Honza Group Inc. BLOG

Learn when to schedule Electronic Leak Detection during construction, from membrane installation to final handoff, to support roofing quality assurance.

When a roof leak reaches a tenant's server room, the dispute usually isn't about the repair. It's about who's responsible and when the breach occurred. Every round of tenant improvement work adds new rooftop penetrations, but few buildings retest after each project. Electronic leak detection creates a documented, GPS-mapped baseline before and after TI work, so responsibility is a fact instead of a negotiation.

A ceiling stain in an apartment building rarely marks the actual point where water got in. Water travels along framing and decking before showing up inside, which means a guess-based patch repair often misses the real source, & the stain comes back somewhere else. Electronic leak detection maps every breach from the roof surface without disturbing occupied units below. Here's why more urban apartment owners are ordering a survey before authorizing a repair, instead of after t

Electronic Leak Detection (ELD) depends on a continuous conductive medium beneath the membrane. Two common approaches are conductive primer and conductive mesh. While both can support successful leak detection, they differ in how installation quality is verified, documented, and managed throughout the project lifecycle. This guide explores the key considerations consultants, architects, and owners should evaluate when selecting a conductive medium for roofing and waterproofin

When a data center transfers from GC to owner, warranties activate and punch-list windows close. Any defect not documented before occupancy becomes a liability question with no clean answer. ELD at handoff gives developers something visual inspection can't: a timestamped baseline of membrane condition at the exact moment of transfer. Here's why more developers are requiring it at substantial completion — and what to specify.