Our Services
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Depreciation Report
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Building Condition Assessment Report
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Warranty review
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Building Envelope Design
Poor supervision and unskilled contractor result of costly rework - fixing is more the cost of install new one ! Engineer tab the tile one by one to locate loosen tiles.
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What Is Building Envelope?
The building envelope includes all the building components that separate the indoors from the outdoors.
Building envelopes include the exterior walls, foundations, roof, windows, and doors. The performance of the building envelope is impacted by a number of sub‐systems, such as heating, cooling, and ventilating equipment, plumbing, and electrical systems.
The interaction of the sub‐systems with the components of the building envelope, as well as certain activities of the occupants, can affect the performance of the building envelope.
We would like to help the strata to provide provide building assessment report and also develop building maintenance program satisfy Strata management using of bylaws - to provide for the administration of the building on and for the control, management, maintenance, use and enjoyment of the strata lots, common property and common assets by the Residents free of unexpected structural and water ingress problem .We develop program to cut energy cost for Stata.
The Building Envelope Should Keep Out:
• temperature extremes
• moisture, as vapour or liquid
• dust
• wind
Additionally, to maintain durability, the building envelope should not permit weather elements to be trapped inside the walls. This may cause wall components to deteriorate, and continue to decay. In the early stages, it can usually be remedied relatively inexpensively. As time progresses, costs increase exponentially.
Maintenance And Inspections
The building envelope, like a car, requires regular inspection and maintenance. Do not be lulled into thinking, “we haven’t had any complaints so everything must be OK!” Some maintenance guides suggest the exterior of the building does not need much attention in the early years.
The numerous failures of building envelopes in the coastal climate zone of B.C. suggests that it is wise to have an inspection program in place that starts in the first year of occupancy in a building and continues annually thereafter.
This inspection should be done by an experienced professional. If problems can be detected early, before obvious damage is caused, they can be remedied at much less expense and while any existing warranty programs are still in effect. For more information on maintenance of the building envelope, see the Homeowner Protection Office’s Maintenance Matters bulletins online at www.hpo.bc.ca
How Do You Know If There Is A Problem?
A problem likely exists if there is:
• no regular inspection and preventative maintenance
program in place
• mould or fungi formation
• wood rot
• water flowing down the sides of the building instead
of running off from the eaves and drainpipes
• wind blowing through the walls
• peeling paint
• cracked or missing sealants (caulking)
or if there are:
• water stains on inside walls, ceilings or inside the foundation
• gaps that allow the weather to get through the walls
• pools of water on the decks
• windows that are wet on the inside.
