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About Jubb Clews
Jubb Clews is a practice of chartered surveyors accredited
by the RICS in historic building conservation.
Recording the building or site is essential both to have
accurate dimensional data to develop cost and value
opinions, but also to help mitigate against partial or total
loss should the situation suddenly worsen.
We have a deep understanding of historic buildings and
how best to look after them.
The result of the survey can be a schedule of urgent works
or repairs. The costed condition data at this stage
can often be instrumental in unlocking grant aid and
budgeting for urgent works. In very complex cases, the
Local Planning Authority will be the lead partner in a
multi-agency approach with HSE, Highways and other
public sector bodies who require further reports for issues
which arise from the site inspection.
Our work is evenly spread across our specialisms in
surveys, projects and advice. The practice serves a wide
cross-section of clients drawn from the private, charitable
and public sectors and supports voluntary activities in
education, heritage at risk and youth engagement.
There are two directors, a principal surveyor, a consultant
Quantity Surveyor, and a consultant Architect who
create bespoke project teams, bringing in expertise in
archaeology, geomatics, ecology, planning law and engineering (structural, mechanical, and electrical) to meet
our clients’ needs.
After the survey, there is support for discussion with the
parties to focus their efforts on reducing risk. That support
extends to expert witness services should the matter
escalate into a formal process and project support if the
urgent works need to be put in hand during discussions.
We work with a community of heritage contractors,
conservators and craftspeople to commission works which
care for and enhance our client’s extraordinary buildings.
Cases can be drawn out but even where the repair needs
appear overwhelming, there is often a satisfactory result,
not only in removing the risk to the asset itself but in
triggering regeneration in the area.
The practice covers the west of the UK from bases in
Lancashire, Cheshire and Worcestershire.
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