Building Fabric Consultancy
For the developer and builder, the demonstration of compliance with construction regulations and guidance is of paramount importance. Building fabric performance, in terms of product selection, detailed design and installation, has great bearing on a building’s ultimate performance with regards to insulation, weatherproofing, noise transmission and fire resistance.
RSK’s building sciences team provides advice, testing and validation services for a building’s external envelope and fabric performance. We aim to help our clients gain regulatory compliance for their projects by applying our extensive experience of a vast array of building types, identifying and resolving potential defects at the earliest possible stage.
Bespoke solutions
Our team provides innovative solutions to construction challenges, helping our clients to meet specific requirements, and delivers bespoke services tailored to each project. Working collaboratively with clients from appointment to project completion and beyond, we identify and resolve defects that can arise during construction, post-completion and occupation stages. Our consultants and testers have a great depth of knowledge and experience in building design and delivery.
Overcoming complex challenges
Many challenges face the developer and building contractor. These include commercial pressures, time constraints and difficulties brought about through complex and demanding building designs and specifications. Failure to achieve specified performance criteria and meet regulatory requirements can cause delays and additional costs. By identifying issues early, such problems may be mitigated. To this end, we take a proactive approach, assisting in the coordination of designs and specifications to avoid site issues, and working with the site team to manage the quality of installation, subsequently reducing the risk of non-compliant work.
Wealth of knowledge
Thanks to our wealth of knowledge and expertise, we can offer a wide range of services, including thermographic surveys and fire risk assessments. We offer consultancy services for cladding, roofing, building envelope airtightness, fabric acoustic performance and passive fire protection. Our experienced team has a deep understanding of design and consultancy and can provide our clients with expert advice and accredited testing for building envelopes and fabric. We also provide litigation and expert witness works, fire strategy reviews and consultancy, and building envelope dilapidation surveys, condition reports and defect investigations.
The wider RSK group offers further services to support the construction sector, from pre-planning support through design to delivery and handover.
Saving time and money
We save our clients the hassle of delays, disruptions and additional costs by providing comprehensive building fabric consultancy, testing and validation services. Through early involvement, and the application of a wealth of knowledge and experience, we greatly reduce the likelihood that a project will fail to comply with fabric regulations.
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Our Expertise
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UKAS Accredited testing
Our skilful team of testers has the expertise to undertake accredited tests for building envelope airtightness and building fabric acoustic testing. RSK Environment Ltd is a UKAS-accredited testing laboratory, No. 2546, certified to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for performing building air leakage and acoustics sound insulation tests.
Exciting news for RSK Biocensus!
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural (Defra) has appointed RSK Biocensus and the RSK Wilding team as a `responsible body` to work with landowners and developers for conservation and biodiversity.
Senior Legal Adviser Natalie Bryce advised that “Our shared goal is for the landowner to be able to protect, conserve or enhance the land as they wish and get the planning permissions they need if BNG is needed for a development.”
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📢 The Scottish Government has granted development consent to Chleansaid Wind Farm
RSK coordinated the environmental impact assessment for the project, with other RSK Group companies supporting with traffic, public exhibitions, hydrology, planning, and forestry services.
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We recently spoke to Erica Walther about how cultural heritage and archaeology are key to offshore development.
Sea Country is a growing field for offshore developers, but many are finding it tricky to navigate evolving legal framework and government policy.
Erica from RSK Group company Extent Heritage, said:
“There are substantial potential archaeological and educational benefits in exploring Sea Country to find out more about the landscapes and seascapes that have significance, and tie back into the Dreaming story.”
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Join us for our May edition of the Technical Talks webinar series 💡
📅 9th May
⏰ 12:30pm BST
Mike Lenn from RSK Group company Ecologia and Simon O’Rourke from RSK Raw will be discussing the challenges presented by incidents involving leaks or spills of domestic heating oil.
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Lenka Simonova, recently shared her inspiring story of overcoming obstacles to fulfil her dream of a career in STEM.
The Senior Land Surveyor for RSK Group company Central Alliance shares her words of encouragement for women looking to follow in her footsteps
“Any woman considering a career in STEM shouldn’t let anyone or anything stop her!”
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RSK Group company 1stinrail has recently completed extensive track replacement work on the Keadby Drawbridge. 🌉
Project Manager Ryan Hughes said: “This was a fascinating project to be a part of due to the unique design of the drawbridge and the fact that it is one the busiest routes for freight trains in the UK.
The drawbridge dates back to the 1860s and was converted into a sliding bridge in 1925.”
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Did you know we first launched `The Blue Thread` webinar series six months ago?
Since then we have held 6 seminars, reached 154 businesses and heard from 20 different speakers from 5 different continents.
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Join Natalie Bryce, senior legal adviser for RSK Wilding for our latest First Thursday Club webinar.
📅 2nd May
⏰ 12:30pm BST
Natalie will discuss what the new conservation covenants will mean for landowners and their wide range of uses, from securing BNG, protecting heritage assets and providing flood mitigation.
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Sven Klinkenbergh and Conor Campbell from RSK Ireland have recently been on-site in Donegal.
They frequently evaluate the potential environmental effects of new wind turbine locations to determine if existing turbines are at risk from the effects of climate change.
Keep up the great work! 👏
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