A small team with deep expertise.

Most reserve studies fail boards the same way: the physical inspection is solid, but the financial model is an afterthought.

Iron City Reserves approaches the work from the opposite direction. John's background in data science and business financial planning means every funding plan is built as a working forecast with scenarios, sensitivities, and honest assumptions. Mike's engineering discipline and reserve-study depth keep the component inventory and cost projections grounded in real site conditions.

An association is a small enterprise with a depreciating asset base and a fixed revenue stream. Treating the reserve study as a decision tool, not just a report, is what turns a capital plan into confidence for the board.

That combination, financial rigor plus technical field experience, is why Iron City Reserves works for communities across Western Pennsylvania, a region with its own realities: freeze-thaw cycles that punish pavement, hillside drainage, and many buildings whose original components are all reaching end of life at the same time.

How we work with boards

• Fixed feesYou know the cost before we start. No hourly billing, no change orders for questions.
• Draft before finalYou see the numbers and get to challenge them while they can still change.
• Plain languageThe summary is written for a volunteer treasurer, not for another analyst.
• You keep the modelThe spreadsheet is yours. Next year's board isn't locked into rehiring us.