Petrolab
played a significant role in developing the current guidance
followed by Chartered Surveyors undertaking building surveys
and valuations in Cornwall and parts of Devon.
Petrolab
offers services to Chartered Surveyors or other professionally
qualified persons in all aspects of 'mundic' concrete screening
tests to the current RICS guidelines†.
What
is the 'mundic' problem?
The following
services can be undertaken 'in-house'
Additional
services provided:
Density
Determination
Stage
3 Moisture Sensitivity (Expansion) Test
Since
1991, Petrolab has completed thousands of concrete screening
tests on properties throughout Cornwall and parts of Devon
and is highly experienced at undertaking all aspects of this
important type of testing.
The following
links are to companies and Chartered Surveyors experienced
in the representative sampling of concrete cores for petrographic
examination by Petrolab.
Cornwall
Consultants (ALL areas covered) http://www.cornwallconsultants.co.uk
May
Whetter and Grose (ALL areas covered) http://www.maywhetter.co.uk
Woolway
Lee & Partners. (S Devon & E Cornwall) http://www.woolway-lee.co.uk
† The
'Mundic' Problem – A Guidance Note. Second Edition, The Royal
Institute of Chartered Surveyors, London, 1997. Subsequent
guidance amendments have also been approved by the RICS Mundic
Group committee, on which Petrolab serves.