Fixed Asset Valuation Services
For over 30 years, AEC has offered our clients accurate and reliable fixed asset valuation services for:
- Building improvements
- Plant, machinery and equipment
- Insurance purposes
- Disposal options
AEC establishes values for all types of machinery and equipment, and provides complete cost value analyses for any type of fixed asset.
AEC’s Insurance Valuation Services
Dramatic increases in property insurance costs have occurred as a result of 9/11. With the recent real estate boom, property values have appreciated resulting in the likelihood of its replacement cost value being understated. Internal records can be subject to inaccuracies that accumulate over time due to poor internal processes and systems. Appraising the replacement cost new of fixed assets ensures accurate calculations in relation to insurance charges.
AEC appraisal and engineering professionals provide solid valuation conclusions for fixed assets as well as replacement cost values for insurance purposes, disposal options and property assessment reviews.
Our experience and expertise enables us to efficiently inventory and value such diverse properties as:
- Brewing and Food Processing Facilities
- Process and non-process machinery and equipment
- Buildings and Structures
- Dams
- Utilities & Mining Facilities and Structures
- Power Plants
- Site improvements
- Transformers
- Transmission Towers
- Tank Farms and Conveyer Systems
- Docks and Retaining Walls
- Railway Spurlines
- Special Purpose Properties
- Automotive assembly plants
- Chemical and fertilizer plants
- Heavy manufacturing facilities
- Pulp and paper mills
- Unique Structure Valuations
- Airports
- Casinos
- Jails
- Sports Arenas
- Subway Stations
- Substations
AEC’s Reporting Format
The end result of AEC’s analysis for fixed asset and/or insurance valuation purposes is a narrative report which provides general and specific market information complete with detailed schedules and photographs. All reports are prepared in accordance with accepted appraisal principles.
Considering the Benefits of a Valuation
- An accurate determination of value would minimize risk to the insurers and the insured
- Excessive premiums due to over insurance can be avoided
- Values are assessed by professionals with the requisite experience, skill and knowledge relieving internal staff of the responsibility of setting insurance levels without the benefit accurate valuations
- Inventory of fixed assets provides additional financial maintenance and planning benefits