Mr. Charles Joseph McClain AIA

During the past quarter century in the facility as-sessment industry, Charles Joseph McClain has personally evaluated hundreds of millions of facility square footage. Many of the methods, procedures and diagnostic practices in this book were pioneered during the 1980s in hands-on field application. Mr. McClain received a Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, is a licensed architect in the State of California, and has worked with numerous building evaluation and due diligence consulting firms through the years.

His first Property Condition Assessment was per-formed as an apprentice to industry pioneer Frank Goss on behalf of the City of Pasadena at the then vacant and dilapidated Armory Building (now the Armory Center for the Arts).

The 8th employee hired by Building System Evaluation (BSE), Mr. McClain had the good fortune to assist in and learn from the company’s rapid growth – primarily due to asbestos consulting – during the late 1980’s. He received experience in many aspects of facility assessments from asbestos surveys and microscopy to curtain wall assessments and infrared roof inspections.

In addition, he has worked as Executive Director of a non-profit housing corporation and helped found and manage a business incubator for low-income artisans on Skid Row in Los Angeles. He currently lives in Altadena, California with his wife and son.