Residential or Commercial Structural Condition Assessments
To ensure your body is healthy, you get checked out by a general practitioner. It's a physical check to ensure everything works as it should.
The same can be said of a structure. A structural forensic engineer from Dynamic Analysis will come and look over the building of your choosing. In these analyses, we will check the "vitals" of the building: we determine the existing load paths within the building, establish the environmental loading the building is contending with, and measure the structure to establish differential behavior. From this information, we can formulate hypotheses regarding how we believe the structure should behave and check any inconsistencies more deeply. After this is complete, we can draw conclusions regarding the construction and condition of the structure and determine whether any rehabilitation is necessary.
We can perform this as a simple verbal consultation or a full Condition Assessment Report, depending on the client's needs. In the case of residential structures, both options are performed for a flat fee to prevent an unexpectedly large bill. A verbal consultation includes an assessment and discussion; it does not include a report or any other documentation. A Condition Assessment Report includes the assessment and discussion, an in-depth report detailing our observations, assessments, and recommendations, and an easy-to-understand summary of findings.
These inspections are much different than standard 'home inspections.' We do not check the systems within the home; we check the structural skeleton of the home. Issues within the structure can easily require repairs in hundreds of thousands of dollars; therefore, performing these evaluations is vital to making an informed decision whether or not to purchase a structure.
