We help maximize your property’s value by identifying key issues and providing custom solutions. Our architectural and engineering professionals create due diligence solutions backed by years of design and field oversight experience. With both your short- and long-term goals in mind, our multidisciplinary teams can provide you with detailed opinions as well as uncover deferred maintenance issues and defects that often elude more general assessments or walk-throughs. Each building is a unique project that requires a custom set of services. Rimkus does not provide out-of-the-box solutions; we provide a comprehensive plan that meets your project needs, budget, and scope. Our team includes registered architects, professional engineers, and construction specialists. Our specialty assessments include:

• Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing (MEP)
• Fire and Life-Safety Systems
• Structural
• Seismic
• Exterior Cladding/Facade
• Roofing
• Vertical Transportation
• Fair Housing (FHAA) and ADA
• Wood-Destroying Organisms
• BOMA Building Area Calculation
• Public Records and Zoning Report

“Our architects and engineers provide detailed opinions and uncover deferred maintenance issues that can elude more general assessments.”

We help protect asset value with comprehensive environmental risk assessment and creative problem solving. Rimkus exceeds industry standards for environmental assessments, including ASTM E1527, Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process (Phase I ESAs). Our Phase I ESA services include the following assessments:

• Detailed Site Inspection
• Regulatory Database, Aerial Photograph, and Historical Map Reviews
• Interviews with Persons Knowledgeable of the Site
• Evaluation of Risks of Neighboring Properties
• Review of Previous Site Evaluations or Other Reports
• Presentation of Reasonable Conclusions and Opinions

Our environmental professionals are experienced in meeting the requirements of major lending institutions, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and investment banks and can accommodate any project-specific scope requirements you may have. We present reasonable and practicable consulting solutions to help you achieve project goals. From quantifying liabilities before a property is acquired to addressing issues before a divestiture to prevent devaluation and the attachment of future liability, Rimkus supports you throughout each transaction. If a Phase I ESA identifies a recognized environmental condition, our environmental professionals can initiate a site investigation or “Phase II.” This may include a sampling and analysis plan, additional data collection, and subsurface investigation. Rimkus applies rigorous standards to the development of the Phase II scope of work. An emphasis on proper data collection methodologies helps to ensure regulatory compliance and acceptance. A Rimkus site investigation includes, among other services, the following assessments:

• Soil and Groundwater
• Soil Gas/Vapor
• Lead-Based Paint
• Water Potability and Indoor Air Quality/Mold
• Asbestos
• Radon
• Geophysical Surveying
• PCB/Metals Wipe

“Our environmental professionals are experienced in meeting the requirements of major lending institutions and investment banks.”

Rimkus engineers are seismic risk experts and key seismic policy advisors. Rimkus’s structural engineers have conducted thousands of seismic risk assessments of commercial properties in the seismically active regions of North and South America and the U.S. Virgin Island Territories. Our team is fully qualified under the updated E2016-16 and E2557-16 ASTM standards, and has 30+ years of seismic risk expertise, including transactional seismic risk assessment reports in conformance with:

• ASTM E2026-16 (Standard Guide for Seismic Risk Assessment of Buildings)
• ASTM E2557-16 (Standard Practice for Probable Maximum Loss PML Evaluations for Earthquake Due Diligence Assessments)

Our seismic risk consulting services include:

• Level 0 — Desktop Investigations
• Level 1 — Engineering Investigations for Lenders and Owners
• Level 2 and 3 — Sophisticated Structural Analysis with Conceptual Seismic Retrofit Schematic Design
• Tier 1 and 2 Seismic Evaluatoins Using the American Society of Civil Engineers National Standard ASCE 41-13 (Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings)
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Agency Seismic Reports
• Acquisition Seismic Due Diligence
• Disposition Seismic Due Diligence
• Structural Condition Assessments and Remediation Design
• HUD MAP Guide Multifamily Seismic Risk Evaluations Using ASCE 41-13
• U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and California Department of General Services (DGS) Government Tenants/Owners

“Our structural engineers have conducted seismic risk assessments throughout North and South America and the U.S. Virgin Island Territories.”

We offer a diverse range of scientific natural resource consulting expertise. Our priority is to build strong, lasting relationships with our clients and act as their advocate by identifying issues long before they become costly problems. Our commitment to this principle has helped our clients avoid unnecessary delays with their projects. We have a highly experienced and educated team of natural resource consulting professionals. Being true experts in the markets we serve allows us a unique perspective to find the most practical, cost-effective solutions to project challenges. Services Include:

• Waters of the U.S. and State Water Assessments and Delineations:
  • Preliminary Wetland and “Buffered” State Water Assessments
  • Wetland Identification, Delineation, and GPS Mapping
  • Federal, State, and Local Issuing Authority Coordination and Negotiation
  • GPS Mapping Services - Trimble Pro GeoExplorer, ArcGIS, and AutoCAD Capabilities
• Federal, State, and Local Permitting Services:
  • Federal Section 404 CWA Individual and Nationwide Permit Preparation, Planning, and Negotiating
  • Threatened and Endangered Flora and Fauna Species Assessments - Terrestrial and Aquatic
  • State and Local Riparian Stream Buffer Encroachment Variance Preparation, Planning, and Negotiating
• Baseline Pond, Lake, and Watershed Assessments:
  • Sediment Discharge and Loading Evaluations (Baseline, During, and Post-Construction Evaluations)
  • Sediment Discharge - Remediation Evaluation, Planning, and Permitting
• Mitigation Planning Services:
  • Mitigation Banking, Planning, and Negotiating
  • Wetland Restoration, Enhancement, and Monitoring
  • Stream Bank Stabilization, Restoration, and Design