Commercial Building Inspection by Certified Professional Commercial Building  Inspectors. Our Expert Certified Professional Commercial Building Inspectors offer Commercial Building Inspection, Environmental Site Assessment, and Problem Analysis & Solution in Greater Toronto Area (including Ajax, Aurora, Bolton, Brampton, Burlington, Etobicoke, Maple, Markham, Milton, Mississauga, Newmarket, North York, Oakville, Oshawa, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Scarborough, Stouffville, Toronto, Vaughan, Uxbridge, Whitby and Woodbridge).

BUILDING EXPERTS CANADA LTD
GTA Square 5215 FINCH AVENUE EAST TORONTO ONTARIO M1S 0C2
416 332 1743   service@buildingexperts.ca


Commercial building inspection by certified  professional commercial building inspector is the primary service we offer to purchasers of commercial buildings including industrial, commercial, institutional and residential buildings, apartment buildings, retail commercial strip plazas, gas stations, industrial property, medical centers, hotels, malls, retail stores, shopping centers, farm land, multifamily housing buildings, garages, industrial warehouses, manufacturing plants, motels, office buildings, restaurants and commercial condominium retail units in Ontario including City of Toronto, Durham Region, Halton Region, Peel Region and York Region (Ajax, Aurora, Bolton, Brampton, Burlington, Etobicoke, Maple, Markham, Milton, Mississauga, Newmarket, North York, Oakville, Oshawa, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Scarborough, Stouffville, Toronto, Vaughan, Uxbridge, Whitby, Barrie, Burlington, Bowmanville, Cambridge, Hamilton, Georgetown, Guelph, Kitchener, Kingston, London, Milton, Peterborough, Sarnia, Stoneycreek, St Catharines,  Waterloo, Windsor and Woodbridge).
 
Whether you are purchasing your first commercial property or an experienced investor who owns several buildings, purchasing a commercial property is a very important financial commitment. Since the repairs and/or replacement of a major component on a commercial building like roof, HVAC, paving can be costly, knowing the actual condition of the building is very important.

We provide expert commercial building inspection service serving Toronto and surrounding area with more than 20 years of commercial building inspection experience. Our certified professional commercial building inspector performs as per ASTM Standard E 2018. Our professional commercial building inspector uses state of the art diagnostic tools and equipment for non-invasive analysis. Our expert commercial building inspector provides an overview of the condition of the major components in the buildings and property including all accessible Structural Frame, Building Envelope, Roofing, Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning & Ventilation, Electrical, Life Safety & Fire Protection, Interior Elements, Site Topography, Storm Water Drainage. Ingress & Egress, Paving, Curbing & Parking, Landscaping & Appurtenances and Utilities(Water, Electricity, Natural Gas). Our commercial building inspectors have the  “BSSO” - Building Science Specialist of Ontario designation -   Elite group of building science professionals dedicated to the implementation and effective use of, Building Science Principles in the Construction Industry of Ontario. Our professional Commercial Building Inspectors are dedicated to continually upgrade their knowledge and education by attending professional educational commercial building inspection seminars, conferences and meetings, every year. Our professional commercial building inspector will identify immediate and long-term necessary repairs and provide recommendations for remedial actions and the costs associated with.

Our pre-purchase commercial building inspection includes:
The current condition of the building and its major components including all accessible Structural Frame, Building Envelope, Roofing, Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning & Ventilation, Electrical, Life Safety & Fire Protection, Interior Elements, Site Topography, Storm Water Drainage. Ingress & Egress, Paving, Curbing & Parking, Landscaping & Appurtenances and Utilities(Water, Electricity, Natural Gas)
Remaining useful life of major components, such as roofing and HVAC equipment
Detailed list of deficiencies, including those that require immediate repair and/or replacement
Recommendations for required short term and long term upgrade, repairs or replacement.
Cost estimate for significant items for budgeting purposes
Narrative description of current condition
Estimated remaining useful life of major components

In a triple net lease, the tenant pays the landlord rent, property taxes, fire insurance, and the tenant’s share of maintenance expenses for the property. The cost for future property taxes and fire insurance can be reasonably estimated, But estimating and budgeting for future maintenance costs can be difficult without a professional property condition assessment.

A pre-lease commercial building inspection is really beneficial for both the tenant and the property owner.
Our pre-lease commercial building inspection includes:
Remaining useful life of major components, such as roofing and HVAC equipment
Detailed list of deficiencies, including those that require immediate repair and/or replacement
Recommendations for required short term and long term upgrade, repairs or replacement.
Cost estimate for significant items for budgeting purposes
Narrative description of current condition
Estimated remaining useful life of major components

Our commercial building inspectors are dedicated to help the purchasers of industrial, commercial, institutional and residential buildings with their due diligence to make sound commercial real estate decisions. Our professional commercial building inspectors provide important maintenance advice and follow up support to help first time commercial real estate buyers get acquainted with their new building. We guarantee that our well experienced and qualified commercial building inspectors will give you their very best effort.  Our professional commercial building inspector’s mission is to look out for the best interest of the purchaser by inspecting every commercial building as if we are the ones buying the commercial building. Our professional commercial building inspectors’ commitment to our clients has allowed us to become a leader in the commercial building inspection industry. Our certified professional commercial building inspectors’ experience and reputation sets us apart from all the rest!
For your biggest investment you need building experts!

Professional property condition assessment is our only business. Our commercial building inspector does not perform building repairs or building renovations. Our professional commercial building inspector does not refer clients to specific contractors. Our well experienced, qualified & certified commercial building inspectors have completed several thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional & residential building inspections including  retail commercial strip plazas, apartment buildings, gas stations, industrial warehouses, manufacturing plants, motels, office buildings, restaurants and condominium retail units in Ontario including City of Toronto, Durham Region, Halton Region, Peel Region and York Region (ajax, aurora, bolton, brampton, burlington, etobicoke, maple, markham, milton, mississauga, newmarket, north york, oakville, oshawa, pickering, richmond hill, scarborough, stouffville, toronto, vaughan, uxbridge, whitby, barrie, burlington, bowmanville, cambridge, hamiton, georgetown, guelph, kitchener, kingston, london, peterborough, sarnia, stoneycreek, st catharines, waterloo, windsor and woodbridge). An expert commercial building inspector does not obtain a working knowledge of every system in a commercial property by attending a few days commercial building inspection course, or reading a few commercial building inspection books. It comes from field experience of commercial building inspection and commercial building inspection training. Neither warranties nor insurance policies can take the place of knowledge and experience gained from a hands-on education -- and our well experienced reliable commercial building inspectors have it. Our professional commercial building inspectors have helped thousands of prospective commercial real estate purchasers avoid costly mistakes. Our commercial building inspectors are extremely knowledgeable of Southern Ontario including Ajax, Aurora, Bolton, Brampton, Burlington, Etobicoke, Maple, Markham, Milton, Mississauga, Newmarket, North York, Oakville, Oshawa, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Scarborough, Stouffville, Toronto, Vaughan, Uxbridge, Whitby, Barrie, Burlington, Bowmanville, Cambridge, Hamilton, Georgetown, Guelph, Kitchener, Kingston, London, Milton, Peterborough, Sarnia, Stoneycreek, St Catharines,  Waterloo, Windsor and Woodbridge neighborhood trends and problems over the past years as well as the quality of most properties.

COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL & INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING INSPECTOR FEES
Commercial, industrial and institutional building inspector fees are based on size, age and usage of the building and the report requirements. Property condition assessment by commercial building inspector can be arranged within 24 hours. Commercial Building Inspection report is usually ready within 48 hours after completion of commercial building inspection by our professional commercial building inspector.
Commercial building inspector fee for a commercial building inspection of industrial, commercial, institutional and residential buildings, apartment buildings, commercial strip plazas, gas stations, industrial property, medical centers, hotels, malls, retail stores, shopping centers, farm land, multifamily housing buildings, garages, industrial warehouses, manufacturing plants, motels, office buildings, restaurants and commercial condominium retail units within Southern Ontario (Ajax, Aurora, Brampton, Etobicoke, Markham, Mississauga, Newmarket, Northyork, Oshawa, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Scarborough, Stouffville, Toronto, Vaughan, Whitby, Barrie, Burlington, Bowmanville, Cambridge, Hamilton, Georgetown, Guelph, Kitchener, Kingston, London, Milton, Peterborough, Sarnia, Stoneycreek, St Catharines,  Waterloo, Windsor and Woodbridge) - From $495 plus $70 per 1,000ft²

Additional Components
First Elevator - From $625 - Additional elevators From $245 each
Fire Code Compliance - From $695     Swimming Pool $995

The old adage, "you get what you pay for," has been proven true time and time again. Don't be overly concerned about paying more for a thorough commercial building inspection. We perform a quality oriented commercial building inspection rather than a time and cost limited one. A low cost poor quality commercial building inspection is rarely a bargain. Lot of commercial building buyers think all commercial building inspectors are the same. If you looking for the low priced commercial building inspectors, you will find the inexperienced, not fully qualified commercial building inspectors. To risk getting a poor commercial building inspection on a multi million dollar commercial building by limiting yourself to the cheapest possible commercial building inspector is foolhardy. We offer a thorough commercial building inspection and superior quality narrative commercial building inspection report, not just a check list report of items inspected, at reasonable price! Checklist reports consist number of pages with small check boxes where the commercial building inspector ticks off what he supposedly inspected.  Since there is very little room for written comments in checklist reporting system, inexperienced commercial building inspectors use this type of reporting system due to their limited capacity to provide useful and full information to the commercial building buyer. If a consumer was going to have surgery or buy a new car he would pick the best surgeon or attempt to get the very best vehicle. If you need the best lawyer or doctor to save you from disaster, you will have to pay more. The commercial building purchasers should consider important issues such as the education, training and experience of the commercial building inspector, how much of the commercial building and property are actually inspected, what type of commercial building inspection report will they receive, or how long the commercial building inspectors have been in business. The question consumers should be asking themselves here is: Would they hire a surgeon who has only completed very few surgeries.  To become a good commercial building inspector requires many years of on site commercial building inspections, learning from each and every commercial building inspection. Commercial building inspectors know the value of their experience, reputation, qualifications, talent, attention to detail, the time and detail of the commercial building inspection, the quality of the written commercial building inspection report the extent of consulting and advice that are provided, and charge accordingly. Hiring the best commercial building inspector possible is what you want. If you cannot afford the best commercial building inspector, how will you afford the deficiencies the low cost, inexperienced commercial building inspector fails to report? Do you really want the cheapest, most inexperienced person to inspect the most expensive commercial real estate purchase you will ever make? If the commercial building inspection turns up little wrong with the building, you have bought peace of mind for few hundred dollars! If the commercial building inspection finds serious problems, your commercial building inspection fee could ends up saving you several thousands of dollars.

Our environmental site assessment ESA is acceptable to all commercial lenders and banks in Ontario.

ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT RATES

Phase 1 - Environmental Site Assessment
A thorough environmental analysis of the property and all surrounding uses or conditions, which may carry the risk of contamination or liability and issues arise from past use of chemical, oil tanks, asbestos and other hazards. Assessments have been performed on a range of property types, including gas stations, medium sized industrial operations and multi-tenant commercial plazas.
As described by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), in Standard CAN/CSA-Z768-01, a phase 1 environmental site assessment is a systematic process by which an assessor seeks to determine whether a particular property is subject to actual or potential contamination. The scope of the phase 1 environmental site assessment will consist of the following four principal components of the CSA Standard:                       
Review of historical land use, occupancy records, and aerial photographs.
 Visual assessment of the site and surrounding properties including identification of any liquid or chemical storage, PCBs, ACM, Lead and other designated substances, spills or soil and building contamination and identification of surrounding land use in order to identify possible impacts to the subject site.
Interview with persons having knowledge of past and present site activities.
Evaluation of Information and Reporting
Phase 1 environmental site assessment can be arranged within six to eight business days.   Phase 1 environmental site assessment reports are ready within 5 business days after completion of phase 1 environmental site assessment.
Cost of Phase 1 Environmental Assessment is $2,490

Phase II - Environmental Site Assessment
A phase 2 environmental site assessment (ESA) is an investigation to confirm the presence or absence of contamination on a property. It is accomplished by a sampling and analysis program that may include:
• soil drilling and/or test pitting;
• geophysical analysis;
• surface or groundwater sampling; and
• testing of building materials
Generally, a phase 2 environmental site assessment is required by a lending institution (bank) when potential contamination has been identified on a high-risk property such as gas stations(Petro Canada, Esso, Shell, Ultramar, Husky, Olco, Pioneer), dry cleaners etc, requiring financing.
The potential contamination is often identified through an initial phase 1 environmental site assessment. If contamination is identified, the phase 2 environmental site assessment findings are used to develop options for dealing with the contamination including removing the contamination, managing the contamination  in-place and or monitoring soil and groundwater conditions to ensure the contamination doesn’t worsen. The cost, scope and duration of a phase 2 environmental site assessment are dependent on many factors such as the size and location of the site, the number and type of suspected, contaminants, the type of material to be sampled such as soil, groundwater, etc., the methods used for sample collection and the time required to obtain laboratory results. The turnaround time for a typical phase 2 environmental site assessment is about 3 - 4 weeks. 
Cost of combined Phase 1 & Phase 2 Environmental Assessment is $9,440(Up to 7 Boreholes)

Geotechnical Engineering Evaluation
A Geotechnical Engineering Evaluation will evaluate the subsurface soil conditions at the proposed development to provide appropriate recommendations for site preparation, foundation design, drainage and other design and earthwork construction considerations. We will provide a Geotechnical Engineering Report summarizing site observations of subsoil and groundwater conditions, field and laboratory testing, with our comments and recommendations regarding the foundation conditions, T-time for septic area subsoils, backfilling, slab-on-grade construction, asphalt pavement design, etc. The turnaround time for a typical Phase 2 Environmental Site Assessment and Geotechnical Engineering Evaluation is about 3 to 4 weeks. Our cost of carrying out the Phase 1 & Phase 2 Environmental Site Assessment work and Geo Technical Engineering Evaluation is as follows:
Phase 1 & 2 Environmental Site Assessment and Geotechnical Engineering Evaluation
(Up to 7 Boreholes) $11, 440.^{00+ HST}



Testimonials from Our Clients

“Building Experts Canada Ltd helped many of my clients with realistic overviews of their properties and gave excellent information on what to expect in the years to come.
Selva Vettyvel - Broker of Record - Homelife Future Realty Markham
“Thanks again for the thorough inspection performed and for following up to clarify our concerns”
Ricardo Fiorini Whitby
"Building Inspections Canada Ltd did a great job, finding defects even the seller was unaware of. We highly recommend Building Experts Canada Ltd"
Jack Lin - Scarborough
“Thank you Nalliah for your time, professionalism, attention to detail and sense of humour...’
Giovina Lobozzo - Manager - Member Services - Toronto Board of Trade
“Thank you for your excellent Commercial Building Inspection Report.....”
Paul McCaughey Toronto
"Thank you so much for the thorough inspection of our new property. Many thanks"
Troy Jerome Turgano & Nathalie Ng Tang Fui - North York
“Inspector was personable, honest and thorough, obviously experienced..”
John Gomez Gonzales - Markham
“I always appreciate the prompt service. I get positive feedback from my purchasers about the inspector's performance. I appreciate the inspector's assistance in helping my clients feel confident and at ease they are making a good decision...and if the property does have problems, then so be it...I'd rather they know it now and I'll find them a better one!!..”
Tapan Syed, Re/Max Realtron Markham
“The inspection made my decision to buy the property much more positive….”
Afareen Bahram - Markham
“The service provided by Building Experts Canada Ltd was excellent. The interpersonal skills combined with inspector’s knowledge made this inspection interesting, educational and easy to follow. This honest inspector is seriously conscientious...”
Kuga Sangarapillai – Richmond Hill
“Inspector's thorough inspection and professional honesty help us see the major problems with the property we were ready to buy… “
Ashikin Tarmizi - Scarborough
“I really enjoyed finding out more about my property. The inspection allowed me to budget my maintenance for the next five years. It was very comforting as a first time buyer…”
Ravi Sabaratnam - Aurora
"....Attention to detail, suggested timelines for repair…."
Tapas Sudeep - Mississauga
"My clients were very pleased with the inspections performed for them. They described it as a real education and made the comment that the inspector was very thorough and professional. I appreciate that kind of professionalism…”
Eddie Wing-Yiu Woo, Broker of Record, Homelife GTA Realty, Toronto
“Thorough, knowledgeable very professional inspector. Great narrative inspection report… ”
Rajinder Singh - Vaughan
“Honest, good communication, excellent knowledge base….."
David Fitzpatrick - Ajax
“Ability to make inspection understandable, helpful with additional information…”
Ali Sugal - Brampton
“Everything was explained very well. The inspector was meticulous and professional, extremely friendly and answered our many questions well.”
Xavier Fernando - Stouffville
“I learned so much from the inspection…”
Sushmita Yuvaraj - Whitby
“I really appreciated the time taken to explain certain details and recommendations……”
Arun Jain - Markham
“The inspector was very organized, polite and detail oriented. The inspection was a very enjoyable learning experience..”
Jeyanthi Sriharan – Richmond Hill
“A useful, well articulated onsite education…”
Manish Patel - Aurora
“Inspector was very thorough not only in inspecting everything but pointing out what we needed to know and time limits for repair of deficiencies. Communication skills were great!..”
Jainarine & Devi Persaud – Ajax
“Clean, crisp, professional approach. Very clear presentation. Very personable..”
Cyril Rajanayagam – Pickering
“The most thorough and well explained inspection we have experienced! Great customer service…we love the inspection report. Thanks again Thayaparan for the excellent job!.”
Changaze & Nizaam Rahman - Woodbridge
“We like the sincerity of the building inspector's desire to help us understand what we were buying and we feel the inspector covered everything..”
Tanushri & Krishna Bhanuprasad - Brampton
“Very happy with overall service, the inspector had excellent people skills!..”
Nancy Kingsley - Stouffville
“Nothing was overlooked and everything was noted and discussed. Even if it was something small it was still mentioned…”
Ravi Visvalingam - Scarborough
“Efficient, very thorough, very clear- excellent follow-up with extra info…”
Dr Nazir Akbar Ali - Oakville
“..Exceptional Experience..”
Sam Thiru - Vaughan
"Personally, I would not buy a property or investment without Nalliah Thayabharan inspecting it. Nalliah Thayabharan is extremely experienced and knowledgeable. Nalliah Thayabharan's professionalism and attention to detail is unmatched by any building inspector I have ever used. Results are presented in an unbiased,professional, non-threatening way. Deficiencies are dealt with using a proactive approach. My clients are always satisfied that the inspection was worthwhile, informative, and a positive part of the purchase. Bookings are convenient.  My clients tell me that at the end of the process they feel secure in making a decision whether or not to purchase. Follow up is very good. Even if a client has a question several years after the inspection, they can recommend ways to manage a problem. I shall continue to recommend Building Experts Canada Ltd knowing that my clients will be receiving the best inspection services possible.."
Rizwan Piprawala - Century 21 Titan Realty, Toronto
“Nalliah Thayabharan is painfully thorough, deep attention to detail and patient to explain things. My clients were very pleased with the comprehensive inspection report and welcomed the inspector’s suggestions for improvements.  It was clearly evident that Nalliah Thayabharan has inspected a lot of properties and knows what he is  doing..”
Guillaume Ruhana-Baguma - Homelife Future Realty Brokerage, Markham


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