundation failures, including heave & subsidence-related problems • Building defects of structure & fabric, including concrete, steel, timber & masonry buildings, whether prefabricated or in situ • Footbridge & cycle bridge-related problems of deck & structure • Concrete failures due to contamination, chloride attack, carbonation, sulphate attack, alkali-silica reaction, together with pollution-related problems & their effect • Prestressing & related problems, including prestressed & post-tensioned in situ concrete •...

Building defects • Professional negligence • Construction disputes • Architectural design • Project management • Party walls • Flat roof defects • Roof defects • Window defects • Cavity wall insulation Simon has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry where he has practised as a chartered building surveyor and chartered project management surveyor on a wide range of instructions, including building surveys, defects diagnosis, party walls, dilapidations, project management, contract administration and health...

Building surveying • Building pathology and building defects • Construction disputes • Professional negligence in relation to building surveying and contract administration • Dilapidations • Party wall matters

Domestic building disputes • Building surveying • Valuation disputes, including professional negligence matters • Surveying & valuing • Boundary disputes • Party wall matters

Building contract disputes: financial & contractual analysis • Dilapidations claims • Dampness & disrepair claims • Party Wall Act • Defective or incomplete building works • Building defects: commercial & residential • Boundary disputes • Access to neighbouring land • Insolvency claims in construction contracts • Mr Frias-Robles is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) • Party wall expert & Chairman of the Pyramus and Thisbe Club (Wessex Branch)