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A.B.C. PROGRAMS

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INSPECTION

Commercial Property Inspection (CPI) (according to the 2019 International Standards of Practice for Inspecting Commercial Properties) relies on a walk-through survey, document review and interviews all performed by a professional commercial property inspector to determine the property’s condition. Results of the CPI are reported in a Commercial Property Inspection Report.

Commercial Property Inspections vary according to the type of construction, age, occupancy and desires of the client. Inspections types:

  • Limited Walk-Through Assessment
  • Non-Technically Exhaustive General Inspection for major deficiencies
  • Comprehensive Evaluation of a building’s technical components

Properties We Inspect

A.B.C. inspects the following properties:

        • Apartment & Multi-Family Complexes
        • Bank & Retail Buildings
        • Business & Industrial Complexes
        • Garages & Warehouses
        • Government & Municipal Structures
        • Hospital & Medical Centers
        • Shopping Centers & Malls
        • Special Purpose Buildings

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Required Documents

Click here for a compete list of suggested Documents to bring for initial review of your project when you meet with a Member of the A.B.C. Team:

Property Checklist
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OUR CLIENTS

Banks & Mortgage Companies

A.B.C. works with local, national and global banks, lenders and finance companies every day applying over 40 years of diversified industry experience. Our diversified team of professionally certified inspectors provides information which helps lenders make sound business decisions while managing risk.

Corporations & Retailers

A.B.C. can simplify the property acquisition process for a multi-location corporation or retailer  with centralized coordination and consistent inspection reports tailored to your specifications. At any stage of the construction or purchase of a commercial building, our team of certified inspectors assists with site reconnaissance, construction progress monitoring and full building inspections.

Insurance Companies

Commercial Property Inspections help insurance companies underwrite coverage for all kinds of commercial properties by providing thorough assessments of their structures, systems and features. A.B.C. Commercial Property inspection reports assist insurance companies with claim filings by verifying damage and repairs. Our services simplify your workload with centralized resource coordination that ensures consistent, high-quality customized reports.

Property Managers

A.B.C. Commercial Property Inspections help property management companies handle the special challenges and liabilities that come with commercial property leases. Our reports are designed to your specifications that provide the information necessary to evaluate cost reductions capable of generating increased revenue. Additional services include move-in/move-out inspection, lease renewal and annual property condition assessment.

Real Estate Investors

A.B.C. provides property inspection services uniquely tailored to the needs of equity clients. We take the time to understand your business goals and requirements by delivering consistent, highly detailed reports for all types of investment properties to facilitate your decision making process in purchasing a commercial property,

PCA Service Details

Our suite of PCA services follows ASTM E2018 guidelines, the industry standard. This includes the following four components:

  • Documentation Review and Interviews
  • Walk-Through Surveys
  • Costs to Remedy Analysis
  • Property Condition Report (PCR)

In addition to the ASTM PCA Standard,  enhanced services include: due diligence surveys and inspections, providing construction expert insight in the areas of:

  • Capital Improvement Opportunities to Building Components & Systems
  • Environmental Assessments
  • ADA & FHA Accessibility Surveys
  • Surveys to confirm or establish property size and dimensions
  • Reporting on subterranean conditions
  • Preparing Engineering Calculations

Trust your property evaluations to A.B.C. Global Team of comprehensive construction consulting experts for experience when it comes to real estate due diligence.

PROPERTY CONDITION ASSESSMENT

Property Condition Assessments (PCA) are real estate investigations that seek to give clients the details of a building or property they may be purchasing, leasing, financing, maintaining or evaluating.

There are many scenarios that require a close examination a property or real estate portfolio. For example, a large company planning to make a large capital improvement investment would want to do assessments on all their facilities to find the items that give the best return. Investors often use PCAs as a due diligence step on a potential acquisition to identify current deficiencies in order to avoid future management risks of a a poorly maintained building. Knowing the current state of their asset(s) is important information.

Building Condition Report

A.B.C. Building Condition Reports (BCR) and Physical Elements Reports are special purpose PCRs required for condominium conversion projects in many municipalities. Depending on the local ordinance, the jurisdiction may specifically require our Team to include a licensed engineer or architect to perform the survey as well as include additional inspections outside ASTM’s standard guide.

Facility Condition Assessment

A.B.C. Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) Equity level PCAs or Portfolio Condition Assessment are a process to closely analyze the condition one facility or a collection of an organization’s portfolio of facilities. A.B.C. pulls upon our diversified talent pool to perform Multi-site PCA  requiring a team of specialists for in-depth analysis of each building system report and detailed estimates to facilitate the capital programs manager determination of overall capital improvement requirements.

Forensic Inspection Report

A.B.C. Forensic Investigations uses a variation of the PCA process. The inspector, often designated as an expert witness, visits the property to perform forensic inspections for construction defect and other claims. Depending on the nature of the claim, the entire property or a subset of it is closely examined. The forensic inspector may employ building diagnostics to determine if there are construction defects and the process is thoroughly recorded to be used as evidence.

Maintenance Condition Report

A.B.C. Maintenance Condition Report utilizes the first three steps of a PCA (Document review, Walk-through, Opinion on Costs to Remedy) but instead of giving a PCR, the consultant further researches and organizes the findings for facility management’s needs. The final report can becomes the basis for the facility’s Maintenance Manual outlining the building system’s details and the owner or tenant responsibilities.

Documents Required

Prepare in advance:

  • signed pre-inspection agreement (required)
  • list of specialized instructions
  • list of tenants by name
  • access to units, if applicable
  • clearly dated past inspection reports and repair invoices
  • invoices and reports for any specialized equipment
  • the square footage of the building as well as individual units

How to Proceed

ASTM has outlined the PCA process as follows:
        • Document Review Interviews.
        • Walk-Through Survey.
        • Opinion of Costs to Remedy Physical Deficiencies.
        • Property Condition Report (PCR)

MARKET SNAPSHOT

A.B.C. Market Snapshot is a proprietary program that determines actual discounted to value present and potential property value.

It’s as easy as ABC 1-2-3!

The Market Snapshot combines

        1. Commercial Property Inspection
        2. Property Condition Assessment
        3. Capital Needs Analysis
        4. Appraisal

The Process

The Market Snapshot proprietary program utilizes the discovered physical observations to create cost estimate critical upgrade recommendations used to calculate accurate estimates as the basis for determination of the present and optimized market values detailed in the A.B.C. Market Snapshot report.

How To Proceed

ASTM has outlined the PCA process as follows:
        • Document Review Interviews.
        • Walk-Through Survey.
        • Opinion of Costs to Remedy Physical Deficiencies.
        • Property Condition Report (PCR)

Documents Required

Prepare in advance:

  • signed pre-inspection agreement (required)
  • list of specialized instructions
  • list of tenants by name
  • access to units, if applicable
  • clearly dated past inspection reports and repair invoices
  • invoices and reports for any specialized equipment
  • the square footage of the building as well as individual units

Asset & Portfolio Managers

A.B.C. can provide a series of reports that provide current physical and financial information used to estimate current and future potential of property that can drawn upon long long term Portfolio Management.

Banks & Insurance Companies

A.B.C. can facilitate the expedition of time sensitive critical foreclosure and disposition decisions for Banks & Mortgage companies.

International Corporations

A.B.C. can provide valuable current and future potential value versus cost reporting enabling national and global corporations to expedite critical decisions.  

Public & Private Trusts

A.B.C. reports provide a detailed prioritized list of Major, Regular and Deferred Maintenance costs for Trusts to plan long term Portfolio Management budget costs.

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS BENEFITS EVERYONE

Property Investment Analysis involves researching and evaluating a property to determine present value and predict its future performance to determine its suitability to a specific investor in the creation of  an overall financial strategy.

Investment Analysis Steps

        • Identify the investment opportunity
        • Find the present and potential values
        • Compare the present and potential cash flows to cost.

How To Proceed

A.B.C. has outlined the process as follows:
        • Gather your relevant Documents.
        • Schedule confidential review with A.B.C.
        • Discuss Investment Objective.
        • Determine specific needs.
        • Schedule A.B.C. Service options

Contact A.B.C. and speak with our Team for a complete confidential review of your specific needs.

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