Renovation Projects
Renovation, refurbishment and structural upgrading of existing buildings. Where the location and the structure are sound, resetting a building is frequently a better position than replacing it — but only once you know what is behind the finishes.
Typical projects
- Full refurbishment
- Structural strengthening
- Facade renewal
- Building services replacement
- Change of use conversion
- Common-area upgrading
What this means for an investor
Renovation carries a risk new-build does not: what you find once you open the building up. We survey before pricing, allow properly for what a survey cannot see, and report against that allowance as work proceeds. A renovation budget with no contingency in it is not a budget — and an asset whose location is good is usually worth resetting rather than replacing.
How we work
Surveyed Before Priced
Structural, services and material condition established before a figure is committed, with the unknowns identified as unknowns.
Structure Assessed Honestly
Load capacity and seismic performance evaluated against current requirements, and stated plainly when strengthening is needed.
Occupied Works Planned For
Where a building stays partly in use, phasing, access and noise are planned around the occupiers rather than imposed on them.
The surprises in a renovation are in the budget or in the building. We would rather they were in the budget.
Every field we work in follows the same path from land to handover.
All fields