OUR FIRM

Certified Equipment Appraisal Services was founded by F. Alan Brind, CMEA, president of the firm. CEAS specializes in machinery and equipment appraisals and covers a wide range of industries, machinery and equipment. Mr. Brind is also founder and owner of CEAS parent company, Business Brokers New York LLC, a New York Business Advisory, Business Sales and Mergers and Acqusition firm.

 

Mr. Brind earned his CMEA (Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser) qualification from the National Equipment and Business Builders Institute. Only qualified professionals who meet the Institute's stringent qualifications earn the prestigious professional designation of a Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser (CMEA).This certification is conducted under the auspices of the Uniform Standards for Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), adopted by Congress and accepted around the world as the authoritative source for machinery, equipment and business appraisals.

 

In addition, Mr. Brind is also a Chartered Professional Engineer (CEng), Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP), Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) and Senior Business Analyst (SBA). He is also a Member of the Institiute of Engineering and Technology (MIET).

 

NEBB Insitute Standards The NEBB Institute adopts and complies with the regulations and ethics rules of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).The NEBB Insitute endorses and strive to observe the highest standards of professional ethics to preserve the public trust inherent in the professional appraisal practice.

 

The Institute provides initial and monthly comprehensive education, on-going support, a dynamic international network, and certifies professionals in the art of machinery/equipment appraisal and brokerage.

 

Only qualified professionals who meet the Institute's stringent qualifications earn the prestigious professional designation of a Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser (CMEA). Candidates Must:

 

• Attend the Institute's intensive training class.
• Successfully pass a comprehensive written examination.
• Prepare a sample Appraisal Report that conforms to guidelines set forth by the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). The Report will be graded by two Certified Appraisers and pass the scrutiny of the Institute's Peer Review Committee.
• Attend a CMEA refresher course once a year.
• Comply with continuing education requirements mandated by the Institute.
• Comply with the ethics rule of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.

 

Affiliations and Certifications

National Equipment and Business Builders Institute CEAS is a full member in good standing of the National Equipment and Business Builders Institute (NEBBI) as Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraisers qualified under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser The experienced and USPAP compliant Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraisers who are members of NEBB Institute, are qualified appraisers to prepare a qualified appraisal required by the IRS, Council of Foundations, and U.S. Small Business Administration's Standard Operating Procedures 50 10 (5).

 

A Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser (CMEA) is an advocate of the appraisal, not of any person or entity. We are the experts at locating and determining substantiated values on the equipment.

 

We hold and promote the ethics and reporting guidelines of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Our Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraisal is defensible, irrefutable and substantiated. That's why a CMEA is called upon by business owners, lenders, CPAs, attorneys, courts, adjusters and others for a qualified and substantiated appraisal of their machinery and equipment.