Services

IBEC provides the following services:

BUDGETING: Prepare budgets and provide comparative cost analysis for replacement, repair, and maintenance work.

CONSULTING: Analyze and evaluate all replacement, repair, and maintenance needs. Answer questions and provide information concerning design, construction, and related issues. Provide comparative analysis of materials and systems including pertinent product data, their advantages, disadvantages, and comparative estimated costs.

CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT: Prepare contracts for replacement, repair, and maintenance work. Contracts may include qualification requirements such as insurance, licensing, experience, workforce, and equipment. Contracts typically define work schedules, payment schedules, guarantee periods, and other factors designed to protect the owner, eliminate confusion, and avoid problems during construction.

DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION: Prepare or review specifications, plans, and detail drawings for replacement, repair, and maintenance work.

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS: Provide books, periodicals, manuals, CD’s, DVD’s, videos, manufacturer product information, and other pertinent information pertaining to application, performance, and problems. Provide current and historical information on manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, standards and criteria, material and application costs, and other related topics.

INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY: Certified as a Building Science Thermographer to provide infrared thermal images/photographs of pertinent roofs, ceilings, and walls to help identify the following conditions:

• Moisture in roofs, ceilings, walls, and a variety of building materials.
• Missing insulation in ceilings and walls.
• Air infiltration through roofs, ceilings, and walls.
• Hot water tubing and electrical heat wiring in floors, decks, and driveways.
• Other temperature sensitive building conditions.

INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT: Take readings inside the building to determine relative humidity, dew point temperature, and other interior environmental conditions.

NON-DESTRUCTIVE SURVEYS: Provide non-destructive surveys of structures using infrared thermography, electrical capacitance, nuclear hydrogen detection, and other available technologies to help identify the presence of moisture in roofs, ceilings, walls, and a variety of building materials. Surveys may include digital video and/or digital photos, scaled diagrams, and a written report.

PROJECT ADMINISTRATION & COORDINATION: Prepare specifications, drawings, and contracts. Secure bids from qualified contractors. Coordinate the work of design professionals and contractors. Perform quality assurance observations of the work in progress. Compile final project reports, including pertinent product data, contracts, specifications, plans and drawings, as-built drawings, observation reports and photographs, change orders, correspondence, final observations, checklists, and guarantees and warranties.

QUALITY ASSURANCE OBSERVATIONS: Provide one-time, part-time, or full-time daily observations during construction to help assure proper installation. Written reports with photographs are submitted as needed for each observation.

ROOF MANAGEMENT: Provide ongoing roof management or assist building owners/managers in developing and implementing roof management programs tailored to individual needs and resources. Programs can include computer software programs, reference manuals, personnel training, periodic inspection schedules, maintenance, repair and reroofing schedules, budgeting procedures, etc.

SELF HELP: Provide "do-it-yourself" videos, CD's, DVD's, books, pamphlets, guidelines, and drawings outlining proper application, repair, and maintenance.

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS: Provide non-accredited seminars and workshops including the latest information on building envelope products, systems, and related topics. Provide training in the use of tools and the application of building envelope materials for replacement, repair, and maintenance projects. Programs are designed for management and maintenance personnel and others involved with the building envelope. Information and training can be provided using text, audio/visual aids, samples, and hands-on experience.

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS: Provide surveys and evaluations of building structures by licensed structural engineers to identify structural defects and deficiencies, and the need for seismic upgrading.

SURVEYS, EVALUATIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS: Conduct visual surveys of existing building envelope conditions to determine the need for maintenance, repair, or replacement. Surveys can include test cuts, core samples, material testing, infrared thermography and other non-destructive testing, aerial roof photographs, digital video, and digital photos of surveys. Written reports include a description of conditions observed, evaluations, recommendations, and estimated costs for design and construction work.

Additional information about each of these services is available upon request.

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