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How the assessment scales
Start free: inspection report on select buildings.
A no-cost inspection of a representative set of buildings on the property, producing the same report our paying clients receive: elevation survey, visual analysis, topographical mapping, and supporting analysis of foundation performance. Enough signal to know whether the asset has a structural story, before you spend a dollar.
Scale paid: property-wide inspection.
When the deal or the findings justify covering more buildings, the paid property inspection extends the analysis at the scope you choose.
Type A report: full analysis.
The complete workup per building: elevation survey, visual analysis, topographical mapping, and full foundation performance analysis, for the buildings where depth matters.
Type B report: overview analysis.
Exterior visual review, common-factor assessment, and overview analysis, the efficient read for screening large properties or lower-concern buildings.
Many engagements mix them: Type A on the buildings the free inspection flagged, Type B across the rest. A structural engineer's review and report can be added for verification where the deal file requires it.
What acquisition teams receive
All of it supplements your broader property condition assessment rather than replacing it: we cover the foundation and structural picture in depth; your PCA covers the rest of the asset.
Why a foundation-specific review
General property condition reports flag foundation symptoms; they rarely diagnose them. In North Texas, expansive clay makes the difference between cosmetic settlement and progressive movement a soil-and-drainage question, and pricing that wrong on a multifamily portfolio is expensive in either direction. Cardinal has completed multifamily foundation repairs in Carrollton, Lewisville, Baytown, and Austin, documented in our project records, and a licensed Professional Engineer co-owns the company.
Timing
Multifamily and private equity budget cycles concentrate in August through October. Free select-building inspections scheduled ahead of that window feed your capital plan instead of trailing it.
Cardinal performs this work across Dallas-Fort Worth, with larger commercial and specialty projects statewide.
Frequently asked questions
Same components, on a select number of buildings: elevation survey, visual analysis, topographical map, and performance analysis. The paid tiers extend coverage, not quality.
Type A where you need full per-building depth; Type B where an exterior and common-factor overview answers the question. The free inspection findings usually make the split obvious.
No. It is a foundation and structural due diligence review built to supplement a PCA with discipline-depth the PCA does not provide.
Yes. Select-building inspections schedule fast, and report timelines are confirmed at engagement so they land inside your window.
Start with an engineer
Tell us about your property and we'll schedule a free, no-obligation inspection. Your request routes to the right team: commercial, residential, or new construction.