Professional Services
Investigations and studies
Our expertise and investigations allow us to make a detailed evaluation and/or to determine the status of a building component. It can be used to assess the merits of a complaint, to identify the cause of an apparent deficiency or a lack of comfort. Our studies can also provide a pre-project assessment when replacing or enhancing a building component related to the building envelope, the structure, mechanics and electricity as well as energy efficiency and sustainable building.
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Expertise provides an opportunity to ascertain the actual condition of the component or system and retain the best solution for remedial work.
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The main steps of an expertise mandate are defined as follows:
- Inspection of the specific component in relation with the required expertise
- Data collection including pictures, available plans review, and interviews with stakeholders
- Case analysis including the identification of potential problem causes, the best practices review, a review of codes and standards and the identification of possible solutions
- Report writing which describes the current status of the assessed component, identifies the problem to be corrected, and if required, provides one or more possible solutions and includes a budget evaluation for each solution