Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. is pleased to launch our spring webinar series. This series offers new and updated webinars that discuss commercial real estate trends, standards updates and changes as they affect the commercial real estate industry. Registration for all webinars is at no cost to industry professionals. Webinar Topics Include: The Essentials of Seismic Risk Assessments Why ... Read More »
Engineering due diligence is an important part of the property transaction process. Like environmental due diligence, there are a variety of engineering due diligence products to assist in evaluating an asset. Engineering due diligence can provide a wealth of knowledge about the physical condition of a property. During a Property Condition Assessment, the building systems are evaluated for short a... Read More »
Environmental and engineering due diligence in relation to real estate transactions often poses questions about how, when and why. As an industry leader in providing assessments, Partner had taken to task to also be industry leaders in educating the real estate industry on the When of ordering a report, the Whys, the Hows, and the effects of the report once received. After publishing three videos ... Read More »
The City of Los Angeles requires methane testing before building in a Methane Zone or Methane Buffer Zone. These methane zones are areas of the city with high methane as a result of naturally occurring petroleum products. The risk is that methane could migrate into an unprotected structure and create an asphyxiation or explosion hazard. Methane testing must be done by an engineering firm appro... Read More »
Construction Progress Monitoring can save a lender and a borrower money, especially when instituted on the front end of a construction project. It is in some cases required by the lender. When lending money to borrowers for purposes of construction, lenders don’t write the borrower a check for the entire amount up front. The money is disbursed to the borrower as the construction project pr... Read More »
Having worked as an independent contractor, and as staff for local, regional, national and international environmental and engineering consulting firms, I’ve come to understand the benefits provided at each level. Some clients prefer working with smaller, local consulting firms over large national firms. Perhaps they cite that independent contractors or local consulting firms have more local k... Read More »
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In order to quantify potential liabilities, it is important to make sure that erosion/stormwater inspections are completed as part of the collateral analysis process. Read More »
When a construction project stops or delays, the developer and/or the lender is wise to take proactive steps to prevent erosion. Once a site is cleared, graded, or any earthwork is completed, the site is more susceptible to erosion. A pro active approach to maintaining the site and grading conditions is necessary to prevent added expense in the form of re-grading, corrective action or in som... Read More »
