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Existing Buildings · Asset Investigations

Find out what your building is really doing.

Independent asset investigations, condition surveys and retro-commissioning for existing buildings across Australia. Evidence-based findings, a live defect register and a capex plan you can budget against.

What we investigate

Four investigations that answer four different owner questions.

Most existing-building problems are not mysteries — they are undocumented. We document them, quantify them and hand you something you can act on.

Condition & asset survey

Know what you actually own

  • Room-by-room plant walkdown with photographic evidence
  • Asset register: make, model, capacity, install date, location
  • Condition scoring 1–5 with remaining useful life
  • Prioritised defect and risk log tied to each asset
Retro-commissioning & tuning

Make the plant behave

  • BMS trend log capture and analysis over a representative period
  • Sequence-of-operation verification against the original design intent
  • Simultaneous heating and cooling, override and setpoint drift detection
  • No-cost / low-cost fix list with expected energy and comfort impact
Technical due diligence

Buy with your eyes open

  • Pre-acquisition MEP review of plant, capacity and compliance
  • Capex forecast over 5, 10 and 15 years
  • Compliance gap check — essential services, water systems, fire
  • Independent commentary you can put in front of an investment committee
Defect & failure investigation

Find the actual cause

  • Root-cause investigation of comfort, noise and capacity complaints
  • Water quality and flushing failures on hydronic systems
  • Air balance re-verification where fit-out has changed the system
  • Independent position when contractor and consultant disagree
What you receive

A register, not a report that sits in a drawer.

Every finding lands in the same live portal we use on new-build commissioning, so actions are tracked to closure with dates, owners and evidence attached.

Asset register
Structured, exportable plant register with photos and condition scores.
Prioritised defect schedule
Every finding ranked by risk, cost and urgency — not a photo dump.
Capex plan
Replacement and renewal profile over the next 15 years.
Tuning report
BMS findings, corrective actions and measured before/after performance.
NABERS improvement pathway
What the building has to do to move a half star.
Live portal access
Findings tracked to closure in the same portal we run new-build projects in.
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How an investigation runs

Five steps, typically four to eight weeks.

01

Scope & data pack

We agree the asset boundary, collect drawings, O&Ms, BMS access and maintenance history.

02

Site investigation

Walkdown, plant inspection, spot measurements and photographic capture, floor by floor.

03

Analysis

Trend data, condition scoring and compliance review are consolidated against the design intent.

04

Report & register

You receive the register, defect schedule, capex plan and a prioritised action list.

05

Close the loop

Optional: we manage the corrective works and re-verify performance after the fixes land.

Not sure which investigation you need?

Tell us the symptom — energy, comfort, compliance or capex — and we will scope the right level of investigation.

Request an investigation scope