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Foundation and building-movement inspection — Building surveyor — Professionals
Providers should scope movement assessment rather than promise a diagnosis from a lead form. Review the change history, identify safety escalation needs and define further evidence required before a repair recommendation is treated as a design.
Service scope
Specialist assessment of concerns relating to foundations or building movement, using available observations and appropriate further investigation. Cracks or sticking openings do not by themselves establish subsidence or prove that underpinning is required.
What is normally included
- Review of movement symptoms and records
- Defined structural or foundation assessment
- Recommendations for monitoring or investigation where appropriate
What is not included
- Remote declaration of structural safety
- Customer excavation or automatic underpinning design
Qualification checks
- Establish chronology
- Review structural and site records
- Confirm relevant expertise
- Define inspection and investigation limits
- Agree monitoring or referral outputs
Quote guidance
Separate initial assessment, monitoring and specialist investigation. Keep repair design and construction outside the diagnostic allowance unless commissioned explicitly after findings support that scope.
Lead risks
- Historical cosmetic cracking may be confused with active movement
- A visual-only budget may not answer the foundation question
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