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Surveyors or valuers can provide professional advise when you build your extension. You might choose to appoint a surveyor or valuer as well as an architect and builder or you might decide not to use a specialist surveyor. There can be a great deal of overlap betweer sureveyors, valuers and other professionals. Surveyors and valuers can be particularly helpful in providing costed estimates of your building work.
Surveyors and/or valuers can provide support in many areas when you plan and build your project and these can include;
- ensuring projects are completed on budget and on time;
- advising clients on schemes and projects and determining requirements;
- preparing scheme designs with costings, programmes for completion of projects and specification of works;
- preparing documents for tender and advising on appointing contractors, designers and procurement routes;
- determining the condition of existing buildings, identifying and analysing defects, including proposals for repair;
- advising on energy efficiency, environmental impact and sustainable construction;
- dealing with planning applications and advising on property legislation and building regulations;
- assessing and designing buildings to meet the needs of people with disabilities;
- advising on construction design and management regulations;
- carrying out feasibility studies;
- advising on the health and safety aspects of buildings;
- advising on boundary and rights of light disputes and party wall procedures.
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