... risks of flooding, subsidence and windstorm. In respect of the subsidence peril, dry summers can lead to many thousands of properties on shrinkable clay soils suffering differential downward movement as water is abstracted from the soil by vegetation. These events are forecast to increase in frequency...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> Insurance Subsidence Flooding Subsidence and flooding claims increase Keywords: Insurance, Subsidence, Flooding A report from the Association of British Insurance shows that weather related claims on property...

... The UK Subsidence Group has announced that it has extended the scope of the service it provides to the insurance and related markets. The newly named company, Ellipta, will no longer be offering purely subsidence advice but is branching out into all property related insurance perils. © MCB...

...Peter Wynn The case law regarding liability for subsidence damage following encroachment by tree roots from neighbouring land is presented in the context of the recent House of Lords judgment in the case of Delaware Mansions Ltd v. The City of Westminster. The defendant...

...C.J. Anumba; D. Scott This paper describes the approach adopted in the evaluation of a knowledge‐based system for subsidence management, subsidence case management system (SCAMS). It introduces general principles in the evaluation of knowledge‐based systems, highlighting some of the various...

...Mike Crilly Describes the format and scope of a database of predominantly technical information relating to subsidence and heave claims on shrinkable/expansible clay soils. The database includes information on 484 individual subsidence claims, comprising details of the property and its structure...

...Peter Wynn; Graham Hardiment Examines whether surveyors engaged in mortgage valuation inspections using questionnaire‐style report forms supplied by lending institutions are subject to an increased risk of liability in respect of identifying the present and future threat of subsidence to domestic...

.... The Hoopsafe system can provide an alternative option in the selection process. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Insurance Structural defects Subsidence In recent years, the use of masonry reinforcement to enhance the capabilities of traditional superstructure repair techniques has become more common...

.... The cracks were fairly small ‐ only 5mm through the brick footings, decreasing with height to around 1.5mm to the top of the window frame. The surveyor who made the initial inspection suggested that the rear left‐hand corner was subsiding. However, the aspect of the cracks, and the fact they decreased...

... in the number of subsidence claims made against insurance companies. If climatologists are right about global warming, then subsidence damage has become an endemic hazard of home ownership. Prolonged periods of dry weather will continue to cause serious and very expensive damage to the country’s housing stock...

...Chimay Anumba; Darren Scott Notes that the management of subsidence cases often involves both engineering consultants and contractors. In order to obtain information on current trends in subsidence management, a survey of both consultants and contractors who deal with subsidence cases...

...Chimay Anumba; Mohammed Rafiq Consulting engineers have, in the recent past, had to investigate numerous claims for subsidence damage to residential buildings on behalf of insurance companies and/or their loss adjusters. In most cases, they have had to repudiate the claim, institute a monitoring...

...G. Shabha; K. Kuhwald Aims to investigate the problems of subsidence and their implications for domestic buildings by addressing a number of questions. What are the main causes of land subsidence? What is the potential damage of subsidence, and how can this be prevented and reduced? What...

...D. Wilkin; R. Baggott While the tendency for clay to shrink in dry weather and to damage buildings has been known for more than a century, the post‐war work of the Building Research Establishment and recent availability of insurance funds to pay for rectification of subsidence damage have led...

... enforceable building acts and heavy fines followed. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Problem solving Subsidence Surveys At the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth century building was going through an upheaval. On the one hand there was good building work in a variety...

... information available concerning “the general ingredients of the problem” of tree roots and buildings. For this reason the BRE is launching its National Subsidence Database which will involve sending IBM‐compatible disks loaded with simple software to donors who will be asked to type in information...

...William A. Pollard Aimed at all parties involved with investigating, negotiating and concluding an insurance claim in respect of subsidence. Emphasizes the reasons why problems occur, in which direction the problem has travelled and what can be done to prevent problems occurring. Delay...

...Richard Radevsky Discusses the reasons why structural surveyors and valuers overlook subsidence problems, with reference to legal claims for damages, and giving examples from recent court cases. Why do structural surveyors and valuers go wrong with subsidence? Richard Radevsky BSc CEng FICE FCIArb...

...John Pryke Outlines the application of technology used in detecting and remedying the problems caused by subsidence and settlement, and the responsibility placed on surveyors in detecting it. Proposes that a clearly defined serviceability limit would reduce disputes about whether or not acceptable...

... Limited 1993 Leisure property Structural surveys Building maintenance Subsidence Profit Structural surveys of public houses Keith Chapman BSc (Eng) PPASI FASI Victoria Edwards BSc MSc ARICS FAAV Keith C h a p m a n is Senior Lecturer in Construction in the Department of Land...