At Building Reserves, your architectural expertise translates directly into meaningful, real-world impact.
The same skills you use to design buildings, understand structural systems, evaluate materials, and anticipate how spaces evolve over time are exactly what make reserve studies accurate and valuable.
Here, you’ll apply that knowledge to assess properties, analyze building components, and forecast long-term capital needs. Your work goes beyond drawings; it helps buildings remain functional and well-maintained, budgets stay on track, and communities plan for the future with confidence, giving you a tangible way to see the impact of your expertise every day.
Inspect major building components like HVAC systems, roofing, plumbing, elevators, and structural elements, documenting your observations with photos and notes.
Evaluate the systems you observed in your inspection and determine remaining useful life and identify potential risks or failures.
Using industry data, historical trends, and real-world observations, you’ll provide estimates for upcoming repairs and replacements.
Create a funding plan that will help property owners budget for future capital expenses over a number of years.
Clearly explain all of the findings, timelines, and financial recommendations based on your skilled observations in a report.
Communication with the team, property managers, boards, and stakeholders to answer questions and provide guidance.
Starting your career at Building Reserves is a great next step after earning a degree in architecture. You’ll take the concepts you’ve learned, like building design, material performance, construction detailing, and spatial planning, and apply them directly to real properties and real-world decisions. From day one, you’ll gain hands-on experience assessing building components, working in the field, and contributing to projects that have a measurable impact.
It’s an environment built for growth, where emerging professionals are supported, challenged, and given the opportunity to develop practical skills quickly while working alongside experienced team members.
Consider joining the Building Reserves team when exploring entry level architecture opportunities, and take the first step in your career.
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