Guide to Structural Condition Assessments
Guide to Structural Condition Assessments
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Can anyone recommend a good guide for performing structural condition assessments? A few resources that I am aware of, but am not familiar with are ASCE/SEI 11-99, "Structural Condition Assessment" by Robert Ratay, and "Property Condition Assessments" by Sam Kubba. Can anyone provide any feedback on the usefulness of these resources or recommend any others? Thanks.






RE: Guide to Structural Condition Assessments
FEMA 310 - Handbook for the Seismic Evaluation of Buildings: It may be somewhat helpful, but man not be what you need. Good to have though as a reference.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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Greg
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If you are doing this as part of a real estate transaction, then use either or both. If you are doing this for a condominium conversion, run like hell.
Make sure that whomever you assign to this is appropriately qualified to make the assessment in the field.
This is an area of high litigation, so approach carefully.
RE: Guide to Structural Condition Assessments
Have you read either of the texts that I listed in the original post?
RE: Guide to Structural Condition Assessments
If the client requests the ASCE level of assessment, be sure to charge more for it as it requires a different level of surveyor and carries a greater liability.
Ron
RE: Guide to Structural Condition Assessments
You must discuss with your client what level of assessment is desired, and balance that with the fee he is willing to provide. There are a lot of questions to ask: Does the client want an ADA evaluation? Does the client want the HVAC, plumbing, and electrical systems evaluated? Are you looking at the condition of the roof? Are you evaluating the parking lots? And so on.
DaveAtkins
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Can't vouch for it, but at least it's not from a pdh factory.
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RE: Guide to Structural Condition Assessments