WELL FLOW TESTING may be in order if the property has a well.  Strukture can provide the typical 4-hour flow test as well as the collection of water samples for quality testing by a certified laboratory.
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THE LABORATORY OFFERS THE FOLLOWING TEST PACKAGES:

• REAL ESTATE PACKAGE (state required): Nitrates, Arsenic, Coliform total, Coliform, E.Coli

• FULL HOME/DOMESTIC PACKAGE: Nitrates, Arsenic, Coliform total, Coliform, E. Coli, Iron, Hardness, Conductivity
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• AVAILABLE ADD-ONS: Lead, Sodium, Nitrite-N, Nitrate+Nitrite-N package, Arsenic III, Arsenic speciation package
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These services may be purchased with or without an inspection.

To ensure the inside of the home is safe and healthy, Strukture can coordinate the collection and testing of Asbestos, Lead, Radon, and ​Mold.

ASBESTOS  was commonly used in home construction from the early 1940s into the 1980s. It can be found in many home building products. Asbestos exposure can lead to different forms of cancer. Strukture can collect samples of common materials that may contain asbestos and have them tested by an acredited laboratory.

LEAD could be found in the home if it was built prior to 1986, the plumbing system and/or fixtures may contain high levels of lead. A number of health concerns have been related to exposure to lead. Strukture can have the water tested for the presence of lead.

What are sources of lead in your drinking water?
​• copper pipe with lead solder
• plumbing fixtures inside your home​
• lead particles attach to the surface of galvanized pipe and over time can enter your drinking water
• lead service lines that run from the water main to the home's internal plumbing
• domestic well water

​RADON is an invisible naturally-occuring radioactive gas formed in the decay chain of uranium and has been linked to lung cancer. Radon rises and can enter a home through cracks and voids in the foundation and building envelope. Strukture can perform short-term tests to determine the current levels of Radon gas in a home.

MOLD can easily grow when living in an area that is wet so many months of the year. Mold doesn’t have to be visible inside the home to be a health concern. Strukture can test visible mold growth as well as perform an air quality test which determines the mold spore count/species inside of the home.
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Our mold sampling equipment pulls air at a steady rate by a pump through the opening in a cartridge capturing samples of the particles in the air. One sample is taken outside and acts as a control and an indoor sample is taken in common living areas, or in the area of concern.  These sampling cartridges are evaluated by a laboratory to identify type as well as mold spore quantity.​

construction services & management:

planning
budgeting
scheduling
quality control
project management
​lender inspections

Strukture Services can provide either specific aspects of management or you can rely on us to complete the management and/or financial aspects of your home/light commercial project from start to finish.  Whether you need assistance on an hourly basis or you want to put your project into the capable hands of someone else, it would be my pleasure to help you achieve success with your building project.  We are equipped to work with homeowners, tenants of light commercial endeavors, developers, general contractors, as well as lending institutions.

Every project should have a defined scope, a defined budget, as well as an achievable schedule. Conventional thinking is that only large projects require detailed and consistent paperwork, however, I have learned in nearly 30 years in the construction industry, that if you apply these three principles to every project, no matter the size, success will result.

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remodel & addition planning & evaluation

Review your options for additions/remodels as they relate to your property size, septic system capabilities, existing heating and cooling as well as existing hot water capabilities, current power meter and sub panel capacity.

We also provide consultation on configurations and layout options to best accommodate an existing structure.

project & construction management

Construction document review and analysis, budget, change order preparation tracking, sub contractor check and interviews, act as owner's representative, budget estimating to include preparing construction budgets for owners, developers, & architects, schedule development, close-in punch list, end of project punch list, obtaining building permits.

construction progress inspections/quality control

It's easy to identify paint blemishes and hardware not functioning properly but more experience is required to review plumbing, mechanical, & electrical systems in homes/light commercial structures.  Our services offered will provide review of the technical to the finish details that are important to you.  

​Punch list services can vary from monthly inspections or a one-time inspection prior to final payments being released to the contractor.

construction loan: field inspections and draw reviews

Strukture Services is able to provide onsite review of draw requests submitted by contractors or owner/builders, including working with the lending institution to complete the required paperwork to allow construction projects to progress smoothly.