Commercial Building Engineering Services

We know buildings and we understand business.

At Criterium-Dotson Engineers, we never forget that business owners often own buildings too. Our commercial engineering services for commercial real estate properties and transactions, environmental solutions, facility management, and capital planning help our clients across the region build equity, maximize profits, and protect the people who live and work in their properties every day.

We aren’t just Professional Engineers. We’re successful entrepreneurs serving real estate investment trusts, corporate real estate owners and managers, financial institutions, insurance companies, and government enterprises across the United States and Canada. We know you need an engineering firm specializing in all building systems, providing the full spectrum of engineering services, while responding quickly to your questions and concerns with real solutions to your challenges.

We are affiliated with Criterium Engineers national network of over 40 offices employing more than 100 experienced, licensed, Professional Engineers eager to help your company succeed. Since 1957, Criterium Engineers has evaluated more than 850,000 buildings across the U.S. and Canada. From Class A offices to historic retrofits, from large shopping malls to strip centers, condominiums to corner apartments, motels to resort hotels, warehouses, mobile home parks, nursing homes, and hospitals.  We’ve seen it all. We’ve set the standard for clear communication, customer service, and excellence in engineering along the way. And we want to be your consulting engineering firm of choice.

Commercial Engineering Services – Put the power of our years of engineering experience to work for you:

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ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS (ESA)

Regulations vary from region to region, and our national network of engineers understands them all. We provide commercial due diligence and limit your liability through rigorous Phase I Environmental Site Assessment studies in the ASTM Standard 1527 format. We can tailor the scope of our environmental site assessment to any site or situation.

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PROPERTY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS (PCA)

Criterium-Dotson Engineers designs each property condition assessment report to provide real estate due diligence exceeding ASTM 2018 standards while speaking in plain language to each customer’s unique needs. With Criterium-Dotson Engineers by your side, you can invest with confidence.

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CAPITAL NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND MAINTENANCE PLANNING

Let our licensed, Professional Engineers show how to plan ahead to maximize your profits. Our detailed maintenance plans will extend the useful life of your building assets by helping you understand your repair and replacement costs over a 20-year period.

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COST SEGREGATION STUDIES

Our recommendations will help you reduce your taxes and improve your building’s cash flow. Accurate cost estimates from an engineering-based cost segregation study will benefit your newly acquired or constructed real estate project (especially over $1 million), including future renovations, expansions, or fitouts. Criterium-Dotson Engineers provides a comprehensive analysis and in-depth costing allocation.

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INSURANCE INVESTIGATIONS

Criterium-Dotson Engineers are often called upon to provide forensic insights and testimony during insurance investigations. Our extensive experience and ability to communicate complex concepts clearly provides a clear competitive advantage.

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Expert Witness

Engineers are not known for their communications skill.  Criterium-Dotson Engineers insists on it.  We select our engineers based in part on their ability to communicate effectively with clients and on their behalf.  The engineers who provide expert witness testimony have years of experience doing so. 

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