Experience, expertise, professional certification, and integrity assure complete and reliable assessments.
ECM’s 28 years of comprehensive Property Condition Assessments (PCA) experience, and our personalized approach provide you with unparalleled service. Our cost-effective process and industry accepted methodology gives you the confidence necessary when analyzing your capital investments. ECM’s diversified professional staff assures all building materials and systems are reviewed by experienced experts in the field.
ECM’s is poised to perform single or numerous assessment assignments, each with the individual and appropriate attention required for the justification of capital investment decisions.
ECM’s four step process assures reliable assessments.
This first step carefully considers the following:
ECM will visually observe the subject property to obtain pertinent information on material systems and components necessary for identifying physical deficiencies. Photographs of all major components and systems are taken. Elements that are carefully analyzed include: Site conditions, Structural Frame and Building Envelope, Roofing, Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning, Electrical, Vertical Transportation, Life and Fire Protection, Interior Element Materials and systems. Attention for Seismic Considerations, Design for Natural Disasters, Environmental Considerations, ADA Requirements, FFHA Requirements, Indoor Air Quality, and Property Security Systems will be assessed.
Options and probable cost will be prepared for the suggested remedy of the deficiencies observed. Forecasts of facility conditions with funding scenarios are established along with budgets for the varied systems at each property. Our current database for repair costs reflects today’s conditions. Factors for future costs are considered for accurate short and long term estimates thus creating a formula to determine the facility’s replacement value. We help our customers establish a budget that will be successful in controlling costs while we resolve the most critical deficiencies.
Complete documentation of all findings will be presented in a final written report. ECM will provide suggested remedies, significance of the physical deficiencies, disclosure of the information source, representative description and observation conditions of all components and systems, credentials, opinions of probable cost, recommendations and general discussions of all noted observations.
ECM’s 80% return rate lends credence to our continued success. ECM has performed over 500 PCA’s. Our experience, dedication and integrity provides you with the confidence necessary to make the right decision on all you major capital investments.