Five roofs assessed across a working industrial site
Five separate roof areas across an industrial site in Coventry were surveyed for a proposed solar PV installation, with two further roofs excluded from scope because no panels were proposed on them.
What the project needed.
An industrial site is a collection of buildings that arrived at different times. Five roof areas were in scope and each was reported on its own: a large main warehouse roof split across two areas, and four smaller structures around it. Two further roofs were excluded because no panels were proposed there, and the report says so rather than quietly leaving them out.
Work carried out
- Roof condition survey across five roof areas
- 4K quadcopter drone survey, full aerial reconnaissance
- Scope boundaries stated, including roofs excluded and why
- Desktop study, historical mapping and listed building records
- Location review and risk assessment before attendance
- Weather and site conditions recorded on the day
- Covering condition and defects reported per roof area
- Photographic record organised by roof
What the proving factory, coventry actually involves.
Scope discipline is worth as much as the survey itself. Where no installation is proposed on a roof, assessing it in full spends the client's money on a question nobody asked, and omitting it silently leaves the reader wondering whether it was missed. Limited commentary was provided on the two excluded roofs and the exclusion was stated.
Conditions on the day are recorded because they affect what a survey can see. The inspection ran on 2 February 2024 under scattered cloud, dry, 15 to 18 degrees, with wind gusting to 16 miles per hour. Gusting wind is the constraint on drone work, and a report that does not record the conditions is asking to be taken on trust.
The roofs were judged unsafe to walk without propping and proper access provision given their age and material, which is why the survey was flown rather than walked. On a site in production that also means no disruption to the operation below.
The buildings were occupied throughout the inspection.
On site.
The site from the air. Five roof areas in scope, each reported separately.
The Proving Factory, Coventry
Roof condition report covering five roof areas with a separate section and photographic record for each, and stated exclusions for two further roofs.
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