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Case study

Kinetic Business Centre

Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

Sector

Commercial / multi-let business centre

Client

Kinetic Business Centre

Scope

Roof and external building envelope inspection

Capture method

CAA-compliant drone flight, orthogonal and oblique imagery

Overhead aerial of Kinetic Business Centre roof showing PV panel arrays and car park

The challenge

Kinetic Business Centre is a multi-occupancy commercial property in Borehamwood. The building owner needed a current assessment of the external envelope, particularly the roof, to inform maintenance planning and provide documented evidence of building condition for tenant and insurance purposes.

For a multi-let property, any inspection method that restricts access to the building, blocks car parks, or creates noise disruption has a direct impact on tenant satisfaction and day-to-day operations.

What Ovrsite delivered

Ovrsite captured the full external envelope using UAV inspection, completing the work without scaffolding, without access restrictions, and without interrupting normal business activity across the site.

AI-assisted analysis produced a graded condition record of the roof and building envelope, with every finding geolocated and accompanied by high-resolution photographic evidence. The data covered areas that had not been visible through routine ground-level observation.

Oblique view of Kinetic Business Centre showing facade and surrounding commercial context

The result

The business centre owner received documented condition data covering the full building envelope. This replaced assumption-based maintenance planning with evidence-led capital expenditure forecasting, and provided documented proof of building condition for lease and insurance discussions.

The inspection data gave them the evidence to plan targeted maintenance on their terms rather than reacting to failures.

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