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Android version of foundations app now available

26 Feb 14 A smart-phone application to help builders calculate the appropriate depths of foundations is now available in an Android version.

NHBC's app
NHBC's app

The app was developed by the National House-Building Council (NHBC).

Since September more than 1,500 NHBC registered builders, developers and subscribers have downloaded the iOS and Windows version of the foundation depth calculator app.

It is hoped that the app, which is available free of charge to all NHBC registered builders, will help bring down foundation-related claims, which over the last four years have cost the industry more than £36m, approximately £9m each year.

The foundation depth calculator provides builders with an effective field-based tool to assess tree types and required NHBC Standards 4.2 foundation depths via their mobile phone or handheld device. The majority of trees in the UK have a significant radial root system, extending one to one-and-a-half times the height of the tree, meaning that the correct foundation depth is crucial.

NHBC technical project manager Marc Separovic said: “We have been delighted with the uptake of our first ever app over the last six months and hope that the Android version will prove equally as popular. This new version will enable even more of our builders to access the app and provide them with detailed and fast technical information which will help raise house building standards and hopefully reduce costly claims and subsequent repairs.”

The app can be downloaded from www.nhbc.co.uk/Productsandservices/mobileapplications

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