Assistance for Building Façade Assessment

Building owners need to routinely assess the condition of their building façades for many reasons, including compliance with façade inspection ordinances, to check for deterioration, to monitor known deterioration, and to plan for maintenance and capital repairs. Traditional methods for façade inspection include ground-based visual observations and hands-on inspection using various means of access, which both have limitations. Access to building façades for hands-on inspection can range from straightforward to very complex. The more complexity involved in accessing the façade, the higher the costs, and the less likely that building owners will routinely assess the conditions of their building façades, potentially allowing deterioration to occur unchecked. …