Building Consultancy

Specialised engineering and surveying services delivered through a nationwide network of professionals

Through Crawford's CRD operation, we provide a national network of forensic engineers, building consultants, quantity surveying, and drafting teams with extensive technical expertise to manage any building and engineering claim — all supported by a nationwide administration team. Our experience and cutting-edge technology covers both large scale complex projects and single, standalone buildings throughout the commercial, retail, leisure, industrial and residential property sectors.

Our team is well-versed and experienced in tender issues, construction defects, general contractors, trade contractors and project structure. We adapt our solutions to suit all manner of projects — from very demanding complex work to sensitive, individual projects with vulnerable clients. Plus, through the Crawford network we can add value by leveraging expertise in business interruption, property, liability, subrogation, building valuation, and managed repair to fully support our customers’ needs.

Perfect for:

Supplementing national catastrophe management systems
Completing building and maintenance surveys and acquiring statutory approvals
Providing expert witness, liability reporting, party wall and health and safety knowledge
Preparing schedules of condition and dilapidations towards the end of a lease
Diagnosis of building defects and analysis of structural movement
Delivering pre-loss activities including risk surveys and value at risk calculations
Accessing CDM principal designer and contract administration services

Why choose Crawford?

National coverage with local knowledge
Access to specialist providers via our supply chain network
Specialist knowledge of managing destructive forensic investigations
High standards of governance and quality to ensure completion in accordance with scopes of work and statutory requirements
Effective project management combined with first-class communication