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History of
Visual Consulting, LLC
Since 1987 Scott Dow, and Dow, Inc., have been
meeting the construction needs of commercial
leaders, multi-family housing providers,
individual new custom home projects, and Charleston Historic Renovations
as a design-and-build construction and
remodeling company in Charleston, South Carolina.
Because of his
long-standing reputation as a high-quality
professional, Scott was engaged by a long-time
business associate in 2001 to determine
how and why a relatively new commercial building
was structurally failing. From this assessment
experience, Scott realized there was a profound
need for a forensic
construction assessment service provider in
the region and subsequently launched Visual
Consulting, LLC in 2002.
Raised in the
Boston, Massachusetts area, Scott has been a
Southerner by choice since 1986, and has a keen
appreciation for the historic preservation value
of Charleston’s finest older homes and commercial
buildings. This appreciation for lasting quality
and skilled attention to detail, makes Dow, Inc.
and Scott Dow projects building code
superior. Lasting quality truly is the core value, foundation
and goal of Visual Consulting, LLC.
Recently Scott was
asked by a local attorney why he thought we are
seeing so many commercial and residential
structural or component failures . . . problems such as water intrusion issues
and major construction deficiencies.
Scott feels “it is
all about what is important and what seems to be
the most expedient. In the
past - from a historic perspective, people took
pride in doing the job right the first
time. They used the right materials, which helped secure the
property for time’s test, but today it seems to
have become all about what is expedient. It's whoever can
do it the fastest and at the lowest price; then
let the next guy worry about the resulting
problems. That may seem a little
cynical but as we so often hear people say, 'The
proof is in the pudding'”.
At Visual
Consulting, LLC, we are focused on details:
- Was
there code compliance?
- Were the
material manufacturer’s installation
instruction processes followed properly?
- Were the
best-suited materials used for the
project?
- Was it
built according to the plans and the
specifications created?
- Was it
approved by the engineer and architect?
- Was the
work process documented?
- Were the
workers skilled craftsmen or merely cheap
laborers?
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Visual Consulting,
LLC provides professional construction assessment
services to a broad spectrum of clients: Law
Firms, Insurance Companies, Individuals,
Corporations, Associations, General Contractors,
Builders, and Developers. Detailed Property
Assessments may include destructive testing,
measuring, evaluating, forensic photography,
remediation plan development and detailed
professional project estimating.
In addition, Visual
Consulting, LLC is collaboratively linked with a
large regional network of affiliated construction
professionals who can assist in crafting the best
outcome for our clients. For all of your new
construction needs, competitive repair estimating, and
construction repairs, be sure to call Scott Dow at (843)
308-0600 or visit
www.dowinc.cc.
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