High Performance Residential & Commercial Property Inspections + Building Problem Solving Specialists

Who is Brian Cornwell, and why did he start the first and only "high performance inspection" business in Colorado?

Brian is the mastermind behind Building Supporters, where building science meets pure genius. In his early 30s, Brian built his own 4,478 square-foot, multi-million dollar mountain home in Lyons, Colorado. As the master builder and architect, Brian built to the most difficult standard in the world: Passive House. (R-50 walls and R-90 roof) With ZERO mortgage, Brian performed every single trade firsthand.

Beyond building architecturally-driven dream homes, Brian's love for historical and modern building methods can been seen through his Boulder, Colorado based "Materials Museum". As the first construction museum in North America, Brian's remarkable collection totals more than 40,000+ historical building artifacts and tools including: the world's first framing nailer, copper from the Statue of Liberty, and cladding from the very the top of the Empire State Building.

As founder and cheif editor, Brian's "Materials Magazine" is a crash course in construction brilliance, where 100K+ monthly top builders, trades and architects go to learn the most challenging and durable building standards the world. On his television channel, Brian builds energy-efficent, long-lasting Passive House wall assemblies that innovate and challenge conventional building practices.

Brian has traveled across some of the most remote/dangerous mountain trails in Colorado to explore hisotric abaonded mines and structures. Brian has extensively studied how Colorado's challenging enveriomental factors including high altitude, extreme winter weather conditions, and extreme ultraviolet radition detriorate structures. Brian's passion for mining and material science, has taught him how underground minerals/ores are convereted into every building products, and how these materials utlimately respond to real-world building applications. Brian knows the root causes behind building material and method failures, the science behind it, and the solutions. Brian personally mentors every single high performance inspector on the team.

Most inspectors today carry a few hundred dollars in basic tools. Building Supporters brings over $100,000 in advanced, calibrated and highly-specalized tools to your property.

Sewer Scopes: Real time sewer pipe condition, root intrusion discovery and radio transmitters for precise spot locating.
Thermal Cameras: Infraed imagery reveals hidden energy losses, air leakage and moisture problems not visible to the naked eye.
Duct Scopes: Examines underground slab ductwork, air channels, chimneys/flues.

Over 100+ specalized tools as needed including: Continuous radon monitors, Sound level meters, Voltage, Continuity and Current Testers, Pinless Moisture meters, Anemometers, AFCI/GFCI Testers, Combustible Gas Detectors, Carbon Monoxide Analizers, Microwave Leak Detectors, IAQ Meters (Dew Point, Wet Bulb/Air Temperature, RH, Formaldehyde, TVOC, Particle +), Smoke pens, Spectoscopes, Bluing/Septic Dye Tests, Ultra Violet UV lights, Water Gauges (Pressure, Flow, GPM + PSI), Digital Angle Finders, and many other tools.

FAST, real-time testing results for most enviromental testing (water + air) because we invest in portable laboratory-grade equipment. World-class nationally accredited labratory partners for sample testing: Asbestos, Lead, Formadeheye, TVOC, Radon, Corrosive Drywall, and more.