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ArchiFACT
ArchiFACT
Architecture Forensic Analysis Construction Technology
Architecture Forensic Analysis Construction Technology
The architecture and surveying practice specialising in forensic construction and building pathology
Architectural Pathology & Forensics
Architectural Pathology & Forensics
Forensic construction
Forensic construction
The application of science to decide questions arising from legal disputes over the way in which structures have been built; especially with regard to the type and quality of the structure, materials, and workmanship.
Building Pathology
Building Pathology
The scientific study of the causes and consequences of faults in buildings. It involves the systematic investigation of the behaviour of buildings, their components, and the materials of which they are constructed. Where defects are manifest, the symptoms are methodically investigated to diagnose their causes and establish appropriate remedies. More broadly, building pathology can inform design and construction to prevent construction failures and improve building performance.
Forensic Architects
Forensic Architects
Forensic architects are registered experts specialising in building defects investigations and reports. This covers variously: negligent design, deficiencies in supervision, faulty materials and building components and/or poor workmanship.
Yorkshire Office Closed
A recent job for ArchiFACT was an arbitration concerning a site in the Middle East with clients spread over two continents. No site visit was necessary for ArchiFACT, our report was based on evidence provided electronically and emailed to the client.
The Arbitration process itself involved Arbitrators sitting simultaneously in three different time zones, however the hearing itself involved very little travel for us. ArchiFACT’s expert travelled 65 miles by train and taxi from our Head Office in St Leonards-on-Sea to the lawyers offices in the City of London.
The hearing was conducted entirely via multiple video links and the total length of cables running between the pieces of tech in each of the individual offices of the arbitrators, clients, experts and lawyers could well, if placed end-to-end, have been greater than the distance travelled by our expert.
The question arising was, does ArchiFACT, or indeed any company, need separate offices to serve different geographic locations, when almost everything except for site visits could be done sitting at one desk?
Drawing the obvious conclusion, ArchiFACT’s Yorkshire office is now closed. From 30 May 2024 all business is being conducted from our Sussex Office in St Leonards-on-Sea.
We can still be contacted on any matter via email and telephone.
email: ArchiFACT
telephone: +44 1424 429597
+44 7752 175973
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