This week we're talking with Steve Lang, an architect at The Falcon Group. He's going to tell us how often building inspections should be performed, and what property managers should look out for when they're inspecting their buildings.
We also talk about how building neglect can impact your insurance market availability and cost you money in the long run.
The secret? Proactive planning and reserve funding goes a long way to eliminate assessments and surprises later on!
Enjoy this weeks episode of Community Association Car Chat with Steve Lang, Principal at The Falcon Group. #CarChatLive #insuranceisntboring
Episode Highlights:
✅ David Velasco asks Steven Lang to explain the difference between a building envelope and a building structure. (1:39)
✅ David asks Steven Lang what owners of communities should be aware of with respect to the building envelope. (3:29)
✅ Steve Roderick asks Steven Lang at what age should building owners or board members be concerned about a building envelope. (4:52)
✅ David asks Steven Lang who regulates and enacts building inspection requirements. (6:17)
✅ Steve asks Steven Lang to provide some examples of façade requirements that inspectors typically look at. (7:37)
✅ Steven Lang talks about how the lack of standardization in building requirements is challenging for building owners and building professionals. (8:23)
✅ Steve asks Steven Lang how a property manager would go about getting an inspection. (11:12)
✅ David asks Steven Lang the most common reason managers pushback when it comes to updating the building envelope. (12:38)
Key Quotes:
💡“There's a number of things that can factor into that question. But essentially when it comes to the building envelope, typically anytime a building is 10 years, that's when you may start to have conditions that are starting to become, could potentially be an issue. And so a lot of times, you know, your general rule of thumb when it comes to the building envelope is that buildings that are over that 5 to 10 year range should really start considering having inspections performed.” Steven Lang
💡“I, for one am looking forward to what CAI is putting together. I think that we better have a more formal recognized standard, more standardized requirements instead of having each individual city be tasked with trying to put this together on their own. Because there are differences and nuances to each of them that make it very challenging for your professionals to go out and do these evaluations.” – Steven Lang
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