Subsidence

Subsidence is a new title that provides comprehensive guidance on the identification and rectification of subsidence damage caused by foundation and subsoil movement.

Subsidence can affect many types of structure and cause a range of faults, from minor cracking to total collapse.

The new guide Subsidence, replaces an older title Subsidence of low-rise buildings, also published by The Institution of Structural Engineers (1994, 2000) which set out to provide an all-embracing guide on subsidence rectification based on the state of knowledge and best practice at the time each edition was produced,

Since then, significant developments have taken place on the subject of subsidence – in areas such as data capture and trending analysis, improvements in diagnostic and investigative methods, and additional rectification processes This has been incorporated into this new guide.

Produced with the support of the Forestry Commission, the guidance benefits from being prepared by a wide-ranging team of specialists, from engineers and arboriculturists to legal and insurance professionals.

The result is a superlative world -leading publication which covers the entire subject of subsidence in depth, from the discovery of a crack to the sign-off of a completed rectification project.

Contents: 
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Terms relating to building damage, and a description of the mortgage process
Stakeholder considerations
Property insurance, warranties and guarantees
Causes of damage
Initial appraisal
Further investigations
Trees and tree management
Subterranean, substructure and superstructure repairs
The contract and managing the project
Drivers for change and industry innovations
Appendix A: Causes, mitigation and prevention
Appendix B: Certificate of Structural Adequacy
Appendix C: Party walls and neighbouring properties
Appendix D: Mining subsidence
Appendix E: Building Regulations
Appendix F: Underpinning guarantee
References