CCPIA Articles - Certified Commercial Property Inspectors Association

Fire Door Inspection

Many buildings, including schools, high-rises, health care facilities, hospitals, churches, office buildings, factories, and warehouses are likely to have fire doors. Should a fire occur, the health, safety, and welfare of building occupants and emergency responders depend on the regular inspection of fire doors. The goal of a commercial fire door inspection is to provide…

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Commercial Infrared Scanning and Energy Audits

Thermal imaging, also referred to as infrared scanning and thermography, is used by many energy auditors. It is a technology that allows commercial building and property inspectors to show clients things about a building that no one can show using other inspection methods. Thermal imaging produces images of invisible heat energy emitted from objects and…

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Commercial Property: Buy or Rent?

So, you’ve moved your business from your home into a retail or commercial space, but now you’re stuck paying rent. Frustrating as it may seem, it may be in your best interests to continue paying for the right to use someone else’s space and let them deal with the headaches involved in ownership. Or, maybe the…

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Commercial Office Checklist

Once you’ve made the decision to move your home office into a commercial space (and have already secured a location – see our other article on Renting Versus Buying), you’ll need to make a to-do and to-buy list in order to make your new office functional, with little lost time for productivity.  It will take two…

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