EEE Repair & Renovation Project Oversight

Including Balconies, Decks, Guardrails, Stairs/Landings & Elevated Walkways

Make sure that Your Deck & Railing Repair or Renovation Project is Successful

When inspections reveal that your exterior elevated elements (EEEs) require repair or renovation, navigating the subsequent construction process can be complex.

Balcony Assurance Group provides expert oversight services to ensure your repair and renovation projects are completed correctly, efficiently, and to the highest standards, protecting your investment and ensuring the long-term safety and integrity of your EEEs. We act as your advocate throughout the construction lifecycle.

Why Partner with The Balcony Assurance Group for Project Oversight?

Minimize Risks, Control Costs, and Ensure the Longevity and Safety of Your Exterior Elevated Elements

Our team's extensive experience in construction forensics, diagnostic inspections, and building performance evaluations provides us with a unique perspective on EEE repairs and renovations. We understand the root causes of deterioration and the most effective methods for remediation.

  • Detailed Scope Refinement and Repair Recommendations: We translate inspection findings and, if necessary, destructive testing results into clear, detailed scopes of work for your repair projects. Our expertise ensures that the scope accurately addresses all identified issues and prevents overlooking critical steps.
  • Collaboration and Value Engineering: We work collaboratively with design professionals and construction teams to refine proposed solutions. Leveraging our experience, we provide objective insights and explore opportunities for value engineering to optimize the project without compromising quality or safety.
  • Proactive Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC): We establish and implement rigorous QA/QC processes throughout the construction phase. Our on-site presence and monitoring help ensure that work is performed according to specifications, proper repair methods are followed, and potential issues are identified and addressed before they become costly problems. We review the project schedule and contractor pay applications to keep the project on track and budget.

Objective Third-Party Representation: As your independent owner's representative, we provide unbiased oversight and expertise. Our sole focus is on protecting your interests, ensuring the quality of the work, and verifying successful completion. This objective perspective helps prevent conflicts of interest and ensures the best possible outcome for your project.

Frequently Asked Questions

About the Risk Management Process and Various Options to be Considered

General Project Oversight Questions

Expert oversight ensures that the necessary repairs are performed correctly, addressing the root cause of any deterioration and meeting required standards. This protects your investment, ensures the long-term safety and integrity of the EEEs, and helps you navigate the complexities of the construction process, including working with contractors and managing the project effectively.

We provide oversight services based on our extensive experience in construction forensics and EEE evaluations. Our team understands how EEEs are constructed, how they deteriorate, and the proper methods for repair, drawing from decades of experience. We can help you evaluate options for further inspection or repairs based on initial findings.

Based on inspection findings, including information from destructive testing if performed to establish the scope and extent of repair, we assist in clearly defining the necessary scope of work. This ensures that all identified issues are addressed in the repair plan.

While the document doesn't detail contractor vetting or bid management services, successful repair projects rely on qualified contractors. It is a standard part of repair oversight to ensure that experienced professionals are involved in the construction phase.

The pre-construction phase involves establishing the scope and schedule for the repairs with the selected contractor. Other standard pre-construction services in the industry often include bid management, contractor vetting, and contract review.

While specific QA/QC procedures during construction are not detailed in the document, ensuring that proper repair methods are implemented is crucial after identifying issues like water intrusion. Oversight during construction typically involves monitoring the work to ensure it aligns with the defined scope and quality standards.

Reviewing the schedule and pay applications are standard components of construction oversight to ensure the project progresses as planned and payments align with completed work. 

Verification of completion and close-out documentation are essential steps in the repair process. This typically involves a final review of the completed work to ensure it meets the required standards and that all necessary documentation is in order to close out any outstanding issues.

Upon completion, you will receive close-out documentation. This documentation typically verifies that the repairs have been performed and addresses any issues identified during the initial inspections.

Proper documentation of completed repairs is important for your property's records, especially concerning future inspections and demonstrating compliance with legal requirements. It helps to close out any outstanding issues identified during inspections.

Are You Facing Repairs or Renovating Exterior Elevated Elements at Your Property?

For almost a decade, the founders of Balcony Assurance Group have been helping clients address the often concealed risks at balconies, decks, railings and other EEEs. Following direct involvement in the investigation of a fatal collapse of a balcony, the team has been working closely with property owners, managers, and their internal and external legal counsel, to ensure a smooth and manageable process for proactively managing the often concealed risks associated with repair and renovation of Exterior Elevated Elements of all types.