Building
Building surveying plays a vital role throughout the life of a built asset.
From a leaking roof or window through to planned maintenance, refurbishment, statutory approvals, acquisition, lease events and disposal, our role is to help clients understand, protect and improve the buildings they own, occupy or manage.
Our building surveying team provides practical advice, technical insight and delivery support across the full property lifecycle – helping clients make informed decisions, manage risk and maximise the long-term value and performance of their assets.
The service is built on lasting relationships. As clients acquire, maintain, adapt, refurbish and eventually dispose of buildings, our team stays close to the detail, providing continuity, clarity and trusted support at each stage.
Many core building surveying services are delivered directly, with specialist expertise brought in and managed where additional input is required. This gives clients a coordinated approach, shaped around their buildings, their priorities and their wider business needs.
Sector experience
Walker Sime works across a wide range of building types and sectors, with particular experience in:
Supporting commercial property owners, occupiers and investors across acquisition, occupation, refurbishment, maintenance, lease events and disposal.
Helping schools, colleges and education providers maintain and improve their estates, with advice shaped around condition, compliance, budget and long-term performance.
Providing building surveying support for healthcare environments where continuity, compliance, safety and operational impact all need to be carefully managed.
Advising on industrial and logistics assets where condition, lifecycle planning and timely intervention directly support business continuity.
Supporting retail property owners and occupiers with clear, practical advice across maintenance, refurbishment, fit-out, lease events and asset improvement.
Providing building surveying expertise across residential assets, helping clients understand condition, manage risk, plan works and protect long-term value.
Services
Our services reflects the typical stages, requirements and scopes of work involved in managing built assets over time.
Every client, building and brief is different. That’s why each scope is tailored to suit the asset, the challenge and the commercial context.
Getting to know buildings properly means inspecting them, working on them and understanding how they perform in practice. This gives our team the insight needed to advise with confidence and help clients make the most of their property assets.

