TCA Fire Protection & Drylining Consultants Limited

Trevor Carr Associates Limited

Yew Tree Cottage Kingsdown Sittingbourne Kent ME9 0QX

 
 
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Building defects cost money

  • Tenant stops rent, discovery of £3m defects during fit-out.
  • 85% of structural fire protection ineffective. Discovered after completion.
  • 2-hour fire rated walls gives only 10 minutes protection.
  • Toxic combustible materials used to seal firewalls.
  • 75% of new dry lining on a £4m contract found to be faulty.
  • Tenants post-completion survey finds major faults.

  Defects cost Money, Reputation and Possibly Lives

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WHAT IS AN UNSAFE INVESTMENT WORTH?

These defects are expensive if discovered late. If discovered on time, the liability can be dealt with in the building contract where it belongs, or when you are looking at a building before you buy or rent it.

A developer or landlord will lose rent, or possibly a letting, if a fire leads to extensive damage. The management effort involved is not usually covered-by insurance even if the loss of rent is.

Building defects can also cause injury or death and lead to investigations under health and safety legislation, which can look at the roles of clients and their agents as well as designers and contractors.

Building defects continue to occur - why?  

Defects cost Money, Reputation and Possibly Lives

Defects cost Money, Reputation and Possibly Lives

Defects cost Money, Reputation and Possibly Lives

Defects cost Money, Reputation and Possibly Lives

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  • Competitive tendering causes contractors to win work at cost or below. 
  • Cost pressure can result in reduction in supervision. 
  • Specialist sub-contractors are using temporary often-inexperienced labour to cut costs. 
  • Specialist sub-contractors without specialist knowledge. 
  • Pressure on Consultants fees keeps their inspections well below historic levels. 
  • Experienced construction lawyers advise against increasing inspection as this can confuse responsibility. 
  • Traditional inspection covers traditional forms of construction. 
  • Modern dry casing construction is not apparent from the completed work. 
  • Traditional inspection is destructive to finished work. 
  • Specialist dry casing inspection can almost be carried out with little or no damage even after decoration. 

The main and specialist sub-contractors are responsible for achieving the quality specified by your design team – all construction work needs to be audited to see that this happens. 

This experience is also available for surveys, detailed or continuous inspections, instructed supervision in case of contractor’s failure to perform, and remedial work. Audit today should include periodic external audit by an experienced and competent independent party.

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TCA specialise in offering an inspection service for the following fire protection, drylining, accoustic, expert witness, claims, compensation, Shaft Linings,Partitions, Compartmentation, Monoblock Steel Partitioning
Fire Stopping, Plasters, fibrous Plaster, G.R.G., Acoustics, Suspended Ceilings, Consulting
QA/QC, Quality Audits Inspecting, Testing Design Specifications, Submissions for Building Control, Seminars, Disputes, Annual Integrity Checks