EMG (now Bureau Veritas Technical Assessments)

Bureau Veritas is a testing, inspection and certification company whose North American asset management group performs building due diligence and facility assessments for property owners and investors.

Its due diligence menu covers property condition assessments, Phase I environmental site assessments, Green PCAs, site condition surveys, site investigation reports and seismic risk assessments. Asset management work covers facility condition assessments, equipment inventory and tagging, preventive maintenance programs, ADA assessments and consulting, and feasibility studies. Expanded services include roof assessments, water intrusion assessments, storm assessment restoration, fuel system inspections and construction services.

The group frames its output around capital planning: understanding building system life cycles, producing defensible capital plans, benchmarking with a Facility Condition Index, setting out regular maintenance requirements, identifying potential safety hazards and flagging energy conservation opportunities. In North America, Bureau Veritas also handles building code compliance, special inspections including in New York City, and vertical transportation equipment.

Bureau Veritas was created in 1828 and reports more than 83,000 employees in more than 1,600 offices and laboratories around the globe, serving 400,000 clients. Report fees are not published and the crawled site does not carry the legacy EMG branding, so confirm which Bureau Veritas entity and local office would perform your assessment, what scope and ASTM standard the report follows, and the turnaround time.