According to statistics, a quarter of all workplace fires happen at industrial premises such as manufacturing facilities, vehicle repair shops, warehouses and storage facilities. There were more than 7,000 workplace fires in 2023/2024.
There are a few structural issues that can raise alarm bells the moment you hear them – dry rot, termites, Japanese knotweed, subsidence.
In this article, we are going to focus on subsidence: what subsidence is, wha...