TECHNICAL DUE DILIGENCE SERVICE
Your Challenges
Risk
The need to understand the risks of illegal activities in buildings (which may threaten the very existence of the business depending on the scale of the risk)
Compliance
Social demands for strengthening compliance
Maintenance
“The owner, manager, or occupant of a building must make efforts to maintain the site, structure, and building equipment of the building in a lawful state at all times.”- Building Standards Act
Change of Use
Even for repairs involving changes of use or tenant replacement that do not require a confirmation application, it is necessary to ensure compliance with the law.
Expansion/Renovation
Confirmation of the existing state of legal compliance is needed as a basis for determining whether it is an expansion/renovation or a rebuilding.
High-Expertise Support Across Construction Lifecycle
Stage I : Design
- Building Conformity Assessment
- Housing Quality Assurance
- Structural Assessment and Calculation
- Building Energy Consumption Performance Conformity Assessment
- LEED
- CASBEE
WELL - Seismic Evaluation, etc
Stage II : Construction
- Temporary use Assessment
- Quality Assistance Technical Audit
- Quality Assurance Inspection
- Certificate of Conformity, etc
Stage III : Operation
- Building Standards Compliance Status Survey
- BELS
- Building Periodic Inspection
- Non-structural member seismic inspection
- Outer wall percussion investigation
- Building Deterioration Diagnosis, etc
Stage IV : Transaction
- Technical due Diligence
- Building Standards Compliance Status Survey
- Building Deterioration Diagnosis, etc
Technical Due Diligence - Survey details
| Items | Overview |
|---|---|
| Building Condition Survey | Confirm the building's usage, deterioration status, etc. through documentation review and on-site inspection. |
| Legal Compliance Survey | Assess compliance with building regulations by reviewing legal procedures, documents, and completion status. Conduct site inspections to verify current conditions and identify potential violations or non-conformities. |
| Repair and Renewal Cost | Calculate costs to restore deteriorated building components, parts, or equipment to current usable condition, and replace construction materials and equipment with new ones. |
| Replacement Cost | Estimate the total cost required to reconstruct the subject building, including construction and equipment, at the present time. |
| Building Environmental Risk Survey (Asbestos, etc.) | Survey for environmental issues from the perspective of the building's current use. |
| Soil Contamination Risk Survey (Phase 1 and beyond) | Survey for the potential presence of soil contamination. |
| Earthquake Risk Survey (PML) | PML is an indicator estimating earthquake damage extent based on construction costs. Higher PML values indicate higher expected losses, while lower values suggest lower losses. |
Why choose Bureau Veritas?
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
High technical expertise and high-quality surveys
- Track record as the second-largest building inspection body in Japan
- Many first-class certified architects and building conformity assessors on staff
- Flexible audit duration and timing tailored to building types and usage conditions
- Experience serving domestic and international companies
50 architecture-related seminars (2023 results)
Book authorship, contributions to industry publications
Qualified Professionals*
First-Class Certified Architects: 136 Building Code Compliance Assessors: 107 Structural Calculation Conformity Assessors: 12
* As of August 2024
SPEEDY RESPONSE
NETWORK AND TRACK RECORD
- Nationwide deployment of extensively trained inspectors
- Ability to conduct simultaneous investigations for multiple properties
Document Download
Technical Due Diligence Service presentation (PDF)
Contact Us
Tokyo Shinbashi Office
A-PLACE Shinbashi 5F, 4-11-1 Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004
TEL: 03-6402-5977 FAX: 03-3434-1131
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