About Us
BUILDING ENVELOPE CONSULTANTS, LTD was incorporated in 2005 for the purpose of providing forensic evaluation and design services for residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial building envelope construction and performance. Our focus on the building envelope catered to the strengths and interests of the formative principal members of our staff, whose unique experiences provided a complimentary set of qualifications for our target markets.
BUILDING ENVELOPE CONSULTANTS, LTD is not a contracting company and does not promote or endorse any proprietary construction materials.
BUILDING ENVELOPE CONSULTANTS, LTD is a group of licensed professionals and recognized experts trained to solve building envelope problems by leveraging its experience in design, inspection and testing of building assemblies. BEC offers its services to property owners, managers, insurers, and builders.
Headquartered in WISCONSIN, with offices in Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, California and Colorado, BUILDING ENVELOPE CONSULTANTS, LTD has national reach. BEC is also licensed as a foreign corporation and/or professional engineering/architecture company in an additional 32 states.
BUILDING ENVELOPE CONSULTANTS, LTD (BEC) primarily provides forensic analysis to the property loss segment of the Insurance industry, forensic and design services for the property/facility management industries, and design/testing assistance for the commercial market segments of the real estate development industry.
BEC staff maintain professional licenses (Architecture/Engineering/Inspection) and industry certifications from state, academic and other professional organizations.
Professional disciplines include: Professional Engineer (PE), Structural Engineer (SE), Architectural Engineer (AE), Mechanical Engineer (ME), Electrical Engineer (EE), Registered Architect (RA), and Home Inspector (HI).
Industry certifications include: Registered Roof Consultant (RRC), Registered Roof Observer (RRO),Contract Document Technologist (CDT), Certified Tile Roof Installer (TRI), Certified Chimney Inspector (CCI), Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), Certified Infra-red Thermographer (CIT I-III), Certified EIFS Inspector (CEI), Licensed Air Barrier Auditor (LFA), Haag Inspections (HAAG), Drone Pilot (sUAS), Certified Electronic Leak Detection Technologist (ELD) and Building Enclosure Commissioning Process Provider (BECxP).
The following allied trade organizations are a sample of the organizations BEC and/or members of its staff are active member(s) of:
- Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA)
- American Concrete Institute (ACI)
- ASTM International (ASTM)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- *Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau (CSSB)
- International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants (IIBEC)
- Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA)
- National Home Builders Association (NHBA)
- National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA)
- Property & Liability Resource Bureau (PLRB)
- *Roofing Industry Committee on Weather Issues (RICOWI)
*Past member of association board of directors