Petty's Run - Capital Park

Façade Inspection Services

In 2010, The City of Philadelphia’s Licenses and Inspections Department (L&I) issued Ordinance Number PM-304.10, entitled “Periodic Inspection of Exterior Walls and Appurtenances” as part of the Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code. This Ordinance addresses Life Safety concerns for the public, and states that “…all buildings six or more stories in height must be inspected by a Professional Engineer or a Registered Architect, licensed in Pennsylvania, knowledgeable in the design, construction, and inspection of building façades. The Owner of each Affected Building shall be responsible for retaining [such] a Professional to conduct periodic inspections of exterior walls and appurtenances thereto... and to prepare and file a report on such inspection”.

S. Harris Ltd., is a fully qualified engineering and architecture firm licensed in Pennsylvania, with many years of experience in building façade inspection services. We are nationally recognized as experts in building diagnostics and intervention, and are highly skilled in determining the sources of building failures. For his course at the University of Pennsylvania, Samuel Harris wrote the textbook on this subject, Building Pathology, Deterioration, Diagnostics, and Intervention.

We are experienced in providing technical and advisory services to property owners, building managers, boards of directors, institutional administrators, attorneys, contractors, architects, engineers and preservationists, to guide them through the myriad of building and construction-related problems. Please feel free to contact us at SHL@S.HarrisLtd.com with any questions, or to schedule a complimentary consultation.

The inspections required by the new City Ordinance are to be conducted as follows:

For Buildings Constructed:	Report to be completed no later than:
Prior to and including 1950	30 June 2011
1951-1970	30 June 2012
1971-1980	30 June 2012
1981-1990	30 June 2013
1991-2005	30 June 2014