Inspections, or Engineering Physical Element Reports?
Building or Property Condition Assessments are documents prepared to generally meet the requirements of Standards such as ASTM E 2018 -01 by individuals experienced in the field and/or so certified by private authority bodies to provide owners or buyers an independent assessment of the usefulness of the features of the building. Preliminary Site Assessments are documents prepared to generally meet the requirements of Standards such as ASTM E-1527-05 and may be part of real estate transactions or initial investigations required for hazardous waste sites by state and federal regulation. California uses a Registered Environmental Assessor designation to identify those persons with minimum qualifications to prepare these reports. Engineering Building Inspections or Engineering Physical Element Reports are documents prepared for owners by Registered Professional Engineers. Local Building Officials may specify the content of these reports. These documents focus upon the structural, mechanica
