

Surveyors Insights
Hosted by Finley Boland 💪😎💪 · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 20 episodes
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This show explores building pathology and residential surveying through the lens of real-world practice, aimed at RICS surveyors and student surveyors in the UK. Each episode break down how buildings behave, why defects occur, and how surveyors should identify, interpret, and report on common issues such as cracking, movement, damp, roof defects, and structural failure.The focus is on understanding causes and symptoms, developing professional judgement, and applying proportionate, defensible advice in line with RICS standards. Content is practical, clear, and technically grounded
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Finley Boland 💪😎💪 hosts Surveyors Insights, a education show with 20 episodes published.
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RICS and the Responsible Use of AI in Residential Surveying and Valuation
This audio provides an independent, professional summary of the RICS global standard on the responsible use of artificial intelligence in surveying practice, with a specific focus on residential surveyors and valuers. It
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Building Regulations Part B: Fire Safety in Buildings
Building Regulations Part B focuses on fire safety and the protection of life. This episode explains how the regulations aim to prevent fire spread, ensure safe escape routes, support firefighting operations, and reduce
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Building Regulations Part A: Understanding Structural Safety
Building Regulations Part A sets out the requirements that ensure buildings are structurally safe and stable. In this episode, we break down the key principles behind structural integrity, load-bearing elements, foundati
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part 3&4 Foundations of building movement
Building movement is rarely about the bricks; it’s about the earth they sit on. Settlement & Stress is a forensic podcast dedicated to the physics of foundations. We analyze the "Perfect Storms"—where 19th-century masonr
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part 1&2 foundations of building movement
Building movement is rarely about the bricks; it’s about the earth they sit on. Settlement & Stress is a forensic podcast dedicated to the physics of foundations. We analyze the "Perfect Storms"—where 19th-century masonr
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Movement in Buildings: Cracks, Causes, and Structural Behaviour
This episode examines movement in buildings from a building pathology perspective, helping UK RICS students and surveyors understand why structures move and how that movement presents on inspection. It explores ground-re
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Insect Attack in Buildings: Identifying Timber Pests and Structural Risk
This episode provides a comprehensive guide to insects that affect buildings in the UK, with a focus on those that damage timber and associated building elements. Aimed at RICS students and surveyors, it explains how to
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Brickwork Pathology: How Masonry Fails and What It’s Telling You
This episode explores brickwork as a structural and environmental system, focusing on how and why masonry deteriorates over time. Aimed at UK RICS students and surveyors, it examines common brickwork defects including cr
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With a splash of Humour:- Building Pathology Fundamentals: From Symptom to Source
In this episode, we lay the foundations of building pathology for UK surveyors and students. We explore how buildings fail, why visible defects are rarely the real problem, and how to follow evidence from symptoms back t
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Episode 4 Building Pathology Fundamentals: How to Read Buildings and Diagnose Defects
Episode 4 explores the core principles of building pathology from a UK surveying perspective. Aimed at RICS students and practising surveyors, this episode focuses on how buildings behave as dynamic systems, how defects
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Movement in Buildings: Understanding Cracks, Causes, and Structural Behaviour
In this episode, we explore movement in buildings from a UK building pathology and RICS surveying perspective. Designed for student and practising surveyors, the episode examines why buildings move, how different movemen
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Episode 3 Structural Loads & Load Paths: How Buildings Carry Weight and Why They Fail
n this episode, we take a deep dive into structural loads and load paths from a UK surveying perspective. Aimed at RICS students and practising surveyors, the episode explains how buildings transfer dead, live, wind, and
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Insect Attack in Buildings: Diagnosis, Risk and Surveyor Judgement
In this episode, we take a detailed look at insect attack in residential buildings from a UK surveying perspective. Aimed at RICS students and practising surveyors, the discussion covers the most common timber-damaging i
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Episode 2: Stone Decay Mechanisms – Moisture, Salts, and Material Failure
This episode examines the principal mechanisms responsible for stone decay in traditional buildings, including salt crystallisation, delamination, granular disintegration, chemical weathering, and biological growth. Emph
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EPISODE 1 – BRICKWORK DEFECTS
Brickwork is one of the most widely used construction materials in the UK, yet it is also one of the most frequently misunderstood during surveys.
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Thermal Movement in Buildings – Detailed Surveyor Guidance
Thermal movement is one of the most common but frequently misinterpreted causes of cracking in buildings. Because it can visually resemble structural movement, subsidence, or material failure, the surveyor must rely on p
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Building Pathology
This episode explores building movement from a building pathology perspective, aimed at UK surveyors and student surveyors. It explains why movement occurs in buildings, how to distinguish between normal and problematic
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Surveyors Insights is hosted by Finley Boland 💪😎💪. The show is categorised under education and has published 20 episodes.
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Surveyors Insights has published 20 episodes.
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