Community Association Community Association Services Services

for for FirstService ResidentialFirstService Residential

Presented by Criterium EngineersPresented by Criterium EngineersApril 2015April 2015

Today’s Objective

To leave you with some new ideas and useful information

Potential Workshop Topics

• Reserve Studies: Possible Pitfalls• Repair, Replace or Renovate?• Timing and Logistics of Reserves• Putting the Pieces Together: Realtor Relationships

and Their Roles in Community Associations• Reserve Fun, Funds, Funding and Funding in a

Crisis

Who Is Criterium Engineers?

• Our website:http://criterium-association-services.com

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Who Is Criterium Engineers?

• Celebrating 55 years assisting our clients to continually ‘raise the bar’ for Quality and Professionalism on projects nationwide.

• We have evaluated more than 600,000 buildings of nearly every type, form and function

• Consisting of both existing and new structures• Including thousands of reserve studies

Who Is Criterium Engineers?

• A 55 year old International Organization• 45 Office located within 31 states• 1 office in Canada• Office in Phoenix

Criterium Engineers processes the hands-on knowledge, skills and experience to add value to YOUR project

right from the start…

Who Is Criterium Engineers?

• Nearly 140 licensed, Professional Engineers• We are “practical” engineers• Most offer more than 20 years’ experience• Many have served as experts in construction disputes

and defect litigation• All have field experience

Who Is Criterium Engineers?

• CAI Member for more than 20 years Presidents Club

• Reserve Specialists Completed thousands of reserve studies

• Experience with FirstService Residential

Your items of interest

Issue

• Deferred maintenance plans• How to maintain common elements to get

the most useful life

Our Response

• Preventive maintenance • Proactive planning• Understanding how common elements age• What products/components withstand aging

well• Reserve studies completed by individuals

knowledgeable with region

Our Response

• Estimated useful life, remaining life and optimal maintenance frequency should be specific to the region/climate

• Enhanced reserve study– In kind versus upgrade

Issue

• Frequently neglected common elements

Our Response

• Painting• Wood balcony structures• Flat roofs• Water intrusion• Site drainage

Issue

• Shifting of common area block walls, remediation?

Our Response

• Depends on the extent of shifting and subsidence

• Normal aging deserves good maintenance• Signs of movement requires evaluation by

licensed professional

Issue

• Erosion

Our Response

• Action depends on severity• Is it structurally significant?• We recognize it is common and typically a

professional is needed

Issue

• Retention areas that no longer drain properly due to settling of soil.

• Culverts higher than retention area. • Can associations make changes to retention

areas without contacting authorities?

Our Response

• Regulations require civil or geotechnical Professional Engineer to make major changes to association retention/detention areas.

• For most work, only proper design docs, signed and sealed by a design professional, would be acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.

Questions?

Thanks!