Specific services and studies that ENERPLAN BUILDING CONSULTANTS offer our Clients include the following:
As buildings become increasingly complex and construction costs rise, building owners are more likely to have Post-Construction Audits (i.e., "Technical Audits") performed on their new buildings.
Our Post-Construction Audit is a comprehensive review of the "as-built" construction and detailed comparison with the "as-specified". In essence, our Post-Construction Audit determines if you "got what you paid for" and comments on the quality of the various building components.
The best time to carry out a Post-Construction Audit is within the first couple of years after the initial construction. The deficiencies and problem areas can then be documented and dealt with under various warranties. Furthermore, the initial design or construction deficiencies have not yet manifested into more serious and expensive problems to remedy.
In every Technical Audit Enerplan Building Consultants has performed, our Clients have recovered our fees plus considerably more, through financial settlements or have had major construction deficiencies rectified as a direct result of our Report.
Building problems, be they large or small, extensive or isolated, complicated or relatively straightforward, must be resolved. ENERPLAN designed the Remedial Measures Action Plan to present our Client with all the information necessary to make action-oriented decisions. Consequently, we follow the same procedure, regardless of the scope of work, to ensure our Client is aware of all available options.
ENERPLAN is a strong proponent of the practice of treating the cause, not the symptom, of a building problem. Because buildings have many interactive components with a multitude of functions, the "Problem Solver" must have both a wealth of education and practical experience in order to determine the cause(s) of the problem. Armed with a strong scientific knowledge base, a broad understanding of building systems, and an open mind, our specialists work as a team to develop solutions to building problems using a "holistic" or "systems approach".
ENERPLAN's Remedial Measures Action Plans have been widely recognized as an excellent tool for use by building owners, Property Managers and Boards of Directors. Our report provides the basis for undertaking the necessary step-by-step actions to rectify their building problems and develop plans for the future.