Pre-Purchase Structural Engineer Report

Pre-Purchase - Structural Engineer Report

A recent brilliant Building & Pest Report found wall cracks and possible subsidence and the buyer called Forensic Engineers for a thorough evaluation.
We found that there had been some minor footing settlements during the house construction, but they had abated and the house was stable and "sound-as-a-pound".
The buyer was really happy with our report, as was the home owner.
We investigate these cases every day and mostly we can give home owners and buyers peace-of-mind. In some cases however, there are serious foundation problems that could be getting worse and could be very expensive to fix.
Houses with wall cracks and possible subsidence require an expert opinion.

House for Sale with Wall & Driveway Cracks

A building & Pest Report had picked up some suspicious cracks in the house walls and in the driveway slab.

And the home buyer was rightly concerned, and contacted Forensic Engineers for an expert investigation and report.

Our meticulous inspection found that the house wall cracks were from some initial, slight settlements of the footings, but none were serious at all. The driveway cracks, however, were not "typical" and were from poor concreting.

The important thing was that ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€. And most importantly, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

The driveway and wall cracks could be repaired by an expert tradesman that we recommended to the buyer.

Happy home buyers and sellers. Expert Structural Engineer Reports: Forensic Engineers


Possible Subsidence; Building & Pest Alert

The owner of this classic home had a Building & Pest Report before putting it on the market.

The house has double brick walls throughout and there were some scary wall cracks that could be off-putting for buyers.
But thank goodness the Real Estate Agent recommended the home owner should contact Forensic Engineers.
Good News though! Our thorough Structural Engineer Report found that the house only had some slight footing settlement issues, some old and some recent.
But the house was solidly built and the settlements were only minor.
Some simple drainage work was required to stop seepage getting under the footings, but that was not complicated or expensive. And the wall cracks were simple to repair with an elastomeric (stretchy) grout.
The owners and buyers were thrilled with our Structural Engineer Report and the house was quickly SOLD.ย 

Concerned about house Subsidence & Wall Cracks? Call Forensic Engineers for an Expert Structural Engineer Report


Structural Engineer Reports

๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—–๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—•๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜, ๐—ช๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—• ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ, ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—š๐—˜๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐— ๐—ฃ ๐——๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—š๐—˜, ๐—™๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—š๐—˜

Expert Investigations to identify damages and causes and the best repair solutions and repair contractors.

In many cases we can offer peace-of-mind, with simple cost-effective methods.

Every day. Every week. Home owners, buyers, sellers, property managers rely on Forensic Engineers for honest, accurate Structural Engineer Reports.

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ RPEQ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€. ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ


Body Corporate 5 Star Review!

BODY CORP STRUCTURAL ENGINEER REPORTS

SUBSIDENCE, WALL CRACK, UNDERPINNING SPECIALISTS

5 Star Review from a Body Corporate!

"Forensic Engineers were engaged by our Body Corporate at very short notice to conduct an inspection of our townhouse after another Engineering firm provided a less than satisfactory inspection & report on our premises.

They undertook the inspection yesterday in a very timely manner, after ensuring the full scope of work was agreed on by all stakeholders. Before leaving they gave a very much appreciated verbal debrief of his findings to us (the owner occupiers) & our BCC Chair. Their comprehensive report was completed very promptly overnight and sent to stakeholders this morning (Good Fridayโ€ฆa public holiday).

Forensic Engineers have to be commended for their vast professional knowledge, keen attention to detail; and their ability to call โ€˜a spade a spadeโ€™. We are very happy with the service Forensic Engineers has provided. Thumbs up, John & Simone"

- John and Simone

Forensic Engineers: Specialists in Engineer Reports for Body Corps.


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Slab Subsidence and Cracks

This Gymnasium floor slab is seriously out-of-level and keeps on moving. And it is becoming dangerous for the patrons.

The property owner called us in to find out what is happening and our investigation found the building property is on compressible river alluvial soils that are constantly settling. And this is causing the gym floor slab panels to settle and "tilt". The property also floods in major rain events which significantly softens the founding soils and exacerbates slab panel movements.

Our Engineer Report recommended Injection of Structural Urethane Resin for reasonable ground stabilization & the re-establishment of a reasonably level floor, with no trip hazards.

Another expert structural engineer report form Forensic Engineers. Another problem solved and another very happy client.

Slab subsidence problems? Call Forensic Engineers for a free quote.

 


Cracked House For Sale in Forest Lake

๐—”๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ & ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

Our Structural Engineer Report found that there had been some initial settlements that opened some gaps, but the house was quite stable.

We found that there was no requirement for any structural repairs (underpinning) and the gaps could be sealed where required.

Our structural Engineer reports are essential for ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ณ-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

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๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ & ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜.


underpinning gone wrong

Subsidence, Wall Cracks, Structural Engineer Reports, Underpinning Engineers.

Our reports are 100% independent.

In many cases we find that a house had some settlements a long time ago and no underpinning is required.

In cases where underpinning is necessary, we provide an independent opinion on which method would be most effective and affordable.


underpinning gone wrong

RESIN INJECTION UNDERPINNING REQUIRED

Springfield Lakes House Subsiding; Resin Underpinning Required.

This house has a waffle-pod slab that has gradual subsidence at the front. And it is causing causing house cracks and gaps that are slowly getting larger and larger. The owner wants to stabilize the slab then start re-painting. And wisely, he called Forensic Engineers to conduct an investigation.

Our thorough Structural Engineer Report found that in this case, the ground conditions were Suitable for the Use of Polyurethane Structural Resin.ย  Deep & Shallow Injection would be required to densify the founding soils, and re-support the front of the house slab.

If you are considering Underpinning, but are confused by sales "hype", which method is the best and how much should it cost?ย  Contact Forensic Engineers for an independent opinion before signing any contract for Conventional Underpinning, Resin Underpinning, or Steel Screw Pier Underpinning.

We are on your side. And we are not trying to sell you anything!


SINK HOLES UNDER FOOTINGS & SLABS

These are common foundation issues we investigate every day.

If you find any of these things happening around your home, the most important thing is to get an expert structural engineer report to determine the cause and what needs to be done to ensure your home is stable.
In many cases the problem could develop into serious damage which can require expensive repairs.
In some cases the structure may not be affected at all by ground movements, and thank goodness!

A report from Forensic Engineers will provide peace-of-mind.

Noticed some ground movements around your home?
Contact us for a chat and a free quote for an investigation and Structural Engineer Report.