DCE provides services in the following sectors:
- Structural defects and failures
- Cracks in structural concrete and masonry
- Subsidence, heave and other foundation movements
- Retaining wall movements and failures
- Drainage defects and flooding
- Pre-purchase surveys
- Feasibility reports for proposed alterations and extensions
- Sagging and spreading roofs
- Road and pavement potholes and deformation
- Steel and reinforcement corrosion
- Party wall reports for adjoining owners
- Assessment of the load-carrying capacity of existing structures
- Structural engineering survey and assessment for insurance companies
- Building defects insurance, housing warranty insurance, latent defects insurance