Warrington-based firm, which is a leading structural defects warranty specialist, also has offices in Birmingham and London

Advantage Home Construction Insurance (AHCI) has added six new members of staff to its technical team over the past six months, reflecting the rapid growth of the business.

The Warrington-based firm, which is a leading structural defects warranty specialist, also has offices in Birmingham and London. It began expanding its technical team at the start of and the new hires will leave AHCI poised to continue its expansion this year.

The new job roles range from junior surveyors to RICS chartered surveyors and Simon Cooper, director of technical at AHCI, said: “Our technical section has developed within the last few months and now boasts five chartered and qualified regional warranty surveyors together with two trainee warranty surveyors, which provides our client base with both technical and site support throughout the duration of the design and build process.”

Advantage was founded almost five years ago and swiftly established itself as one of the leaders in the field of latent defects insurance. The rapid growth of its technical team reflects the company’s overall expansion. It has recently opened a new office in the South East and have also been recruiting for non-technical staff.

Advantage covers both commercial and residential properties and projects ranging in scale from individual one-off houses to developments with a build cost in excess of £50m.

Its works closely with self-builders, developers, contractors and housing associations as well as intermediaries such as local authorities, solicitors property advisors, architects, financial advisors, banks and administrators.