Commercial roof surveys in Aberdeen
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, for the people who run its hospitals, universities, college, shopping centre, port and energy sites and need a dependable record of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the AB postcode area, from Old Aberdeen and Dyce to Westhill, Stonehaven, Inverurie, Ellon and Peterhead.
The roofs we survey here
Aberdeen’s commercial roofs run from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary at Foresterhill and the university’s Old Aberdeen campus to Union Square, the city centre’s granite offices, the quays of the harbour, and the energy and engineering estates at Altens, Tullos and Dyce.
Granite walls last, but the flat roofs, valley gutters and lead flashings behind them take the full force of the North Sea weather, and water that gets past them can travel a long way inside a stone building.
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
NHS Grampian’s largest hospital, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, shares the Foresterhill site with the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital and Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. A drone survey maps a campus of linked buildings like this one roof by roof, with thermography to find wet insulation, so wards carry on below.
Universities and NESCol
The University of Aberdeen teaches on two main campuses, Old Aberdeen and Foresterhill, Robert Gordon University has its campus on Garthdee Road, and North East Scotland College, with over 20,000 students, has its Aberdeen City and Aberdeen Altens campuses in the city. Labs, workshops and teaching blocks are surveyed in visits agreed with each estates team.
RAAC, from the Scottish Government
Aberdeen City was among the 16 council areas the Scottish Government listed as having schools with RAAC, part of 39 school and early learning locations found across Scotland from 1,477 buildings assessed. The city’s other flat-roofed public buildings from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s can still hold the planks, which a RAAC survey looks for.
Union Square
Union Square brings shops, restaurants and a Cineworld cinema together in the city centre. Electronic leak detection traces water through the flat roofs over its malls without lifting the membrane, so the centre stays open.
The harbour and the energy transition zone
The Port of Aberdeen calls itself Scotland’s largest berthage port, with over 7,600 metres of quayside for energy, cargo, cruise and ferries, and ETZ Ltd is building Scotland’s largest dedicated energy transition complex, with net zero exemplar properties and sites for manufacturing and the energy supply chain. Port sheds, workshops and offices are surveyed by drone and thermography, with every visit cleared with the site’s managers.
Solar on energy estates
Workshops and offices on Aberdeen’s energy estates have broad flat roofs for solar, and every one that takes an array should first have a condition survey and moisture mapping, so the panels sit on a dry deck.
How a roof survey works
Request a quote
Tell us about the building, the roof and what you need to find out.
The right survey
We recommend the methods that suit the roof and send a written quote.
Survey on site
A qualified surveyor carries out the survey, planned around your site, tenants and access.
Report on your roof plan
Every finding is pinned to a plan of your roof, online in your dashboard and as a PDF.
Manage your roof surveys online
From a single building in Aberdeen to an estate across Aberdeenshire, approve quotes, follow every survey and open reports in one place, then share them by link so everyone works from the same information.
Areas we cover
- City centre and harbour AB10, AB11, AB24, AB25
- Old Aberdeen AB24
- Rosemount AB10, AB15, AB16, AB24, AB25
- Torry and Ferryhill AB10, AB11, AB12
- Garthdee AB10, AB15
- Kincorth, Nigg and Cove AB10, AB12
- Hazlehead AB10, AB15, AB25
- Woodside AB16, AB24, AB25
- Northfield AB16, AB24
- Kingswells AB15, AB16
- Bridge of Don AB21, AB22, AB23
- Dyce and Bucksburn AB15, AB16, AB21, AB22
- Lower Deeside AB13, AB14, AB15, AB31, AB32
- Westhill AB15, AB21, AB32, AB51
- Stonehaven AB14, AB31, AB39
- Banchory AB31
- Inverurie AB51
- Ellon AB23, AB41, AB42
- Peterhead AB42, AB43
- Fraserburgh AB43
- Turriff AB41, AB51
Questions about roof surveys
Can you survey a hospital, school or campus without disrupting it?
Yes. Surveys are carried out from the roof, and visits are planned around clinical areas, term dates and building access. Any method that needs access inside the building, such as some RAAC inspections, is agreed with you beforehand.
Can you check an Aberdeen school or public building for RAAC?
Yes. A RAAC survey confirms whether panels are present, records cracking, deflection and water staining, and sets out a next step for each area. It is worth considering for any flat-roofed building from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s.
Do you survey energy and port buildings in Aberdeen?
Yes. Workshops, warehouses and offices on the energy estates and around the harbour are surveyed by drone and thermography, with every visit cleared with the operator and kept to its site rules.
Do you offer pre-solar roof surveys?
Yes. Before panels go on, a condition survey and moisture mapping show whether the roof needs work first. Once the panels are up, anything the roof needs means lifting them first, and the bill for that dwarfs the cost of a survey.
Can you survey Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and the universities in Aberdeen?
Yes. Ward, lab and teaching roofs are read with moisture mapping and thermography from above, in visits planned with each estates team.
What roof systems do you survey?
All the main systems on UK commercial roofs: single ply membranes from manufacturers such as Bauder, IKO, Fatra, Renolit and Sika Sarnafil, built-up felt, liquid applied coatings, mastic asphalt, profiled metal and standing seam.
Can you survey several buildings across Aberdeen and beyond?
Yes. For estates and portfolios, every building can be surveyed to the same scope, with reports in the same format so they can be compared side by side.
Do you survey granite buildings and city centre roofs in Aberdeen?
Yes. Flat roofs, gutters and outlets behind granite fronts are surveyed by drone and tested with electronic leak detection, with access agreed with each landlord.
Do you work on tenanted buildings?
Yes. One report can serve the landlord, the tenant, the contractor and the insurer, so everyone works from the same findings.
How much does a roof survey in Aberdeen cost?
Cost depends on the roof area, the roof system and the methods needed. Call 0113 868 0097 or start a quote online with the approximate roof area and what you need to find out, and you’ll receive a written quote.
Do you cover the towns around Aberdeen?
Yes. Surveys cover Aberdeen and the AB area around it, from Dyce, Westhill and Lower Deeside to Stonehaven, Banchory, Inverurie, Ellon, Peterhead and Fraserburgh.
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