National Inspection Services provides professional building inspections to ensure a property's safety and structural integrity. To date, our engineers and technicians have completed more than 85,000 inspections and written reports.

When repairs are necessary, our reports note repair estimates, which in turn helps buyers negotiate a fair purchase price. Even when our inspectors find no significant problems, buyers, sellers and lenders alike appreciate the peace of mind and financial protection a thorough building inspection offers.

National Inspection Services engineers are appropriately licensed to provide structural engineering reports per any conceivable jurisdictional requirements. We will carefully examine all structural elements of your property -- comparing blueprints to existing construction when necessary -- and detail their condition in a comprehensive report.

When appropriate, our structural engineering analyses also audit geotechnical conditions on the property, such as water and soil instability, that can compromise structural integrity. When such conditions exist, our structural engineering reports also recommend remedial actions.

Environmental hazards liability is the biggest financial risk associated with commercial property ownership today. With this in mind, buyers, sellers, and even lenders must prudently assess a property's environmental condition prior to purchase. A thorough audit not only helps determine fair market value at the negotiation table, but protects innocent parties from clean-up and damage costs. It also ensures environmental safety for those who will live or work on the property.

National Inspection Services' personnel are fully trained in records management research associated with property transfer assessments, and all technicians and laboratory procedures are fully accredited.

We provide clients with three levels of environmental analysis:

A comprehensive check of federal and state regulatory records; county, fire department, health department and city records; and site surveys and interviews, a Phase I audit determines if there is a reason to believe a property has been exposed to hazardous waste or other environmental contaminants. When necessary, a Phase I audit also directs specific chemical soil analyses, eliminating the need for expensive random soil testing.

When a Phase I audit uncovers potential hazards, a Phase II audit determines the scope of these problems and recommends remedial action. Phase II testing may include soil borings and analyses, chemical contaminant measurements (such as asbestos, radon, formaldehyde) and groundwater well monitoring.

Phase III audits involve additional detailed site evaluation for proper design and implementation of remedial action. Once site characterization reports have been completed and submitted to regulatory agencies for approval, the site may require clean-up and hazardous materials removal and disposal.

In addition to a comprehensive range of building inspection services, National Inspection Services is also able to provide consultative services to commercial clients:

We frequently assist our clients by evaluating their conceptual plans. Because we have inspected many other commercial constructions, we know which structural designs work well and which don't.

We act as owner advocates in eminent domain cases. We can help you establish a fair value for your property and procure reimbursement for relocation expenses.

Because we thoroughly understand governmental and lender property loan requirements, we can complete a financial feasibility study for you based on the market value and condition of a property.

National Inspection Services provides professional market appraisals for lender requirements.

On new construction projects, National Inspection Services represents purchasers by overseeing contractors, reviewing change orders and providing objective construction reportstypically for a fraction of an architect's fees for the same service. Moreover, our construction inspections are detailed and thorough; we go far beyond surface inspections required and completed by municipal authorities.

National Inspection Services also manages construction projects by acting as a surrogate contractor. In such instances, to eliminate a conflict of interest, we recommend other building inspection services.

Should your company decide to relocate, National Inspection Services can assist with the inspection and utilization analysis of the prospective new location, as well as facilitation and implementation of your move.

We help owners determine the most appropriate and efficient uses for their commercial properties.

National Inspection Services professionals can provide effective expert witness services for plaintiffs or defendants in real estate litigation. As always, National Inspection Services handles its clients' needs from beginning to end. We will complete an initial inspection of the property in question, provide support for settlement negotiations, render depositions and testify confidently and lucidly in court.

Mr. William Warren, president of National Inspection Services, is an accomplished author, expert witness and building inspection pioneer. Mr. Warren enjoys a reputation as the industry's most published and most recognized leader.