Damaged Building Reports / Building Movement Investigations
Damaged Building Reports / Building Movement Investigations
Our Mr Lindsay B Reid has over thirty (30) years' experience investigating the causes and most appropriate remedial works required to stabilise damaged and distressed buildings.
Our objective is to thoroughly investigate and analyse the reasons why your building is experiencing problems. We aim to provide solutions which will provide a holistic approach working with the principles of nature to solve your building's issues. In this difficult field of engineering, our team has successfully stabilised over 97% of the 1,000 plus buildings using techniques we have developed over an extensive period of time.
These solutions have generally involved minimal cost to the owner.
Our clients range from Government Departments, major corporations, Regional Councils and private clients. We will almost certainly provide you with a plan to address your building movement issues which will be as cost effective as possible.
Building damage due to foundation movements can be the cause of economic loss, reduced property value and the source of significant personaly anxiety.
Since the introduction of The Australian Standard Code for Residential Slabs and Footings in 1986, minimum structural design requirements have been mandatory in regard to the strength of building foundation systems. Unfortunately such requirements are not always provided.
During a thirty (30) year period, our Mr Lindsay B Reid has developed specific techniques to investigate and stabilise buildings suffering from foundation related problems. The objective of any building movement investigation must be to firstly determine the exact nature and magnitude of the movements and whether this movement is within acceptable levels. Following these assessments, soil testing and independent assessments of the original foundation design will sometimes be needed to establish the probable cause of the issues being experienced.
Our objective is to stabilise your building in the most cost effective manner. We generally do not favour expensive options such as underpinning, except in very occasional circumstances. We generally find this type of work to be unnecessary.
Having completed over 650 investigations for the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (formerly Builder's Registration Board and Queensland Building Services Authority), and up to 1,000 investigations in total, this firm has extensive experience having successfully stabilised or "controlled" the issues relating to practically all of the buildings investigated.
Our "in-house" geotechnical, structural and surveying capabilities provide us with unique abilities to tackle most building movement investigations.
Commercial and larger building movement evaluations included such clients as:
- The Quantas Founders Museum Committee (Longreach)
- Various Councils
- QBCC, QBSA
- Numerous private clients
- The University of Southern Queensland
Projects
This 152 lot subdivision involved the construction of roadworks, sewer drainage, stormwater drainage, town water supply, bio-retention, retaining walls and earthwork designs.The design work included the requirements for a sewer pump station and rising main which was designed to cater for around 450 residents . The second stage of this subdivision which will include the remaining 100 blocks will soon go out to tender. Reid Consulting Engineers undertook all design and supervision, completed project management during construction and the soil testing requirements for the project together with the completion of as-constructed surveys was undertaken by our in-house surveying and soil testing staff.
This 19 lot subdivision involved the construction of roadworks, sewer drainage, stormwater drainage, town water supply, bio-retention, retaining walls and earthwork designs. Reid Consulting Engineers undertook all design and supervision, completed project management during construction and the soil testing requirements for the project together with the completion of as-constructed surveys was undertaken by our in-house surveying and soil testing staff.
This 10 lot subdivision behind the Highfields school involved roadworks, water supply, stormwater management, earthworks and preliminary investigations in regard to on-site effluent disposal. Reid Consulting Engineers undertook all design and supervision, completed project management during construction and the soil testing requirements for the project together with the completion of as-constructed surveys which was undertaken by our in-house surveying and soil testing staff.
Reid Consulting Engineers were the Civil, Structural, Geotechnical and Hydraulic design Engineers for this project. Reid Consulting Engineers prepared all Engineering drawings with aspects of work including: Bulk Earthworks design Foundation design Driveway design Structural steel framing Fire hydrant and hose reel design
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