Property Condition Assessment Handbook: Updated 20th Anniversary Edition - Softcover

McClain AIA, Mr. Charles Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484019172 ISBN 13: 9781484019177

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

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Published in the early 1990s as the first book dedicated to the systematic evaluation of building systems, this handbook is designed to assist real estate investors, property owners and building professionals in establishing engineering assessment programs in order to make informed investment decisions and/or determine the financial and operational viability of properties.

This 20th Anniversary Edition has been updated with hundreds of new component photographs, industry references, “red flag” commentary, forms to use as templates and building evaluation techniques.

This hands-on guide establishes how to appraise structural, roofing, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, lighting and interior systems for defects, useful life and code violations, as well as how to rate the systems for remainung useful life. This book will show the reader how to establish and estimate costs for uncovered issues, and much, much more. Learn how to conduct a facility assessment from the ground up -- literally! This book is the only book you need -- it includes all of the information needed to inform on the process of building condition assessments, and will show you how go about conducting your own assessments while avoiding common mistakes and "red flags".

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During the past quarter century in the facility assessment industry, Charles Joseph McClain has personally evaluated tens of thousands of facilities around the world. Many of the methods, procedures and diagnostic practices in this book were pioneered during infancy of the facility assessment industry in the 1980s via hands-on field application. Mr. McClain received a Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, is a licensed architect in the State of California, and has worked with numerous building evaluation and due diligence consulting firms through the years. In addition, he has worked as Executive Director of a non-profit housing corporation and helped found and manage a business incubator for low-income artisans on Skid Row in Los Angeles. He currently lives in Altadena, California with his wife and son.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1484019172
• ISBN 13: 9781484019177
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 342
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg