Does a building inspection really require the expertise of a professional engineer?
A careful examination of a building is not as easy as it sounds. What do you look for? How do you judge the quality of construction? Few of us have the expertise to make an adequate evaluation. The emotional experience of buying a building often blinds us to the facts of the conditions of the porperty. It takes a registered professional engineer who specializes in building inspections to provide a sound and independent evaluation. A professional engineer who is well-versed in all aspects of structural and mechanical components of the building can recognize clues that signal unseen problems. Because the inspection is normally based only on visible evidence, the inspector must have the best experience available. Interpretation of visible evidence is often the only way to identify hidden problems.
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