Hurricane Ian: The Path to Recovery How FIRST ONSITE Property Restoration Mobilized Efforts First Onsite is rebuilding the Florida communities after the devastation Hurricane Ian caused in October of 2022. Hear firsthand from our Command Centre in Orlando, Florida, how our teams have mobilized and what they’re doing to help those affected. – [Danny]…
THE CHALLENGE In late 2021, an electrical fire at a Destin, Florida pizzeria caused extensive damage to the 650-seat restaurant’s all-wood interior, structure, and roof. Because of the establishment’s popularity and large footprint in a high-traffic area, every day it wasn’t serving up pizzas meant thousands of dollars in lost revenue. With the busy tourist…
FIRE AT THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE On April 14, 2019, a fire broke out in a historical art storage crypt in the basement of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. Though the fire was quickly extinguished, billowing smoke spared no surface in the church from soot and odour contamination. Church…
A leading manufacturer of injection-moulded plastic packaging, thermoformed products, flexible films, and tapes and coatings, was struck by a fire at their Massachusetts plant. The fire caused more than $400,000 worth of damage affecting 70,000 square feet of the building, including specialized equipment to run the facility. An unplanned shut-down of operations was not an…
THE PROBLEM In September of 2015, a government building experienced a fire on the 15th floor of the property. The cause of the fire was an electrical appliance in one of the employee’s cubicles. The heat generated from the fire caused the fire sprinkler to discharge, resulting in thousands of gallons of water being dispersed…
THE CHALLENGE On April 4, 2020, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Mexicali, Mexico, causing significant damage throughout the area and bringing the local community to a standstill. The impacted businesses included a leading U.S. aerospace manufacturer’s facility, a key player in a complex supply chain and a significant employer in the…
THE PROBLEM A beautiful oceanfront condominium located in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, is home to luxury million-dollar condominium units, a grand lobby with marble floors, fine dining, and grand glass elevators. Residents here have high-end taste and expectations. A main HVAC riser line ruptured, affecting approximately 15 common areas, 46 units and 2 stairwells. The…
THE CHALLENGE. A fierce storm brought between 90-100 millimeters of rain in the span of 24 hours, quickly forcing nearby rivers to flood. As a result, nearly all of Bishop’s University, a 550-acre campus located in a suburb of Sherbrooke, was covered in water. Hardest hit, the University’s Centennial Theatre, just three weeks before a…
THE CHALLENGE. A fierce storm brought between 90-100 millimeters of rain in the span of 24 hours, quickly forcing nearby rivers to flood. As a result, nearly all of Bishop’s University, a 550-acre campus located in a suburb of Sherbrooke, was covered in water. Hardest hit, the University’s Centennial Theatre, just three weeks before a…
The Mingei International Museum is a nonprofit public institution in San Diego. It exhibits folk art, crafts and design from around the world. At 6 a.m. on April 20, 2021, FIRST ONSITE Project Director, Mark Findlay, received a call from Kyle Lane of Layton Construction, which was overseeing a renovation and expansion of the museum...
