CONSULTING SERVICES
TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Our expert consultants at Zero45 have trained through the Dale Carnegie program to reduce and resolve conflict. Using proven techniques of home consultation service and building consultation service, we can bring both parties to the table and listen to their grievance.
Associate consulting members have the skill and tenacity to investigate deeply into the supplied information of both parties. If the dispute is over blueprints, specifications, verbal communications, or financial matters, our building consultation service in the new building consultation service can find a reasonable recommendation in Calgary, Alberta.
If both parties are willing to sign a non-binding agreement and allow Zero45 Consulting to delve into the issues, 9 times out of 10 an agreeable recommendation can be found. The signees agree to follow the recommendations laid out by the mitigator home consultants and the process can be much less painful than the legal path.
Consulting rates for this mitigation service are surprisingly reasonable and can be shared by both parties.
PROFESSIONAL BUILDING FRAMING CONSULTANTS
Our professional framing home consultants help clients design, measure, and calculate the materials needed for their picture frames. At Zero45 Consulting, we have specially trained experts who help you in all your building framing consultations. The framing practices are usually developed through trial and error. In Alberta, you don't require a journeyman ticket to be framers so framing practices are learned onsite. I am a Journeyman Carpenter dating back to 1989 and I did not learn a great deal about residential framing while in trades school.
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As I progressed through my career, I learned the logic and science behind framing. I also learned lumber-conserving strategies. I have stick-framed several million square feet of buildings. I have owned and operated a wall plant. I have researched at bought the best software for wall plant layouts. This experience in new building consultation, groundwater consulting, and building framing consultation has equipped me to implement efficient and sustainable farming practices in construction projects. I have learned about “Green” builds and have 'built green'. I understand framing strategies from both the perspective of the framing contractor on site and the owners. I believe Zero45 Consulting can help reduce lumber waste. As a home consultant, Zero45 Consulting is poised to significantly diminish lumber waste through innovative solutions in building consultation.
Zero45 Consulting, a home consultant and building framing consultant, can teach the best lumber conserving strategies with consultation services. We do so much more than ‘frame checks’ and ‘framing inspections. Our expert home consultants offer genuine framing consulting and home consultation services to ensure your build is the best possible product. Precise framing sets the tone for a great house.
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Framing is often hidden behind the walls and an ‘it doesn’t matter’ attitude can be too often prevalent in the framing world. This has led to a generation of wood butchers that slap up houses as quickly as possible and have little concern for quality control or quality assurance. I teach quality framing is the signature of a framer’s craft and can lead to more referrals and more contracts. As a building framing consultation, Zero45 Consulting is positioned to significantly reduce lumber waste through innovative solutions.
ENVELOPE CONSULTING SERVICE
My experience as a Home Inspector and Project Manager has revealed a surprising number of relatively new builds that have water infiltration issues. Primarily around doors, windows, decks, and mechanical penetrations. Regardless of the finish of the building, it is astonishing how many show evidence of water infiltration after only a few years. This experience underscores the need for proactive building consultation services to address these issues early, ensuring the longevity and integrity of residential constructions. If it remains uncorrected, this can lead to thousands of dollars in damage. As building consultants, addressing and remedying these infiltration challenges is crucial to preserving both structural integrity and financial stability for homeowners and developers alike
The material and the workmanship are the primary issues. During the new building consultation, demonstrating to contractors what products to use and teaching trades how to properly wrap a building can greatly reduce water infiltration issues.
It has been a frequent practice to ‘face seal’ door and window installation. This is a dated practice, modern technology, and building consultation services have proven a rain-screen approach is more successful. That said, getting framers and house wrap professionals to ‘buy-in’ can be a challenge.
At Zero45 Consulting, we use our construction experience and clear concise communication with the help of home consultation service to show the trades new proven practices that can reduce water infiltration and the associated issues.
GROUNDWATER CONSULTING
While attending the University of Lethbridge, I became a member of the Water Institute. In and around Lethbridge several serious coulee wall failures were threatening residential properties. The Institute was tasked to determine the cause and possible solution to the slumping of coulee walls. These walls had been stable for hundreds of years and were failing. This experience influenced my perspective on new building consulting, emphasizing the importance of proactive measures to ensure the long-term stability of construction projects. Collaborating with professors in the Institute, we undertook an extensive multi-faceted study. I was fortunate to be part of this study and as a part of the project, I wrote a paper titled Rising Urban Groundwater (RUG). This experience was pivotal in shaping my expertise in groundwater consulting.
The premise was groundwater was rising due to human activities. Overwatering, water main breaks, leaking man-made lakes, and other sources of water were charging the groundwater system faster than it could be absorbed into deeper depths. The increased quantity of groundwater would then move laterally until reaching the coulee walls. The liquefaction of the soils and increased weight of the water would cause catastrophic failures to the slopes. This scenario underscores the critical role of building consultation in mitigating such risks through informed planning and water management strategies.
It was determined that the slope failures would occur between 25-40 years following major urban development. The rising groundwater would rise to critical depths and threaten slope stability and properties.
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After graduating from university, I applied my knowledge in groundwater consulting to practical use. Entire neighborhoods of older homes could have groundwater only a few feet below the surface. This could cause chronic water issues in basements. Newer homes with fully functioning weeping tile and sump pumps keep RUG at bay. Even so, the groundwater could be only inches below the foundations. Any major rain event or even leaving a hose running could cause water infiltration.
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There are solutions to RUG. Our groundwater consulting experts at Zero45 Consulting can use education, experience, and expertise to advise new builds and existing homes on how to lower the water table and stabilize foundations. Contact us now.
