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Building Envelope Engineering Surrey

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This invaluable insight allows us to help our clients by finding and solving issues early on, preventing water intrusion from occurring. Having investigated hundreds of buildings, we encountered nearly every scenario of what can go wrong and have assisted in creating solutions. What sets our building envelope professionals apart is our team’s proven track record with decades of forensic experience. We help owners, architects, and commercial contractors in every stage of a building’s life cycle, from planning, design, construction, and post-occupancy. VERTEX provides highly qualified QA/QC consultants who are well versed in all aspects of building envelope performance. When functioning these parts become inconspicuous in our environment until they start to leak and cause problems. Often referred to as the Building Envelope, it includes all of the basic components that separate the building’s interior and exterior, including below-grade foundation, exterior walls, windows, doors, roofs, etc. We help owners, architects, and contractors ensure their building enclosures will stand the test of time and the elements.īuilding integrity and performance begins with the exterior shell and foundation. We all can learn and improve from our mistakes, but it is better to not make mistakes the first time! Allow me to share my knowledge and expertise with you, and together we can start building better building envelopes.VERTEX has a team of highly qualified QA/QC consultants specializing in waterproofing and building envelope performance. Through education, I seek to make a lasting, positive impression on the building envelope industry as a whole. I like to take an educational approach with my clients - considering the building envelope as a complete system and educating designers and contractors along the way about how each individual component, when specified and installed properly, will comprise an end product that is greater than the sum of its parts. Through my experience and knowledge of both sides of the industry, I can bridge the gaps between construction and design. I’ve authored and implemented company-wide commissioning processes to successfully guide the exterior envelope from a design concept to a final and functional installation, and recommended and driven hundreds of design changes to improve constructability, completeness, functionality, integration with adjacent systems, performance, and differential movement allowances.

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Water infiltration, energy loss, biological growth, decreased inhabitant comfort, occupant dissatisfaction, and lawsuits are just a few of the major problems that can arise.Īs a professional forensic engineer, I’ve recommended and implemented thousands of design changes through third-party envelope consultations, and performed hundreds of on-site envelope observations and performance tests to ensure that final finished products are functional, complete, and in strict compliance with the amended construction documents.Īs a commercial senior project manager, I’ve successfully constructed over $67M of complex building envelopes without performance issues or call-backs. With over 15 years both constructing and consulting on complex building envelopes, I’ve seen first hand what can happen when building envelopes are not designed and constructed as a complete system. Things can go horribly wrong, but it doesn’t have to be this way! This is where I come in, and I can help. There is probably not another single aspect of design and construction more widely misunderstood, while simultaneously posing the same high level of risk if not executed flawlessly. First and foremost, I am fascinated by building envelopes.

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Typically, this includes meeting with the client to review the results of the bidding and to make the contractor selection. We administer a pre-bid conference at the site to discuss the scope of work, specifications, project logistics, and any special client requirements.ĬSG typically conducts the bid opening, tabulates the results, and presents the client with a letter of recommendation for the contractor selection with an explanatory rationale. This allows us to make confident and well-documented recommendations for awards. We prepare comprehensive bid documents that enable us to evaluate pricing in multiple scenarios and compare them to construction schedules. In this phase, we develop a comprehensive project budget. Our goal is to provide sufficient detail in the design to generate the lowest overall project cost. Where necessary, we assist the contractor with permitting issues.

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We provide a permit-ready design (with a professional engineer's seal) that avoids cost and delay associated with questioning from the permit office. Phase II - Design (Drawings & Specifications)Īs circumstances dictate, we develop a code-compliant design that addresses the root causes of deterioration. The investigation report contains repair recommendations and alternatives, as well as preliminary budget estimates associated with each alternative. The process is memorialized in a report documented with photographs. During the on-site portion of the investigation, necessary measurements and testing are conducted and documented. As a first step, we review any available building drawings and repair records. We conduct a site survey tailored to gather the data necessary to draw appropriate conclusions regarding existing conditions and to design a cost-effective solution. Phase I - Pre-Design Survey & Investigation Litigation SupportĬSG assists real estate professionals and their legal teams with expert technical advice and testimony in construction litigation matters. Construction ManagementĬSG provides clients with sophisticated construction expertise to implement their design solutions with the competence of successful professionals and negotiate with Contractors on the same technical footing. Whether for valuation or capital budgeting, CSG provides assessments of structural and envelope condition, identifying necessary immediate/impending repairs, providing recommendations for prioritization & timeframe, and budgetary cost estimates.

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Restoration & PreservationĬSG advises clients on what, where, and how to invest in maintaining the structural integrity of their buildings and extending their useful life. RLV has been involved in numerous, repair, replacement, redesign, of window system cooperating with the best window manufacturers for over 30 years.CSG designs waterproofing systems for new construction projects and performs forensic evaluations to specify the repair/replacement of existing systems. Drafts occurring around the window are almost always the result of inadequate detailing of installation procedures coupled with low quality control standards during the construction process.

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RLV has the expertise to design, repair, replace the window system to achieve the best natural light transmission, energy efficient, and thermal control.Īir leakage, both through the window and around the frame, is a commonly voiced complaint that occurs frequently when sub-standard windows are used, or as a result of shoddy installation practices. Windows come in various styles, sizes, materials, and combinations thereof. The design, repair, replacement of window performance must be determined based on the building’s geographical location, climate, building structure (low-rise, high-rise, commercial, etc.). Windows are massively influencing the structure’s envelope design.