Historical Timeline

After serving in The United States Air Force as an engineer, Existing Conditions Surveys Incorporated was created when Founder, Kurt Yeghian, began working at a large architectural firm in Boston, while pursuing his architectural degree. The problem that still exists today is simple. When it comes to measuring existing buildings, it is a task that is often relegated to the most junior staff, who have the enthusiasm, but not the experience, expertise, or equipment to put together an accurate set of drawings. This almost always leads to costly change orders, and other unpleasantness during the project. The main concern is that mistakes in the building process can arise from inaccurate information. The lack of emphasis put on this important phase of the project was puzzling to Kurt. Seeing this unmet need, Existing Conditions was founded to deliver high quality building documentation more accurately, efficiently, and cost effectively than anyone else in the market.

Because the building industry embraces the concept of a single source for professional and accurate creation of existing conditions drawings, existingconditions.com evolved into Existing Conditions Surveys, Inc. We became a Veteran owned, Massachusetts Subchapter S Corporation which added value and protection to the company as it continued to grow.

Following the lead of his older brother, Existing Conditions was pleased to welcome Joe Sullivan to the firm. Today, Joe is still with us as a senior member of our staff, as well as one of our FAA certified drone pilots in charge.

Building on the great work we had in our portfolio and while attracting five additional staff, Existing Conditions expanded from a small, Boston based, service provider, to a regional service provider, with a reputation and portfolio built on the successful execution of hundreds of projects, and many satisfied customers.

Existing Conditions welcomed Brian Ely to the firm, from his former position as the BIM manager of Kallman McKinnell and Wood Architects (a storied firm located in Boston). Brian remains with Existing Conditions today as a senior member of management, the VP of Operations. Brian’s expertise and ethic has helped us embrace the latest technology and methods, and have raised the level of quality of our work.

Starting in 2011, Existing Conditions made the bold move of deploying three new FARO Focus 3D laser scanners. This new generation of scanners allowed us to collect field data faster, more accurately, and less expensively than previous methods. The speed and accuracy that we are now able to collect data has been a watershed to us and our clients, allowing us to deliver work of unprecedented quality and accuracy. This is also a time when Existing Conditions became the largest user of FARO laser scanners on the East Coast.

As a result of building on the great work in North America for the last 17 years, Existing Conditions opened our first overseas office located in Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. This expansion gives us access to markets in the U.K., a point of departure for projects throughout The European Union, and access to talent and technology not available in the United States.

Existing conditions began deploying drone technology in support of our terrestrial scanning equipment to further add to our clients’ situational awareness of their most valuable assets. We consider drones a valuable tool in our arsenal that helps clients better understand the built environment of their projects. The drone can be used to get imagery of roof structures that we cannot see from the ground with our traditional scanning process. Many roofs cannot be safely accessed or seen from the street level, so this is one instance where a drone can be employed.

With great pride and boundless optimism, founder Kurt Yeghian welcomes Jared Curtis as an equity partner in the firm. Jared, a Cornell University Architecture graduate, who also has a background in commercial real estate and private equity, will be heading up the continued growth initiatives of the firm, as well as working on corporate rebranding of our well-established, continually profitable firm. Jared’s expertise and vision are a welcome addition to our winning team and will propel us to new heights.