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Vetted Maintenance Content: A Builder's Best Practice
Expert-reviewed integrity-critical information consistent with best of breed approach

April 20 , 2008 (SAN DIEGO, CA) – In an industry of increasing complexity, it's all about domain expertise. Builders use specialists to put roofs on homes. They use best-of-breed pavers to install hardscape; and their framers are experts too. This expertise is why builders rely on best of breed maintenance experts to handle documentation...not third party inspectors, building services, property managers or insurance companies.

"Vetting means you are getting correct, fully endorsed and recognized best practices from the leading experts in each individual field like electrical engineering, architecture, water and waste management," said Steve Fabry, Compendia's CEO. "Anyone who claims expertise in every aspect of home management and maintenance may be doing a disservice to homeowners."

Vetting is a recognized best practice in any 21st century corporation dealing with mission critical information that impacts performance and liability.This is particularly true in the homebuilding industry. Compendia uses nationally recognized sources to forensically validate the content presented in each homeowner guide.

Fabry added, "Compendia's core competency gives builders, developers and general contractors confidence the documentation they provide to homeowners properly reflects a commitment to customer satisfaction and details the information that will mitigate risks and reduce costs."

The vetting process has little or nothing to do with data collection or being some sort of data company. According to Fabry, it is a partnership with several of the leading voices in key industries such as Rimkus Consulting Group, the internationally recognized firm known for their expertise in investigating building systems failures for construction defect litigation.

The content vetted by experts like Rimkus, Salerno-Livingston Architects, Pistorino & Alam Engineers, and many others, is forensically analyzed for their accuracy, relevancy, climate-specificity, and usability. Additionally, Compendia's most recent solution, The Green Living Homeowner Maintenance Guide was created in partnership with a LEED-certified expert.

Moreover, the content needs to be professionally presented and delivered so that it is used by homeowners. In today's quickly evolving, competitive environment, builders need to make content easily available to users through an interactive, community specific, online portal or simply in a properly organized and referenced manual.

"The bottom line is the maintenance content Compendia provides expands the life and the value of a home and shields the builder from some liability," Fabry said. "if those are a builder's goals, then you don't want the guy who mows your lawn advising you on landscape architecture, soil erosion and water intrusion."

Many of the experts Compendia partners with can be found here.