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Condition Assessment Building Condition Assessment Services of School Buildings in New York for NYC School Construction Authority (NYCSCA): AEG is working on this project with Parsons Brinckerhoff/Amman & Whitney; scope of work is to undertake building condition assessments of approximately 1,450 schools and school facilities for the New York City School Construction Authority/Board of Education. The overall project objective is to provide SCA/BOE with a Capital Plan to maintain its building assets in a state of good repair for many years to come. Assessments are being made of site areas, building envelope (exterior), interior and transportable/temporary units. Site inspection includes paved and unpaved surfaces, landscape, site drainage, lighting, playgrounds, street furniture, etc. Building inspections include all exterior and interior components such as façade, roof, stairs, structure, doors, windows and finishes, electrical and mechanical systems. Inspections for electrical systems include building site and exterior security lighting; communication and security systems including CCTV, intrusion alarms, remote enunciators, panic switches, ultrasonic sensors, etc.; fire alarm and emergency lighting systems. Each inspection is conducted by a four-member team comprising an architect, and structural, electrical and mechanical engineers. Each team member carry a hand-held tablet computer with "Mobil Validity" software tailored to meet SCA's inspection requirements. Inspection reports contain building templates (plan), elevation references, and photographs of typical deficiencies. Any hazardous conditions or structural deficiencies that were identified were reported immediately to SCA. Building components were rated on a scale of 1 to 5, and were given an estimated "remaining useful life" (in years) by the inspectors. Component deficiencies were identified and quantified. Recommendations to repair or replace were made, along with a recommended time period in which to for repair/replace each component. All survey reports were uploaded to a central computer, and each report was checked for quality and consistency. A field Quality Assurance team independently verifies data collected in the field. All reports and uploaded data were also available to SCA through a secure web access. The data collected was then analyzed, and priority component repairs and replacements were identified for each asset. These priority components were then allocated a unit price to arrive at a capital plan. The capital plan provides budgetary allocations for restoring and maintaining the assets in good repair. |
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