Chris C

Match a commercial roof replacement date to the area and scope it covers. A three-area example and copyable document request help buyers keep replacement, repair and missing records separate.

Every failure sequence NIST described in its Joplin investigation started in the same place: a connection. Not a beam, not a wall panel, not a column. The fastening between one component and the next. That finding travels a long way from a tornado, because the buildings NIST was describing — light metal roof deck on open-web joists, bearing on concrete tilt-up or masonry walls — are the most common commercial building type in the Treasure Valley. The derived figure Using NIST's own numbers,...

People often delay asking for a commercial inspection quote because they are not sure what they are supposed to ask for. That is a reasonable worry and an avoidable one. Scoping a commercial inspection comes down to a short list of facts about the building and the deadline, and if you do not have all of them, we would still rather hear from you. The short answer To scope and price a commercial inspection accurately we need six things: the property address, the approximate building size and...