Saxon Court Residences

1440 Church Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

Saxon Court Residences had been experiencing water infiltration through the roof membrane into occupied space. There are approximately ten different roof areas at the property, and a 2013 roof sampling survey revealed moisture present in the roofing insulation installed on many of these roofs. The property engaged a contractor to perform both repairs and entire system replacement depending upon the level of deterioration of the roof location. Our office provided quality assurance services throughout the project. Repairs included coating application, flashing repairs or replacement, repairs to pitch pocket and other sealant details, and patching open seams in the roofing material. The replacement roof system installed was a hot rubberized asphalt membrane on the concrete roof deck, with embedded reinforcing sheet, granular-faced, modified bitumen sheet flashing installed at vertical and horizontal transitions, and neoprene flashings at curbs and penetrations. New insulation was installed and concrete pavers replaced. Another roof area was replaced with 2-ply modified bitumen sheet membrane with tapered insulation over wood framing.

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“ Over the past several years I have worked with Eric and the Construction Insight team on a variety of projects including a major rehabilitation of a parking deck, a roof replacement, garage condition surveys and façade projects. Each time I recognize the tremendous value they bring not only to my team, but to our various ownership groups. ”

Glenn Hugo, Regional Manager for MRP Realty

“ Construction Insight, Inc. has provided professional services to my clients & tenants for several years now. I find my contacts at CI to be very knowledgeable of whatever the subject matter may be (structural reinforcing of slab, garage survey results, waterproofing of elevator pits, etc), thorough in their surveys & due diligence and easily accessible. Eric is always more than happy to discuss their findings with myself, clients & tenants. I have worked with other engineering firms and find Construction Insight, Inc. to be much easier to partner with on projects. They have, without a doubt, become my “go-to” vendor for engineering services and I don’t hesitate to recommend them to industry colleagues. ”

Napualokelani S. Wiley, Associate Vice President at DTZ

“ Construction Insight has been a great group to work with over the last couple years. We have had a series of projects that they have assisted in providing assessments, surveys, scopes of work and construction oversight throughout our building. Largely, we have worked with them on a series of fairly substantial waterproofing projects and other building structural evaluations. We have found their team to be very professional, timely and thorough. Their costs have been very reasonable and their overall billing rates are extremely competitive. We are pleased to have developed a great working relationship with their team and plan on continuing to utilize their services going forward at Gallery Place. ”

Josh Turnbull, General Manager, Gallery Place and Associate Vice President at DTZ