Structural roof loading appraisal at a further education campus

Four roof areas were surveyed and appraised, each with its own drone record and photographic appendix. The visual inspection covered the roof and the structure underneath it, looking for degradation and deflection in the primary members.

The existing structure was found to be in good order for its age, and the appraisal concluded that the roof and its framework could accommodate the loading anticipated from the proposed installation.

This work sits alongside a second campus appraisal carried out in the same period, so the assessments were produced to a consistent format. Estate owners comparing one building against another are poorly served by reports that each answer a slightly different question.

As with the other appraisals in this programme, fixing design was outside the scope and recorded as such.