NON-DESTRUCTIVE
TESTING OF ROOF AND BUILDING
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
Omega Southwest Consulting has
projected its sights to the
future and has actively pursued
means for better assisting its
clients in effectively
identifying causes of
moisture problems that
ultimately result in mold growth
and moisture damage to building
components. Thermal imaging has
only recently been found useful
in performing non-destructive
testing within the building
sciences. Destructive testing is
no longer the sole means for
locating moisture sources. Our
principal is a Certified Level
II thermographer with AutoCAD
expertise for identifying
problem sites on architectural
drawings.
The structural integrity of buildings
may be compromised in newly constructed
buildings as well as older building. The
cause may be due to any of a number of
failures, or it may be multiple causes.
They may be
the result of poor construction methods,
inadequate/poor architectural design,
plumbing failures, poorly
designed/installed/maintained HVAC
systems, and generally poor workmanship. Design vs. Construction Controversy
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Architects, interior designers, general
contractors, building trades, and
building maintenance may all acknowledge
a moisture problem, but the “cause and
source” remains unclear. Who is the
ultimate responsible party? And who is
going to pay the price for rectifying
the problem? The cost can be in the
hundreds and thousands of dollars,
approaching the hundreds of thousands of
dollars in commercial
buildings.
Oftentimes, expensive engineers and
building experts speculate, investigate,
and perform destructive testing of the
building components in an effort to
properly identify the cause and source.
This process not only bears a costly
price tag, but it is time consuming and
involves considerable destructive
testing. Additionally, the price tag
escalates over monetary costs in terms
of time, bad customer relations,
discontented building occupants,
strained relations between all parties
concerned, and possibly bad press.
