Expert insights on structural engineering, forensic investigations, and building assessments from Melbourne's leading forensic structural engineers.
An uneven timber floor may involve timber condition, support movement or both. Learn why stump, bracing and ground checks answer different questions.
Compare the purposes of building repairs, drainage, tree management, ground treatment and underpinning, with the questions behind a justified proposal.
Compare repair scope, future movement assumptions and evidence of performance before treating quotations as equivalent.
Before accepting a damp-treatment quote, ask how the water source, building materials, drying and concealed areas have been investigated.
Cleaning or resealing may miss a water route. Learn what to record about outlets, overflows, junctions and earlier repairs when a building leak returns.
Understand how DPC continuity, compatible materials, openings and external levels fit the wall drainage route.
Record balcony leaks, ponding, overflow details and deck damage clearly. Keep water paths, surface-tension exceptions and timber conditions separately identified.
How an investigation compares storm dates, weather records, repairs and physical damage, and why event timing alone cannot establish the cause.
Gutters and downpipes need a suitable overflow route. Understand catchments, outlet placement and why upper roofs can affect drainage on lower roofs.
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