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Subsidence Advice and Claim Process Management

Our Process

The effective management of structural defects, and particularly subsidence of low rise buildings, requires experience, a clear strategy and an effective decision making process. With 85% of all subsidence damage within South East England related to clay shrinkage exacerbated by the action of tree roots our process is designed around this scenario but can be easily adapted for alternative causes.

The process can be divided into five distinct stages, each of which needs to be completed, or abandoned, before moving forwards to the next. Whilst the simple cases may be resolved within 6 months of notification a moderately complex case can last 18 – 24 months to final resolution. For this reason it is important that there is continuity within the team, avoiding the costs of duplication which are inevitable when the key personnel change. At RF Gill & Associates we aim to make decisions about mitigation within 2 -3 months, achieve mitigation at the earliest opportunity and finalise monitoring within 12 months. These time scales are dependent on mitigation.

Where rebuilding and replacement is required, where vegetation management is unsuccessful, not possible or contentious, we will also produce the necessary planning drawings and applications to allow permission for the works to go ahead.

For more details of our processes, please see our blog section.