Designated Investigation Agency | Comprehensive Soil Investigation Procedure for Determining Asset Value
Soil investigation that reveals potential risks through phased sampling in phases 1 to 3 during real estate trust establishment and loan acquisition, optimizing investigation costs.
This document is a practical guide for financial and asset management officers aimed at companies seeking to liquidate, securitize, or trust their land and real estate assets, or to obtain loans and investments from financial institutions for large-scale development projects. It clarifies the risks of soil contamination hidden underground and provides a phased comprehensive soil investigation to completely eliminate lending and investment risks. In the rigorous evaluation of land asset eligibility in finance practices, overlooking the presence of environmental liabilities can become a critical bottleneck that directly leads to loan rejections or the cancellation of investment projects. This guide clearly explains the approach from Phase 1, which comprehensively diagnoses the presence of hazardous substance facilities based on past public documents, to Phases 2 and 3, which gradually collect on-site data. By conducting "stepwise sampling" to narrow down the subjects based on historical evidence, it presents a concrete approach to minimize unnecessary fieldwork and high official analysis costs, achieving overwhelming optimization of investigation costs. The reliable legal evidence established by Geotech, a Ministry of the Environment-designated investigation agency, firmly protects the value of important assets.
basic information
As a technical specification for comprehensive soil investigation for asset securitization purposes, we will apply a measurement scheme that fully complies with real estate appraisal standards and the environmental risk consideration lending stance of financial institutions. In Phase 1 historical investigation, we will conduct a desk evaluation by tracing registration information from the past 60 years, old maps, and historical aerial photographs to assess the presence or absence of usage history of specific hazardous substances at the site. In the physical evaluation specifications for Phases 2 and 3, we will promote stepwise sampling based on on-site grids (at 10-meter or 30-meter intervals) and precisely determine the areas and depths of non-compliance with standard values through officially registered analytical services in the measurement certification business.
Price information
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Price range
P3
Delivery Time
P4
Model number/Brand name
Soil contamination survey
Applications/Examples of results
This research method is utilized for the trustification of company-owned land, the sale of real estate to J-REITs, the procedures for asset securitization through trust banks, or as a due diligence environmental audit prior to the execution of large loans associated with new developments. It is suitable for demonstrating the objective safety of the land to investors and project funders, facilitating a smooth finance review process. By obtaining accurate data in advance, it completely eliminates unexpected legal dispute risks after handover, supports the determination of appropriate asset value that incorporates environmental liabilities, and addresses the public evidence needs for supplementing the disclosures in important matters explanation documents.
