Infrastructure Condition Index by Harmelo

Free to use

Write down what you know about the building.

Short records of what you know: the equipment it runs on, the envelope and the ground around it, what has happened to it and which documents exist, whether a replacement was sized properly, two quotes side by side, warranties, and what to ask for when buying. Each takes a few minutes and shows you what the published guidance says and what to ask.

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Organized equipment records beside the systems they describe in a multifamily mechanical room.
A continuing building record keeps equipment details, documents and work history connected to the property.

8 things to write down

  • What's in your building

    A short census of the systems a building runs on, what age they are, and what is written on the plate.

    About 2 minutes

  • Envelope and grounds

    The roof, the walls, the ground around the building, and where the water goes.

    About 3 minutes

  • What has actually happened here

    Events this building has been through, whether or not anyone claimed for them.

    About 2 minutes

  • What documents exist

    Which records for this building can actually be found today.

    About 2 minutes

  • Was this sized properly?

    Check whether a heating or cooling quote was sized by calculation or by rule of thumb.

    About 2 minutes

  • Compare two quotes

    Set two contractor quotes side by side: what each includes and what each leaves out.

    About 4 minutes

  • Buying: what to ask the seller for

    The documents and history worth asking for before you buy, and what came back.

    About 3 minutes

  • Warranty registration record

    What is registered, what is not, and where the warranty documents are.

    About 3 minutes

These tools record what you already know about a building. They are not an inspection, an assessment or a valuation. Nothing here changes a Condition Profile: only building-specific evidence supplied through a governed assessment can do that. The Privacy Policy sets out what ICI keeps.