A building-envelope condition survey is a detailed inspection of a building that establishes its real maintenance and repair condition, in writing, with photographs a board can act on.
We begin by reviewing all available construction drawings and documents and walking the property, so the inspection is informed by how the building was actually built rather than how it looks from the parking lot. We then perform a detailed visual inspection of the exterior building envelope, focused on the cladding, balconies, walkways, windows, and roofs, cataloging every finding in written notes and photographs.
This work is also called a building enclosure condition survey or a building-envelope condition assessment. The three names describe the same deliverable, and we use them interchangeably because owners, insurers, and attorneys each use a different one.
A written report, complete with details and photographs, describing each exterior building-envelope component. The report identifies the specific locations inspected, states the condition of the building exterior, sealants, balconies, and walkways, outlines possible sources of water intrusion, and summarizes our recommendations.
Findings are recorded the way we find them: rotten wood, corroded metal, cracked cladding, failed sealant joints, water damage. Each one is located and photographed so a contractor can price the same scope every other contractor is pricing.
Salt air, wind-driven rain, and a hurricane season make Gulf Coast envelopes age faster than the same assembly inland. A condition survey converts an argument about whether the building is leaking into a document that says where, how badly, and in what order to fix it.
When the survey finds work that cannot wait, the same firm can carry it forward into construction documents and Contract Administration. You do not hand the report to a stranger.
A detailed visual inspection of a building's exterior enclosure, cladding, balconies, walkways, windows, and roofs, delivered as a written report with photographs, located findings, possible sources of water intrusion, and repair recommendations.
No. A milestone inspection is a specific statutory inspection of the structural components of certain Florida condominium buildings. A building-envelope condition survey is a broader maintenance and repair assessment of the exterior enclosure, and it is not required by statute.
It depends on the number of buildings, the number of stories, and how much of the envelope can be reached from grade or a balcony. We scope the field time against your building before quoting, so the number in the proposal is the number of days we spend on site.
Send the building, the site, and the timeline. A licensed engineer will tell you what we would actually do.
