Building Consultancy
Informed building surveying advice
We have a dedicated team of Chartered Building Surveyors whose experience and expertise cover every aspect of building consultancy, from urban to rural and including the office, retail, industrial and residential sectors.
With our detailed knowledge of the property market in Wales and across the UK, we also have the valuable benefit of being able to draw on the wealth of expertise of the wider Cooke & Arkwright departments. This allows us to offer more rounded, informed and insightful building surveying advice, resulting in the most cost effective and beneficial solutions for our clients.
Examples of our work
- Project managed a multi-million-pound industrial fit-out project in a new BREEAM Excellent warehouse located at Indurent Park, Newport
- Successfully defended a multi-million pound dilapidations claim on behalf of a public sector tenant and lead negotiations to achieve significant savings
- Prepared 10 year planned preventative maintenance plans for 50 farms in Pembrokeshire
- Refurbished a historic farmhouse in Brecon and project managed the conversion of barns into a bunkhouse
- Carried out surveys of the National Museums of Wales to prepare 10 year planned preventative maintenance plans
- Designed and specified extensions to a vehicle maintenance depot for Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
- Prepared a 10 year planned preventative maintenance plan for Grade II listed residential development in central Cardiff
- Prepared photographic schedules of condition for 8 industrial units across a large industrial site in Cardiff with units ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 sq ft.
With a comprehensive knowledge of buildings and a professional, proactive, personal approach, Cooke & Arkwright's Building Surveyors are best placed to protect and enhance the value of your commercial, industrial or residential property assets.
Our services include:
- Project management
- Contract administration
- Dilapidations
- Pre-acquisition surveys
- Schedules of condition
- Planned preventative maintenance surveys
- Measured surveys
- Principal designer (CDM 2015)
- Defect analysis and investigation
- Planning applications
- Reinstatement cost assessments
- Lease plans
- Party wall matters
- CAD plans
- Drone surveys
- EPC and ESG advice
Award winning property services
Please give one of our experts a call to discuss how we can start helping you today.