isurv authors - Parrett, Mike
Record details
- Author
- Mike Parrett
- Job title and company
- Michael Parrett Associates
- Section and channel
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- Biography
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Professor Michael Parrett is an expert in building pathology both in the UK and abroad and holds a Cambridge masters degree in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment. He is a former trustee of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) and a published author with both Donhead (Routledge) and RICS Books, who also distributed his award-winning Building Pathology DVD training film resource.
Michael is an Eminent Fellow of RICS, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building, Fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers, Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, a Chartered Scientist, Honorary Professor at the University of Salford’s School of Science, Engineering and Environment, a member of the international advisory editorial board to the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Constructors and a regular UK government adviser.
The producer of industry-standard training films, lectures and learned articles for a variety of audiences on investigating dampness in buildings, including flooding, condensation and mould, Michael first came to widespread public notice through the BBC2 series Raising the Roof. The series was hailed as a piece of landmark journalism, exposing the widespread misdiagnosis of rising damp and concerns over the effectiveness of chemical damp-proof course injection. The film content centred on Mike’s empirical research and award-winning work gathered over three decades of working on investigating and material testing in buildings.
His latest work is his 2023 book Building Defects and Your Health and the RICS consumer guide Damp and mould.
- Company biography
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Michael is the founder and principal director of Michael Parrett Associates (part of MPA Engineering & Construction Services Ltd), a building pathology consultancy practice that works on the independent investigation of dampness, mould and flooding in buildings involving complex major loss claims. MPA is regularly appointed as the single joint expert in legal claims over disrepair and statutory nuisance between landlord and tenant.
MPA offers expert consultancy advice on the causes and source of building failure relating to water intrusion and dampness, together with remedial advice on how to restore a building and manage or cure the problem. MPA also offers training on investigating and remedying dampness and mould in buildings.
