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Welcome! Gateway Engineering and Surveying Detroit based full service Civil Engineering company specializing in: Full building inspections for buyers, facade inspections for the City of Detroit, Property Condition Assessments (PCAs) for lending institutions done to ASTM E2018 standards as well as mortgage and boundary surveys.
Facade inspections done per city of Detroit requirements is one of our areas of focus. The Detroit facade ordinance requires that buildings 5 stories and higher be inspected by competent persons at least every 5 years and a report be produced. Using drone technology we inspect facades and take dozens of photos which are examined closely before the report is written.
We perform facade inspections for City of Detroit ordinance compliance as well as full building inspections done to ASTM E2018 standards, Baseline Due Dilligence Property Condition Assessments (PCA) all over Michigan and Northern Ohio.
We have grown over the past 26 years completing thousands of inspections on homes, commercial, industrial buildings, schools, apartment buildings, strip malls, churches, parking structures.
For a price quote on a Detroit area commercial building, or facade inspection, call or txt Matt Fletcher at 586-786-5533. To give an accurate bid on a full inspection we will need the address and square footage of the property.
Many of the buildings in Detroit are nearing 100 years old. With age, issues with the facades begin to develop. In the photo at left decroative stone pilaster weighing over 100 pounds is pulling away from the building and will fall to the street or sidewalk below if not repaired. The facade inspection required by the City of Detroit was established to find these issues for obvious safety reasons. During a facade inspection, many photos are taken and notes are made. After doing our inspection, a report will be written with our findings and recommendations. Because we can generally use a drone to do inspections our prices are often less than our competitors.
Windows are an area of potential problems. Crumbling window sills can also begin to fall apart and drop to the street or sidewalk below. Some window components may need minor repairs or replacement.
Cracked stone veneer shown in photo take with our drone. Pieces like this can fall out and to the ground. Next photo shows another location on the building where the piece has already fallen.
Detroit facade inspection in midtown. Fire escape support rusted through and bolts holding it to the side of the building were rusted badly as well as pulling out of the brick veneer.
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