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'

Stage 1 Examination
Stage 2 Examination
Site Visit (to confirm classification of concrete in situ)

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.