Projects
Selected Case Studies
“Real instructions, real outcomes. a cross-section of the work we deliver for property clients.”
From schedules of condition, defect investigations and dilapidations to planning, project management and completed new builds, our work spans residential, commercial and development property.
Each case study sets out the brief, our role and the outcome for the client, anonymised to protect confidentiality.
Selected projects
A selection of work AXIOS Building Consultants has delivered for clients across the UK.
Project ManagementMulti-Unit Roadside Retail Development
AXIOS as the developer’s single point of control, employer’s agent and project manager for a commercial roadside scheme in south Birmingham, coordinating the full design team, Section 278 highway works and statutory approvals from a derelict site to completed, occupied units.
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DevelopmentNew Retail Store on a Former Public House Site
Development management and contract administration for a new single-storey retail store in Shefford, Bedfordshire, planning, discharge of conditions, building-regulations design, a JCT building contract and construction monitoring through to a completed, handed-over unit.
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CommercialSchedule of Condition of an Industrial Unit & Office Block
A photographic Schedule of Condition, with commentary, recording the existing finishes and general condition of a steel portal-framed industrial unit and its office block in Aston, Birmingham (internals, elevations and roof, with the roof surveyed by drone) at the commencement of a new commercial lease.
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ResidentialConstruction Management of a New-Build Country House
AXIOS as construction manager for a substantial new-build country house and detached coach house near Lapworth, Warwickshire, built from groundworks and a reinforced-concrete basement, through the structural frame, roof and brick-and-stone envelope, to a fully serviced, completed home.
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ResidentialPlanning Consent for a Double-Storey Side & Rear Extension
AXIOS secured full planning permission to reconfigure a three-bedroom detached house in Knowle, Solihull into a five-bedroom family home, feasibility, measured survey, existing and proposed drawings and the householder application, through to consent.
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CommercialSchedule of Condition of a Period Public House
A photographic Schedule of Condition, with commentary, recording the existing finishes and general condition of a Georgian-style former manor house in use as a public house, bar and restaurant in Solihull (elevations, roofs, internals, cellar and external areas) at the commencement of a new commercial lease.
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Party WallParty Wall Underpinning for a Residential Extension
Appointed as the Building Owner’s Party Wall surveyor, AXIOS ran the matter from notices and Schedule of Condition to a settled Award, and designed the sequenced underpinning that let a deep new extension foundation be built safely alongside the neighbour’s property in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
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DevelopmentFeasibility & Tendering for a Mixed-Use Refurbishment
As client-side consultant, AXIOS ran the feasibility, obtained competitive tenders and procured the structural design for internal and structural alterations to a hot-food takeaway with a flat above in Weoley Castle, Birmingham, turning an owner’s idea into a defined, costed and buildable scheme.
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CommercialSchedule of Condition of an Office Block & Warehouse Unit
A photographic Schedule of Condition, with commentary, recording the existing finishes and general condition of a 1980s brick office block and its steel portal-framed warehouse unit in Highgate, Birmingham (externals, internals, the enclosed loading bay and the warehouse roof lining) at the commencement of a new commercial lease.
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DevelopmentOffice-to-Residential Change of Use: Feasibility & Pre-Application Advice
AXIOS appraised a large multi-let city-centre office building in Norwich, four storeys and 80+ office and studio suites, and submitted a pre-application planning enquiry to establish the route to converting the offices to residential flats and/or student lets, testing permitted development against a local Article 4 direction.
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CommercialSchedule of Condition of a Former Industrial Works & Crane Hall
A photographic Schedule of Condition, with commentary, recording the existing finishes and general condition of a landmark brick-built former industrial works in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham (its monumental gable frontage, over-clad roof and double-height internal hall with a 10-tonne overhead travelling crane) at the commencement of a new commercial lease.
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DilapidationsTerminal Schedule of Dilapidations for a Mixed Retail & Residential Property
AXIOS prepared and served a landlord’s terminal Schedule of Dilapidations on a three-storey shop-and-flats property in Smethwick at lease end, more than sixty breaches across the shop, two flats and both elevations, each tied to the lease and costed, in a Protocol-compliant claim.
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Defect AnalysisBuilding Inspection Report of a Grade II Listed Public House
AXIOS carried out a condensed executive building inspection of an 1820s Grade II listed public house, bar and hotel in a Gloucestershire market town, reporting on the moss-covered roofs and blocked gutters, the enclosed flat roof, the repaired bay brickwork, render bridging the damp-proof course, the outbuildings and the lath-and-plaster ceilings, with colour-flagged findings and the listed-building implications set out.
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Defect AnalysisDamp & Structural Timber Defect Investigation of a 1930s Semi-Detached House
After a mortgage valuation flagged possible damp and timber problems on a 1930s solid-brick semi in Handsworth, AXIOS investigated (moisture readings, damp-proof course, sub-floor ventilation and roof timbers), and concluded there was no defect, explaining the elevated readings so the sale could proceed.
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Defect AnalysisDamp & Condensation Defect Investigation of a 1930s Semi-Detached House
After a local-authority housing inspection flagged possible damp and condensation at a tenanted 1930s three-storey semi in Erdington, AXIOS investigated (moisture readings, damp-proof course, basement and sub-floor ventilation and rainwater goods), and found no rising damp or timber defect, tracing the problems to condensation and poor ventilation.
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Defect AnalysisDamp & Structural Timber Defect Investigation of a 1930s Terraced House
After a mortgage valuation flagged possible damp and timber problems on a 1930s solid-brick terrace in Handsworth, AXIOS investigated (moisture readings, the injected damp-proof course, sub-floor ventilation and roof timbers), and concluded there was no defect, explaining the readings so the sale could proceed.
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Defect AnalysisIndependent Building-Fabric Inspection of a Part-Built Social Housing Block
For a housing provider completing a stalled block of ten maisonettes in Walsall, AXIOS independently inspected the shell (wall ties, wind posts, cavity trays, lintels, insulation, roof and bearings) against Building Regs and NHBC, confirming the conforming work and flagging the items to resolve before pricing to Practical Completion.
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Defect AnalysisRoof Defect Survey of a Victorian & Edwardian Retail Parade
For a landlord of a former retail parade with flats above in Sparkhill, Birmingham, AXIOS surveyed the front clay-tiled and rear over-clad slate roofs (recording the delaminated and slipped tiles, blocked valley hoppers, a failed rear over-covering and a leaning chimney) and delivered a fully costed schedule of repairs to plan the works as a single project.
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