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| Standards of Practice - COMMERCIAL | | Print | |
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Page 1 of 14 International Standards of Practice of Inspecting Commercial Properties as taken from NACHI
International Standards of Practice of Inspecting Commercial Properties (Taken from NACHI)1. Purpose 2. Definitions 3. Use 4. Inspection 5. Research 6. Walk-Through Survey 7. Report 8. Limitations, Exceptions and Exclusions 9. Ethics 10. Inspection Agreement 11. Request for Documents and Persons with Knowledge 12. Consultant Contract 13. Thermal Imaging Addendum 14. Accessibility 15. Green Features 16. Future of Standard 1. Purpose 1.1 The purpose of this document is to define good practice and to establish a reasonable approach for the performance of an inspection of a commercial property. 2 Definitions 2.1 Core definitions 2.1.1 Commercial Property - A commercial property is defined as the building structures and improvements located on a parcel of commercial real estate. These may include structures such as buildings with residential units operated for profit, mixed use buildings, strip malls, motels, factories, storage facilities, restaurants, and office buildings. 2.1.2 Inspection - The inspection is defined as the process of an inspector collecting information through visual observation during a walk-through survey of the subject property, conducting research about the property, then generating a meaningful report about the condition of the property based on the observations made and research conducted by the inspector. A commercial inspection requires the inspector to make observations, conduct research, and report findings. 2.1.2.1 Observations - Observations are defined as those potential items of interest noted by the inspector during the walk-through survey portion of the inspection. 2.1.2.2 Research - Research is defined as the process of gathering information through document review and interview to augment the observations made during the walk-through portion of the inspection. This research may include reviewing readily available documents such as previous inspection reports, building permits, code violation notices and environmental studies. This research may also include interviews with readily available personnel such as building managers, tenants and owners. 2.1.2.3 Report - An inspection report is defined as a written communication describing the issues discovered from observations made and research conducted by the inspector that are, in the inspector's opinion, are likely to be of interest to his/her client. A report may contain photographs of observations made during the walk-through survey portion of the inspection and/or copies of documents reviewed during the research portion of the inspection. |
