Chartered Building Surveyors RICS Chartered Architectural Technologists CIAT CAA-Certified drone pilots
RICS Registered Firm #026305 CIAT Practice #F0707
Albion Architecture & Surveying RICS Chartered Surveyors
Established 1994
DESIGN INSPECT MEASURE DRONE-FLY
FEATURED PROJECTS
At Albion we: Design Inspect Measure & Monitor
Commercial Building
Marylebone W1, Central London
For The Howard De Walden Estate we produced a Fire Safety set of floor plans for this commercial building.
At 70,000 sq.ft it was a major survey. The Client can now manage their fire safety systems more efficiently.
Private Villa
West Hill, Highgate
A & E Developments engaged Albion to oversee and monitor the construction of this new-build multi-million pound project.
With a waterfall and car turntable this project was special in many respects.
Private Apartments
Harrow, North West London
Albion were engaged to carry out an inspection of the new-build flats including the underground car park.
Whipps Cross, Hospital
East London
The client wanted a thermal scan survey to check for various potential defects. Our inspection detected a significant health-hazard lurking behind ducting.
PROPERTY VALUATIONS
PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOT REGISTERED VALUERS. WE DO NOT PROVIDE VALUATIONS
OUR APPROACH
Technology working with good design
MEMBER OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGISTS
BUILDING DESIGN
As members of the CIAT Chartered Practice scheme we are qualified to design and monitor new-build projects, refurbishments and conversions.
We are members of The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB).
We believe in preserving our history through buildings from the past as well as modern architecture being of its time and not pastiche.
BUILDING INSPECTIONS
DRONE SURVEYS: We offer an aerial drone service for roof-covering and facade surveys of all types of buildings and construction sites.
NB. Until further notice we are not entering occupied buildings for condition surveys.
We carry out measured surveys of buildings using our UAV and photogrammetry technology. For measured surveys of roofs we can provide accurate, scaleable orthomosaic images.
FIRE-SAFETY
We can provide internal fire-safety inspections of multi-storey residential and commercial buildings.
We inspect external fire-escape stairs.
For interior surveys we check the common areas and fire-doors to apartments/suites, escape routes, fire-prevention measures and fire-detection elements.
We apply the recommendations of the Building Regulations as applicable. We do NOT carry out EWS inspections or reports.
MEASURED SURVEY
We can produce digital floor plans of any size and type of building for: redevelopment. fire-safety, facilities management or extension and conversion. We can provide laser-scanning for complex or historical buildings such as we did on a whole block in Oxford Street, London W1. We also use our UAV and photogrammetry tech for exterior measured surveys. Ask to see samples of our recent work.
ENERGY-LOSS SURVEYS
We use thermal-imaging technology to assess heat-loss and other energy and safety issues. This type of survey requires certain weather and daylight requirements. The target building must be heated pre-survey. We do not carry out these surveys in the warm weather for this reason. Full details upon request.
AERIAL DRONE SURVEYS
Since 2021 we have been providing aerial property surveys in Central London using a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle). This avoids expensive scaffolding, it is safer and quicker and saves client's time and money in managing their properties. High resolution images and 4K videos are available. Howard De Walden are a major client in this field.
