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We work with owners, buyers, sellers, lenders and attorneys to design and conduct a cost-effective due diligence strategy to achieve your two main goals:

  • Minimize legal, financial and business risk
  • Maximize investor value

We have 23 years of commercial and industrial building and property inspection experience. We're an employee-owned firm committed to you and your project and striving to provide the best service at the lowest possible cost.  No one will work harder for you and no one can produce a better product at any price.  We inspect all commercial and industrial property types including hotel, warehouse, call center, apartment buildings, office including property for lease or purchase.

Due Diligence Commercial and Industrial Building Structure and Systems and Property Inspection is a comprehensive foundation to roof inspection.

The structure and building envelope; exterior sidewalls, doors, windows and roof are all inspected as are all interior floors, walls, doors and ceilings.  All building systems including HVAC, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, fire suppression and other life safety systems including all fixtures and equipment are inspected.

In addition to determining current condition we estimate the remaining useful life expectancy of all components, recommend necessary and desirable upgrades, repair and replacement and we provide inspection, service and maintenance schedules to follow after you move into the building.

We also inspect the site with respect to driveways, roadways, parking, walkways and landscaping and look for signs of concern, especially deferred maintenance, safety hazards, security issues and visible environmental concerns on the subject property and adjacent properties.

Call us at 585-738-5080 or e-mail us to request a scope of work and complete information. 

 

 

                                



 

Call now and save even more on a complete Due Diligence Service Package

Add a Due Diligence Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment to your Due Diligence Commercial or Industrial Building & Property Inspection and save even more on a service package.  Phase 1 Environmental Assessment and Vapor Intrusion Assessment constitutes " appropriate inquiry" (due diligence) for the purpose of an innocent landowner defense pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 USC 9601 et. seq. (CERCLA). 

 

Purpose

The purpose of a Due Diligence Commercial or Industrial Building Inspection is to assess and report on the condition of the building structure and all operating systems, and to establish suitability or need for repair or replacement, recommend upgrades, establish remaining serviceable life expectancy of structure, systems and equipment and inform you of required inspection and maintenance routines for your use during ownership/occupancy of the building.  

It is our intention to provide you with useful information on current conditions that you can use to structure your final purchase or lease agreement and also to prepare you for ownership and/or occupancy with a realistic plan for future maintenance, repair, replacement.  

We provide this same high level of service whether you're buying or leasing, and for large and small buildings. 


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Office buildings
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Industrial facilities
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Hospitality and resort properties
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Regional malls
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Automobile service and repair shops
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Apartments
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Churches and other religious buildings
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Strip retail centers
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Multifamily residential properties
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Mixed and Special Use Properties

 

Prompt Response   Comprehensive Reporting   Fast Turn-Around

       

       Our inspection protocol is thorough

  

  • We begin with the structure; foundation and building envelope including special attention to the roof.  

  • We inspect in great detail the electrical, mechanical, plumbing and HVAC systems. 

  • We evaluate the condition of interior walls, ceiling and building finishes.  

  • We inspect for a list of environmental concerns including mold and mildew, PCBs, asbestos, lead paint and chemical products usage and proper storage.  

  • We visually survey the subject property for potential hazards.  

  • We evaluate conditions that may affect how you plan to use the building.

  • We forecast maintenance, repair and replacement scenarios to help you effectively manage your property.  

        A scope of work is available by e-mail or call 585-738-5080.

        

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Certified to lender upon request

 

                                                                                                  

                                 
                                  
 

Edward J. Devine
Loss Control Engineer

                                                                                                                     1984 GRADUATE

                                                                                                       
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

23 YEARS ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE & INSPECTION EXPERIENCE

 

Pre-Purchase    Pre-Lease    Sale / Leaseback    Asset Management    Financing

 

We're an employee-owned firm with 23 years of commercial and industrial building and property inspection experience.  We keep our overhead low and are able to offer the best service at the lowest cost and no one will work harder for you regardless of price.     

Call us at 585-738-5080 or e-mail us to request a scope of work and complete information. 

 Add a Due Diligence Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment and save even more.  Phase I Environmental Assessment constitutes " appropriate inquiry" (due diligence) for the purpose of an innocent landowner defense pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 USC 9601 et. seq. (CERCLA).  

 

 

 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE 1 AUDIT
PHASE 1 ASSESSMENT
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We offer a complete Due Diligence Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment in a service package together with a building inspection or as a stand-alone service.  

A Phase I Environmental Audit / Phase 1 Environmental Assessment, is often required by lenders prior to final loan approval or closing.   Attorneys generally recommend Phase 1 Audit / Assessment in their client's best interest when their clients buy property and may also recommend Vapor Intrusion Assessment (VIA).

Any purchase offer or lease you sign should be made contingent upon your receipt of an acceptable Phase 1 report to guard you against assuming environmental liability as you take ownership or occupancy of real property.  Lenders generally require Phase I Audit / Phase 1 Assessment and may also require Vapor Intrusion Assessment (VIA) for financing and re-financing properties to shield the lender and you from environmental liability.  

State and Federal Environmental Protection Agencies and Departments of Environmental Conservation as a matter of form hold the current property owner or tenant liable for the clean-up of any environmental hazard or incident on a property.  A property owner or tenant can be sued by nearby property owners and people who use nearby properties for illness or injury as a result of an environmental hazard or incident.  Phase I Environmental Assessment constitutes " appropriate inquiry" (due diligence) for the purpose of an innocent landowner defense pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 USC 9601 et. seq. (CERCLA) but is by no means limited to that purpose.

The statute of limitations on some environmental claims can extend to 25 years beyond your term of ownership.  Clean-ups routinely cost tens of thousands of dollars and illness and injury awards could be millions of dollars.  

To you as a buyer or lessee Phase I Audit / Phase 1 Assessment and Vapor Intrusion Assessment (VIA) meet your legal requirement for environmental "due dilligence".  They firmly establishes the environmental condition of the property and the potential for contamination from nearby properties prior to your assumption of ownership.  If a defect is found you can elect to purchase the property regardless, require the seller or owner to assume the cost of clean-up or be released from the purchase contract.  Phase 1 Assessment and Vapor Intrusion Assessment qualifies you for the "innocent landowner" defense under CERCLA. 

As a seller Phase I Audit / Phase 1 Assessment, serves to establish the environmental condition of property at the end of your term of ownership.  Plaintiffs and defendants in environmental actions routinely name owners and former owners as defendants and property owners seek to pass on or share liability with former owners.  Phase I Audit / Phase 1 Assessment, can be the cornerstone of your defense against claims, whether the claims are meritorious or not.  

 

Confidential report to you
Certified to lender upon request

 

PLEASE NOTE:

Phase I Environmental Audit and Phase 1 Environmental Assessment are each commonly accepted terms for the same environmental inspection and report service that meets the standard of "due diligence" and qualify you for the innocent landowner defense under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 USC 9601 et. seq. (CERCLA).  Even if your lender does not require Phase I Audit or Phase 1 Assessment you still need the protection it provides.  

  

ADDITIONAL PHASE 1 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

                     

When you purchase or lease or sell an industrial or commercial property you don't want to assume current or future environmental liability.  Commercial or Industrial Building Inspection plus Environmental Phase I Audit / Phase 1 Assessment is the only way to demonstrate "due diligence" and uncover existing problems on the subject property and potential hazards migrating from properties nearby or even miles away.     Existing or potential environmental hazards can profoundly affect the usability and price of any property you're buying or leasing.   A Phase I Audit / Phase 1 Assessment is available in a service package together with a Commercial or Industrial Building Structure and Systems Inspection or can be ordered as a stand-alone service.

 

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We provide services to all of the eastern united states from new england including massachusetts connecticut vermont rhode island maine and new hampshire; down the coast to new york pennsylvania new jersey delaware maryland washington dc west virginia and virginia and on to north carolina south carolina georgia and florida.  We serve the great lake states of wisconsin michigan ohio illinois and indiana.  We regularly travel to missouri arkansas kentucky tennessee and alabama mississippi and our service area extends to minnesota and iowa 

We also regularly travel coast to coast to california nevada arizona and
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          We offer loss control engineering service to insurance carriers on a contract basis.
 

 

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Our Senior Inspector is the expert's expert...
There's no one more qualified to deliver your Building and Property Inspection or Phase 1 Environmental Assessment                 

Mr. Devine is known as an expert in the architecture, engineering, construction and real estate community.  When construction firms, construction managers and their clients need an expert to mediate a difference of opinion, Edward Devine is the expert they call.

 

BINDING ARBITRATION
 

Our senior inspector regularly presides as an hearing officer (arbitrator) for binding arbitration involving construction and real estate issues at the Mediation Center in Rochester, New York and other cities upon request.  Binding arbitration is a fast, fair and inexpensive alternative to the court system.  The arbitrator brings to the table 23 years of architecture, engineering, construction and inspection experience and personally conducts an inspection of a job site or completed construction prior to the start of an arbitration session.

Outcomes are not determined according to legal minutia but by what is patently right and fair:  Customers must receive fair value and contractors must be compensated fairly and in a timely fashion.  If you want only what is rightfully yours and want to prevent construction delays and delayed or lost real property purchase and sales, then binding arbitration at the Mediation Center suits you.  You can (should) use this service as soon as a disagreement arises to keep a difficulty from becoming a crisis involving lost time and lost profit.  In arbitration neither party need be represented by an attorney.  In Western New York an  arbitration session and a decision can occur on-site and within hours of your call to Mediation Center.   

If you have an agreement to arbitrate either party can invoke arbitration at the first sign of a dispute.  An arbitration session can be set up within as little as a few days; in some cases the arbitrator can arrange a same day session with the parties on a construction site or other property that is the subject of a dispute and have the matter resolved within hours.

You can avail yourself of the benefits of this service by insisting on an arbitration clause in every contract you sign as a customer, contractor or service provider.  Mediation Center will provide you with the text of an arbitration clause you can use.  In some cases two parties may be willing to submit their dispute to binding arbitration at Mediation Center even if it wasn't specified in any agreement, but don't leave such an important matter to chance.

Please Note:  

  • Binding Arbitration is a fully legal alternative dispute settlement program and all decisions are enforceable in any court of jurisdiction.  

  • Neither party to a dispute is required to be represented by an attorney and disputes are most effectively settled when arbitration is evoked before relationships deteriorate to the extent that either party feels the need for representation.  Arbitration should be invoked at the first sign of substantial disagreement.  

  • The arbitrator does not represent or favor either party; both parties pay an equal amount of the fee for arbitration.  

  • Virtually all matters can be resolved within 1 - 3 weeks and resolution and resolution is often possible within hours of contacting the arbitrator.  An arbitration clause in every contract and agreement you sign guarantees that binding arbitration is immediately available to you in case of a dispute, however, arbitration is available whenever both parties will verbally agree to enter into arbitration.

  • Mediation Center practices a Fast Track form of arbitration that can get tradesmen back to work within hours and keep your project on schedule.   

  • For more information call Mediation Center and ask for the Construction Arbitration Program.  Binding Arbitration is a smart business decision, results are fast and the cost is affordable.

 

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586-1830
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