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SB Thomas & Associates

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1 - 10 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏗️ Construction

Consulting • Logistics • Construction

SB Thomas & Associates is a construction management firm that specializes in transportation construction inspection and facility condition assessments. The company offers a unique perspective, focusing solely on construction management, which enables them to effectively collaborate with builders and facility managers. They coordinate various stakeholders including architects, engineers, general contractors, and specialized contractors to ensure successful project completion from concept to closeout.

📋 Description

• Conduct visual assessments of multifamily housing, schools, commercial buildings, public facilities, and other real property • Evaluate observable conditions involving sites, structures, roofing, building envelopes, interiors, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, accessibility, and life-safety systems • Identify deficiencies, deferred maintenance, repair needs, and anticipated capital-replacement requirements • Record building components, quantities, age, condition, and remaining useful life • Take clear, organized, and accurately labeled photographs • Enter field observations into tablet-based, mobile, spreadsheet, or web-based assessment systems • Support Facility Condition Assessments, Property Condition Assessments, Property Needs Assessments, PCNAs, CNAs, and capital-planning assignments • Complete assigned fieldwork and submit required documentation within established deadlines • Respond promptly to quality-control questions and requests for clarification • Communicate access, safety, scheduling, or field-condition concerns • Maintain professional communication with clients, property managers, residents, school personnel, and project representatives

🎯 Requirements

• Paid experience or completed professional training in residential home inspection, commercial property inspection, property or facility condition assessments, property needs assessments, capital-needs assessments, construction inspection, building-system inspection, facilities maintenance, building operations, construction, renovation, architecture, engineering technology, building science, or a skilled building trade • Ability to identify and document observable building deficiencies • Strong organizational, field-note, photography, and written-communication skills • Experience using or ability to learn tablet-based and mobile inspection systems • Ability to work independently and meet project deadlines • Valid driver’s license • Reliable transportation to and from airports or project locations when required • Ability and willingness to travel nationwide up to 100% of the time while assigned • Ability to remain away from home for consecutive weeks when required • Ability to provide a completed Form W-9 • Commercial general liability or business insurance with minimum coverage of $1,000,000 • Automobile liability insurance with minimum coverage of $1,000,000 • Ability to provide current certificates of insurance before receiving an assignment • Ability to satisfy project-specific background, site-access, or security requirements • Preferred: experience completing FCAs, PCAs, PNAs, PCNAs, CNAs, or capital-planning assessments • Preferred: experience inspecting multifamily housing, schools, institutional buildings, commercial properties, or public facilities • Preferred: experience performing contract work for property-assessment, engineering, inspection, real-estate consulting, or facility-management companies • Preferred: familiarity with ASTM E2018 • Preferred: familiarity with RSMeans or another recognized construction-cost database • Preferred: experience estimating component age, remaining useful life, quantities, and anticipated replacement needs • Preferred: home inspector license, commercial inspector certification, ICC certification, OSHA training, construction-management credential, engineering or architectural background, or another relevant credential • Preferred: ability to mobilize with limited notice and current availability for nationwide project work

🏖️ Benefits

• Project-based compensation may be structured as an hourly rate, daily rate, per-site amount, or other mutually agreed project-based fee • Travel arrangements and reimbursable expenses communicated before assignment acceptance • Ability to accept or decline individual assignments • Flexible project-based work with varying assignment amount, duration, and frequency