We know buildings and we understand business.
At Criterium-Carlysle/Gibbs Engineers, we never forget that business owners often own buildings too. Our insight into commercial real estate properties and transactions, environmental solutions, facility management, and capital planning helps our clients from coast to coast build equity, maximize profits, and protect the people who live and work in their properties every day.
We aren’t just Professional Engineers. We’re successful entrepreneurs serving real estate investment trusts, corporate real estate owners and managers, financial institutions, insurance companies, and government enterprises across northern Alabama. We know you need an engineering firm specializing in all building systems, providing the full spectrum of commercial engineering services, while responding quickly to your questions and concerns with real solutions to your challenges.
We are affiliated with a national network of over 40 offices employing more than 100 experienced, licensed, Professional Engineers eager to help your company succeed, while our centralized billing office offers a streamlined customer service experience.
Put the power of our years of engineering experience to work for you:
Every one of our commercial building inspections is performed and/or reviewed by a licensed, Professional Engineer with over eight years of training, testing and extensive experience in building condition assessment. Our building inspection reports give clear guidance in conversational language on the current condition of your building and the best way to maintain or repair it.
Criterium-Carlysle/Gibbs Engineers designs each property condition assessment report to provide real estate due diligence exceeding ASTM 2018 standards while speaking in plain language to each customer’s unique needs. With Criterium-Carlysle/Gibbs Engineers by your side, you can invest with confidence.
A commercial building energy audit can reduce operations costs and enhance a building’s performance. Many of our licensed, Professional Engineers are LEED Accredited Professionals able to certify LEED buildings, confirm Energy Star ratings, and perform a building energy audit to identify efficiency and cost saving opportunities in any type of building.
Criterium-Carlysle/Gibbs Engineers are often called upon to provide forensic insights and testimony during insurance investigations. Our extensive experience and ability to communicate complex concepts clearly provides a clear competitive advantage.
For property owners dealing with construction defects, litigation is rarely the first choice, but it is sometimes unavoidable. Criterium-Carlysle/Gibbs Engineers will provide the expert building analysis needed to verify whether a structural or building flaw exists or not. We can advise building owners and their attorneys on the strength or weakness of the structural evidence supporting a defect claim.
Since 1979, Criterium-Carlysle/Gibbs Engineers has evaluated more than 28,000 buildings across northern Alabama. From Class A offices to historic retrofits, from large shopping malls to strip centers, condominiums to corner apartments, motels to resort hotels, warehouses, mobile home parks, nursing homes, and hospitals. We’ve seen it all. We’ve set the standard for clear communication, customer service, and excellence in engineering along the way. And we want to be your consulting engineering firm of choice.