SELECTION OF CONTRACTS FROM 2008/10

TIMBER DECAY:

TIMBER CONDITION SURVEYS
Brighton Pavilion
Blue Boar Quad, Christchurch, Oxford
Danesmote, Dublin
Hamsterley Hall, Northumberland
Denford Park, Berkshire
Castle House + Coach House, Sheffield
Belvedere House, Dublin
Nash Works, Belbroughton, Worcestershire

SURVEYS INVOLVING EXTREME DRY ROT INFECTIONS
Stannington St Mary's, Northumberland
Harlow Community Centre, Essex
Aughrim Church, Dublin
St Mary's Stottesdon, Shropshire
Lanesborough Court, Newcastle upon Tyne
Ascot Place, Berkshire
Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool
Prebend House, University of Buckingham

SURVEYS INVOLVING WOOD BORING INFESTATIONS
Cockleford Mill, Gloucestershire
Headstone Manor, Harrow, Middlesex
Leinster House, Dublin
Shakespeare's House, Stratford on Avon
St Mary's, Redcliffe, Bristol
Bayham Abbey Dower House, East Sussex
Canterbury Cathedral, Kent
Buckshaw Hall, Lancashire

SURVEYS INVOLVING THE USE OF A MICRO-DRILL (NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING)
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
Spanish Barn, Torquay, Devon
Barrington Park, Oxfordshire
Ditherington Flax Mill, Shropshire
Chatham Docks, Ships timbers
New Library, Christchurch, Oxford
St James, Heckmondwike, Kirklees
Joddrell Arms, Derbyshire

SURVEYS INVOLVING ENDOSCOPE INSPECTIONS (NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING)
Highlands Heath, London
Abingdon County Hall, Oxfordshire

VISUAL STRENGTH GRADING
Ballymohan Courthouse, Co. Longford, Ireland
Conways Pub, Dublin
Langley Park, Berkshire

DAMP MASONRY ANALYSIS:

RISING DAMP ASSESSMENTS
Old Hall Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire
Western House, West Sussex
Common Barn, Remenham, Oxfordshire
Ballykean House, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Cleaves Almshouses, Surrey
Coomb Farm Barns, Coventry
Hardwick Hall Stables, Derbyshire
Morden Hall Park Stables, London

MASONRY MOISTURE MONITORING
St David's Ashprigton, Devon
Rosie O'Briens, Birmingham
Hilgay Lodge, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Turweston Manor, Northamptonshire
Hazelwoods, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Lanesborough Court, Newcastle upon Tyne
Bushy House, Greater London
Tean Mills, Staffortshire

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Park Street Coach Store, London
Canon's Ashby, Northamptonshire
Russborough House, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
St Mary's Church, Donyatt, Somerset
The Readers House, Ludlow, Shropshire
St Barnabus College, Lingfield, Surrey
St Giles, Bletchington, Oxfordshire
Harescombe Church, Gloucestershire

SURVEYS/MONITORING FOLLOWING FIRE OR FLOOD

Cockleford Mill, Gloucestershire
St Nicholas' Church, Earls Croome, Worcs
Lea Farm, Berkshire
Moreton Hall, Warwickshire
Turweston Manor, Northmaptonshire
Lenchford Inn, Shrawley, Worcestershire
Russborough House, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

EXPERT WITNESS WORK

St John’s College v Cluttons & Barclays bank Plc
Dry rot treatment at Station Parade, Sunningdale
Admiral/Marsh v Meehan Levins Partnership
Timber decay at Clonnitin House, Co. Wexford, Ireland
White Young Green Ltd v Tom Barry
Hawk Cliff, Dublin, Damp Investigations
Hunter-Mace v John Gillies
All Saints House, Tilney, Norfolk, Timber decay

TERMITE INFESTATIONS

Erbil Citadel, Kurdistan

LECTURES

Dublin City Council
RIBA: All Regions
Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland
Architectural Association
College of Estate Management, Reading
The Ironbridge Institute
Weald and Dowrland Master Classes

 
 

The Old Government Offices, Isle of Man. Ridout Associates provided advice following an outbreak of dry rot in this building.

 

Asterostroma fungus growing over a ceiling between a leaking gutter.
Dry rot sporophores on a piece of furniture.
Dry rot mycelium growing beneath a saturated floor.
Deathwatch beetle damage in a decorative oak boss.
Windmill caps components are a range of different timber species.
Decorative panelling can be inspected with fibre-optic boroscopes.
Ground water rising through a wall and leaving a characteristic band of salts.
Monitoring the interior of the Lord Mayor of London's State Coach.
Environmental monitoring following flood damage.
Windows Data schedule from a bespoke monitoring system at Fota House, Ireland.
Historic termite damage in oak sapwood.
 

 

 

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