We Determine the Truth and Resolve Your Plumbing and HVAC Issues
Our team is our advantage. Our expert team of licensed mechanical, materials, and structural engineers provides a wide variety of services for plumbing and HVAC systems in multi-family and commercial buildings—from life expectancy assessments and reserve studies to failure analysis and design. We determine the truth about your systems, and we’ll be with you every step of the way to help resolve your plumbing and HVAC issues.
System Assessment and Root Cause Analysis
We provide a full range of plumbing and HVAC services, including root cause analysis of failed system components, system condition assessments, life expectancy assessments, reserve studies, system design and modification, scope of repair documentation, and high-risk component surveys. Our inspectors adapt to the problem at hand while staying up-to-date with current codes and procedures to ensure the highest quality product possible.
- Reserve studies
- High risk component studies
- As-built creation
- Scope of repair
- Design and remediation solutions
- Repipe management and quality control
- Owner's representation and management
Whether your plumbing or HVAC system needs extensive repairs or a system-wide upgrade, we have the knowledge and experience to help. Acting as the owner’s representative, we work closely with owners, contractors, and subcontractors to determine the critical path of the project, meet the proposed scope, and ensure the system is implemented according to design.
Forensic Inspection
If you are preparing for or are actively involved in a lawsuit, we have the knowledge and experience to support you. Our mechanical and materials experts have over 100 collective years of forensic experience and have provided evidence for more than 200 trials and depositions, including hundreds of construction water leak cases and over 100 HVAC cases. Our expertise makes us the ideal choice for any forensic plumbing or HVAC failure case.
About Us
Our team is our advantage. Our support team of expert mechanical, structural, materials, metallurgical, corrosion, architects, construction administrators and technicians sets us apart. We pride ourselves on effective communication, and we work closely with our clients every step of the way to ensure they are fully satisfied with the answers and solutions we provide.
Our Capabilities
- System condition / life expectancy assessment
- Reserve studies
- High risk component studies
- Root cause analysis and troubleshooting
- As-built creation
- Scope of repair development
- Plumbing and HVAC design and remediation solutions
- Owner’s consultant and representative services
- Repipe management
- Quality control inspection and oversight
- Forensic expert witness testimony
- Materials failure analysis
Experts and Associates
Brad is a well-rounded mechanical engineer, focusing his efforts in the areas of plumbing and HVAC system and forensics. Brad’s experience includes failure analysis, process engineering, corrosion engineering, product design, scope of repair for plumbing and HVAC.
Sam Horejsi holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Eastern Washington University. Having worked in construction, Sam is well versed in the construction process, best practices and building codes.
Serving Clients Across a Variety of Specialties
At KE|AD, we are dedicated to providing expert services in building diagnostics and repair, condition assessment, and expert witness consulting, focusing on architecture, construction, building enclosures, and building systems. The firm’s primary mission is to offer professional and technically rigorous engineering, architectural and management services, emphasizing thorough investigation and effective problem solving.
Our staff of architects, engineers and construction administrators lend their range of specialties and deep expertise to each aspect of a building or system, identifying and analyzing failures in order to help represent our clients well and help build new, better, more efficient, and safer systems.
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