Technical Valuations

Our Services

We Value Your Assets.

 

J. Michael Clarkson is a certified Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of The American Society of Appraisers. The American Society of Appraisers is an international organization of appraisal professionals. ASA members represent all disciplines, including Machinery and Technical Specialties (MTS). The MTS discipline includes ASA members who perform market or liquidation value appraisals for various purposes such as sale, acquisition, ad valorem tax, eminent domain, collateralization, insurance or residual forecasting.

Technical Valuation Services Inc. Specialties Include:

Machinery and Equipment (M&E)

Technical Valuation Services Inc. professionally qualified to evaluate all types of industrial properties; machine shops; refineries; hospitals; communications facilities; transportation equipment; process facilities; construction equipment; office machines, such as computers, copiers and word processors; as well as the entire contents of buildings. The M&E appraiser provides estimates of fair market value, fair market value in use, and valuation for ad valorem tax purposes.

Marine Survey

Technical Valuation Services Inc. has partnered with J.F. Moore International, Inc. & G.S. Bryan & Associates, Inc. to offer a full range of marine surveys. These companies provide comprehensive energy loss adjusting and consulting services to serve the marine and energy markets. G.S. “Skipper” Bryan and J.F. “Jim” Moore II combine over 75 years of loss and claims experience. With a knowledgeable and experienced support staff combined with strategic worldwide office locations, we provide an unparalleled advantage in claims and consulting experience and capability.

We perform commercial marine surveys and offshore energy property expertise under this specialty. We also perform damage surveys and appraisals, usually required by insurance companies, detailing descriptions of the nature and extent of damage to vessels or marine cargoes, recommending repairs to restore property to its prior condition and estimating costs 'mulled. Similarly, surveys and/or appraisals are required to determine condition and value upon sale of offshore installations, drilling rigs and ships.

Public Utilities

Technical Valuation Services Inc. provides expertise in the valuation of tangible values for properties in connection with rate case studies, sale or acquisition, eminent domain (condemnation), property tax appeals and insurance placement. We have acquired a special knowledge in order to take into account the unique economic and value characteristics of public utility properties and to properly recognize regulatory factors that influence value conclusions.

Industrials

Technical Valuation Services Inc. values the property, plant and equipment of heavy industry and the process industries, including, but not limited to, oil refineries, steel mills, and automotive manufacturers. In such operations it is extremely difficult to separate the values of the real property, machinery and equipment, and intangibles in any meaningful way, yet we consider both total and component values.

Computers and High-Tech Personal Property

Technical Valuation Services Inc. appraises all types of computers, from small personal computers to the largest mainframes, and all of the related components, including mainframes, networks, and printers. We appraise complex electronic equipment including everything from large telephone switching systems to oscilloscopes, from medical and dental equipment to small hand-held instruments to X-ray machines and CAT scanners.

Aircraft

Technical Valuation Services Inc. develops current and projected market values for used reciprocating engine aircraft and turbine-powered aircraft, including corporate, commuter and private applications of airplanes and helicopters as well as all types of airline equipment encompassing the largest wide-bodied aircraft. We also have experience in the valuation of other aviation support equipment, such as spare parts, special tools, and ground support equipment. Technical Valuation Services Inc. retains the accreditation in the ASA Aircraft Specialty.

Cost Surveys

Technical Valuation Services Inc. determines the allocation of value among the various components of real property and personal property in commercial and/or industrial settings. We are experienced in the cost method of valuation as required for insurance coverage, insured loss analysis, accounting, and tax allocation in mergers, acquisitions and other forms of business sales.