Fulton County School System has approximately 94,000 students who attend classes in 58 elementary schools, 19 middle schools, 15 high schools and 7 charter schools. The system serves the area of Fulton County outside the Atlanta city limits. It is the fourth largest school system in Georgia.
Merik has provided building enclosure consulting services and acted as design professional on more than 50 projects since 2001. In April of 2020 Merik was contracted to provide quality assurance and quality control services for two reroofing projects.
Our scope of work included submittal review, attending preconstruction meetings, construction observations and final inspection with closeout testing. Moisture scans of the newly installed roofing with capacitance equipment and high voltage electronic leak detection (ELD) were performed at the closeout of work to pinpoint damage and eliminate roof leakage.
ELD testing can locate punctures and pinholes through the membrane that are difficult to find by normal inspections.
Michael Baker is a Principal at Merik, Inc. who is a Registered Architect in five states and Registered Roofing Consultant. Mike has over 40 years of varied architectural and building enclosure consulting experience. Mr. Baker has served as an Architectural Program/Project Manager, Design Architect, and Construction Inspector. Over the last 7+ years, Mike has been a Senior Building Enclosure Consultant conducting and managing building enclosure investigations, enclosure field testing, water intrusion investigations, and property condition assessments for new and existing buildings. He is a specialist in roof assessments and replacement design. Mike provides building enclosure consulting services for Architects, General Contractors, Developers, and Building Owners.
Prior to joining Merik, Mike spent 6 years as a building enclosure consultant at Terracon Consultants and 1.5 years as a Roofing Consultant for the USPS RAMS Roofing Program for Wood, PLC – both companies in Atlanta, Georgia.
