Domeier Architects, Inc.

Domeier Architects, Inc. (DAI) is an architecture practice in California that pairs forensic building investigation with design work. It examines why buildings fail, reports on its findings for legal and insurance use, and designs multifamily housing with defects in mind.

Products and services

• Forensics: construction-defect investigations that establish causation, including destructive testing and review of original project documents.
• Reconstruction and crisis response: assessing damage for owners and facility managers, assembling a team and seeing repairs through.
• Risk management advisory: technical advice to developers and contractors on new-build projects, including repairs under California's SB-800 Right to Repair law.
• Design services: multifamily urban infill design, permitting and construction documents.
• Project delivery: programming, schematic design, bid documents, bid management and support during construction.

Customers and markets

DAI advises developers, contractors, attorneys, insurers and building owners across California. Its work covers Type I towers, Type III and V podium wood-frame multifamily schemes, commercial spaces and institutional buildings.

Key facts

• Based in: California, USA
• Experience: 26 years in architecture and forensics
• Specialism: building envelopes, water and air movement through walls, construction defects