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100 _aHurst, L
245 _aWhy the adjoining owner's surveyor needs an engineer
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490 _aStructural Survey
_v18(5) December 2000, 228-230(3)
520 _aThis paper explains the reasons for the appointment of an engineer by an adjoining owner's surveyor in the context of party wall and adjacent excavation works. Recent changes in contract procedures and professional relationships, together with associated downward pressures on fees, are identified as having contributed to a vulnerability for adjoining owners in these circumstances. The engineer's role in scurtinising temporary works is therefore demonstrated to provide an increasingly important safeguard for adjoining owners. Journal abstract.
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650 _aParty walls
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650 _aENGINEERS
650 _aSURVEYORS
650 _aDUTIES
690 _aBoundary disputes
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