I found a super engineer who came out and gave a thorough lookover to our old 45 year old condo building in Pasadena 91106, from the foundation to advice on remedying a serious balcony problem. he was in construction prior to becoming a civil engineer (UCSD degree in Structural), and recommended by a large construction company and our property manager. Very down to earth and practical, with some creative ideas none of the vendor/contractors had mentioned which will save our owners big $$. He charges $500 for a site visit and report; went down my extensive checklist and looked at everything of concern, crawled under building etc. You need some lead time as he is quite busy. read more