Our client was served with notices under the Act by a neighbour who intended to demolish an existing building and to build a new seven-storey block of student accommodation on a sloping site with a contiguous piled reinforced concrete retaining wall. Our client’s building was immediately adjacent to the development and it already showed signs of structural movement, it also contained an important large computer server and was used for teaching. A party wall Award, agreed with the building owner’s surveyor, stipulated monitoring of vibration, movement and noise throughout the development to mitigate the risk of damage to the building and disturbance to our appointing owner.