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Otherwise they will be asked to leave. Multi-Family Housing Professionals Mark Your Calendars! of this again leads to added costs,” he costs associated with façade inspections says. “It would be great if engineers were for his clients. He says they were racking like Spiderman and could just climb up up change orders that sometimes drove the building façade—but they’re not.” Pain Reduction Absent superhero abilities, one way to discovered that the visual inspections had potentially mitigate the costs and unwel- come surprises related to a mandatory fa- çade inspection is to do some voluntary drones, which can get you up close easier “pre-inspecting” by commissioning a pro- fessional envelope specialist to perform an exploratory evaluation. Eric Churchill, graphic cameras that detect variations in executive vice president of Schernecker temperature on a given surface, Tynan’s Property Services (SPS), which provides drones can locate areas of moisture pen- building envelope solutions for condo- minium communities throughout New energy performance of windows, doors, England, explains how the process dif- fers from a reserve study or technical line breakage below ground. The drones report: “When we talk about an explor- atory evaluation,” he says, “we’re talking RGBs, to show inspectors and engineers about actually taking siding off, removing on the ground what’s going on in hard-to- roof shingles, removing trim, exploring access areas. Says Tynan, “What benefits around windows, and then educat- ing the board on what we find, to start with. So if you find deterio- ration under the siding, if there’s rotten plywood or rotting fram- ing, the question is ‘why?’—and the education starts there.” Arming the board and prop- erty manager with the facts on the struc- ture’s existing conditions enables the the camera at a 90-degree angle, which association to plan proactively for main- tenance and repairs. Rather than waiting sue better.” for a building inspector to tell you your roof is deteriorating—and then fine you for it—an exploratory evaluation allows potential to cause disruption to people’s a condo or co-op community to evaluate lives with noise, dust, and vibrations— the cause and degree of the deterioration not to mention the scaffolds, sidewalk and then take the steps to improve that bridges, and netting that are required to condition. Come official inspection day, keep pedestrians safe, but are often seen you’ll be more likely to get that proverbial as an eyesore by residents—interior in- gold star. One caveat that Finkelstein points out require building-wide participation and is that “you may also want to speak to cooperation. For property managers and your accountant to determine whether boards, this resident buy-in can be ex- you want to finalize \[the resultant\] re- port, because it may trigger certain dis- closure requirements that would have to of Regency Management Group, also in be made in your financial statements. If Howell, recommends making this Step 1 you can keep the report in a draft form, as soon as an association or corporation it would have the same informative value, knows they have an interior inspection \[but\] would possibly avoid a disclosure coming up. She says that in the Garden that could prove problematic down the State, the Department of Community road.” Another way to simplify—and possibly required inspections that are meant to reduce the cost of—an exterior inspection ensure the health, safety, and welfare of is to make use of drone technology. Mi- chael Tynan, managing partner of Drone include smoke and carbon monoxide On Pro Aerial Inspections based in How- ell, started his company after working for a New York property management firm and experiencing the frustrations and costs 400% above the original contracted figures after repair crews got to work and failed to see the true scope of façade is- sues. So Tynan thought, “Why not use and faster?” Equipped with sensitive thermo- etration on façades and roofs; assess the and balconies; and even identify water are also equipped with visual cameras, or co-ops and con- do associations by using these drones is that we can provide a review of the building quicker, cheaper, and with better accuracy \[than a visual in- spection\]. Also, when you put a t h er m og rap h - ic camera on a drone, it gives you a certain ad- vantage: we can look straight down, with takes away reflectance, so you see the is- Interiors While exterior inspections have the spections can be even more intrusive, and tremely difficult to get. That’s why Elaine Warga-Murray, CEO Affairs (DCA) has assembled a list of a community and its residents. These BUILDING... continued from page 19 “It would be great if engineers were like Spiderman and could just climb up the building façade—but they’re not.” — Adam Finkelstein 2022 2022