Building surveying consultancy
Building surveying for buildings worth keeping.
Aspira inspects, diagnoses and plans the future of buildings with character. Our current commission: the Cattle Market subway entrance on Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames.
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Vision and mission
Placeholder: one sentence on why Aspira exists, and one on how you work.
Services
Condition surveys
Systematic inspection and schedules of condition for historic and post-war buildings.
Building pathology
Reasoned diagnosis of defects, from moisture and masonry decay to concrete and metal corrosion.
Heritage-led adaptation
Repair and reuse strategies that keep what matters and let buildings work again.
Retrofit and carbon
Energy, resilience and whole-life carbon options weighed against heritage value.
The commission
Cattle Market subway entrance
- 01Client brief and building context
Who the client is, what they need from the building, and why it matters historically, socially and in its townscape. - 02Inspection and pathology
How we inspected the building, what we found, and our reasoned diagnosis of the causes. - 03Existing building information
Existing floor plans, elevations and photographic evidence of condition. - 04Rehabilitation and adaptation
The options we appraised, the interventions we propose, and how they protect the building's heritage value. - 05Sustainability and carbon
Three solutions for energy efficiency, resilience and carbon reduction, compared over the short and long term. - 06Schedule of works
Immediate, short-term and long-term maintenance, repair and rehabilitation actions. - 07Conclusions and recommendations
What we recommend the client does next, and why.