A building condition assessment gives your council a complete, prioritized picture of every major system. Engineers from envelope to electrical walk the building together and deliver one sealed report your strata can act on.
Before a council locks in a five-year capital plan or sets the next year's budget, a condition assessment tells them which systems need attention now and which can wait. Engineers rank findings by urgency so the council spends where it matters.
Buyers, lenders, and strata corporations taking over a portfolio want an independent picture of the building before any commitment. A condition assessment documents current state across every system and flags anything that could affect the transaction.
Before a major project, a whole-building assessment helps the council understand whether other systems need to be addressed at the same time. Catching a secondary issue before work begins is far less expensive than catching it during.
A building condition assessment is a systematic review, not a spot check. Engineers from each relevant discipline walk the building and document condition, estimated remaining service life, and recommended priority for every major component. The report is organized so the council can act on it directly.
How we work
We learn the building, the council's concerns, and what the assessment needs to answer. You get a clear scope and a proposal before anything else moves.
A multi-disciplined team walks every accessible area. Envelope, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers review their systems directly, not through a secondhand summary from one generalist.
Engineers assess condition, estimate remaining service life for each component, and rank findings. The team reviews findings together so nothing falls through a gap between disciplines.
One EGBC-sealed report with prioritized findings organized by urgency. We walk the council through results and answer questions so the report becomes a tool the council can use, not a document that sits on a shelf.
Generalist inspectors tick boxes. Our engineers inspect within their discipline and then review findings as a team, so the council gets a coherent whole-building picture rather than five disconnected opinions from five separate engagements.
A building condition assessment gives your council a complete, prioritized picture of every major system.Whole-building condition assessment
Two tools for two different questions. A condition assessment answers "how is the whole building doing?" A preliminary investigation answers "what is causing this specific problem?" Councils often need both, in sequence.
Whole-building scope. All major systems reviewed in one engagement. Findings prioritized across envelope, structural, mechanical, and electrical. The starting point for capital planning, pre-purchase review, or a strata taking over a building.
Targeted scope. One issue, one discipline, enough information to decide whether to proceed and what remediation looks like. The right tool once the condition assessment has flagged a component that needs a closer look.
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A building condition assessment covers the whole building systematically, every major system reviewed and prioritized in one report. A preliminary investigation is targeted: one specific issue, one discipline, enough information to decide whether to proceed. Councils often start with an assessment and then commission a preliminary investigation on the components that need a closer look.
No. They serve different purposes. A condition assessment gives you a current-state picture of the building and prioritizes what needs attention. A depreciation report projects repair and replacement costs over thirty years and models the contingency reserve fund. Many councils commission a condition assessment to inform a depreciation report or to plan a capital budget before the next report cycle.
Property managers and councils who need an overall picture of a building they manage, are acquiring, or are about to undertake major work on. Buyers' agents and lenders also request them during purchase due diligence on strata properties. A condition assessment is useful any time the council needs to prioritize repairs without yet knowing which system to start with.
Yes. Strata Engineering is an EGBC member firm. Reports are sealed by the qualified engineers responsible for each discipline reviewed. Our multi-disciplined approach means the right professional seals each component area rather than one generalist signing across every system.
Yes. Pre-purchase due diligence is a common reason councils and purchasers commission a condition assessment. We coordinate access with the current owners or property manager and scope the inspection to the questions the buyer needs answered.
The scope is tailored to the building and the council's needs, but a standard condition assessment covers the building envelope, structural elements, mechanical systems including HVAC and plumbing, and electrical systems. We walk every accessible area and document condition, estimated remaining service life, and recommended priority for each component.
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When the condition assessment flags a specific issue, a preliminary investigation goes deeper on that one component. Right scope, right engineer, right answer.
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A condition assessment and a depreciation report often go together. Section 94 compliant, multi-disciplined inspection, thirty-year reserve model.
Learn about depreciation reports →Start with a twenty-minute scoping call. A qualified engineer learns the building and returns a clear proposal before any commitment.