Chartered Building Engineer and Building Surveyor
C.Build E.MCABE, AssocRICS, MCIOB, MRPSA, MFPWS, ACIArb
Nottinghamshire and surrounding areas
Andrew Drury is a Chartered Building Engineer and Chartered Construction Manager with over 40 years of experience in the construction industry, specialising in building defects, maintenance, and refurbishment.
He holds a BSc (Hons) in Building Surveying, is an Associate Member of RICS, and serves as director of Birklands Surveying Ltd in Nottinghamshire. Birklands Surveying is a multidisciplinary RICS-regulated practice specialising in building surveys, defect diagnosis reports, party wall matters, subsidence and insurance claim specialists.
With his broad expertise, Andrew provides clear expert evidence on a wide range of construction matters, all reports written in accordance with Civil Procedure Rules (CPR 35) for legal proceedings.
Areas of expert work undertaken include:
• Building defects/pathology, including damp investigations.
• Structural defects in buildings
• Defect diagnosis and failure analysis identifying and reporting on issues such as subsidence, heave, settlement, lateral movement, cracking, roof spread, timber decay and corrosion of structural elements
• Buildings insurance claims including fire, flood and subsidence.
• Building and workmanship disputes including quantum.
• Forensic analysis of building surveys/reports
• Party Wall matters
• CPR 35 expert witness reports-provide a report in accordance with Civil Procedure Rules (CPR 35) for legal proceedings
PCA Japanese Knotweed – 2 Day course December 2023, PCA Timber and Damp – 3 Day course, April 2024 IRED Thermal Imaging for Building Professionals ABBE Level 2 Award, February 2025 PCA Evaluating Sprayed Foam in Domestic Roofs – 1 Day course April 2025, Environment Study Centre – 2 Day Course ABBE Level 3 Award in Damp and Mould in Buildings.
RICS Expert Witness Certificate
Chartered Association of Building Engineers- C. Build Eng. MCABE. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors – AssocRICS. Chartered Institute of Building – MCIOB. Residential Property Surveyors Association – MRPSA. Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors -MFPWS.