For many of us, our worst fear would be for something to happen to either our home or business premises. When the worst possible situation happens, which causes damage to your place of residence or livelihood, it can leave utter chaos and devastation in its wake.
In the midst of catastrophe, it is essential that you know who to call for help, whether it’s your property, machinery, or systems which are at stake.
The Forshaw Group has been at the forefront of disaster management for more than 50 years. Our response team has the expertise and experience to minimize the effects of the damage and re-instate your home or business operations as speedily as possible. We understand the need to act swiftly to ensure effective restoration; to limit the initial damage, reduce business and life interruption, and prevent loss of your client base.
Our professional and reliable service includes the use of qualified technicians, surveyors and project managers, who have the very best of equipment, resources, and technology at their disposal. This can make all the difference in saving valuable machinery, electronics, contents, documents and stock.
The Forshaw Group offers a professional range of services following a disaster, including:
- Electronics restoration
- Fire damage restoration
- Machinery damage restoration
- Storm damage restoration
- Water damage
It is this understanding of complex major and specialist losses, plus our experience in restoration, that ensures we can provide an effective single source solution for both insurers and customers. We can advise insurers and policy holders; providing reports on a realistic reserve based on an initial inspection. This will include the extent of the remediation work required, information on the relevant legislation, including potential EA involvement, as well as the full cost of excavation and remediation.
We provide a combined response, recovery, and restoration service for all types of homes or businesses which have suffered from damage, to limit destruction of the building and contents and provide effective restoration. This process includes:
Immediate mitigation
To prevent long-term damage, it is essential to take immediate action. We will commence with salvaging as much building contents as possible and extracting water or debris, with specialist waste disposal if required. We can provide a contents removal and storage service, safely housed within our large warehouse facility. This is available to store all kinds of overflow items from your home or business whilst we deal with the restoration process.
Emergency works
These will include the installation of temporary power supplies, gas and electrical services, as well as safety testing and security boarding. Specialist target or injection drying of structural elements will also be conducted if the building is damaged by water (either from flooding for fire-fighting efforts).
Damage analysis
Post-disaster surveying and testing will determine the extent of the damage. We will conduct inspection reports, surveys and thermal imaging, as well as leak detection and moisture mapping in the case of water damage. We will also review for any initial health risks for those living or working in the building. The results of our analysis are presented in a detailed technical report that outlines the restoration options available.
Prevention
Preventing any secondary damage from occurring is vital to ensure the safety of those at the site, as well as securing structural elements and contents. This is achieved by controlling the environment within the affected areas.
Disinfecting
Elimination of microorganisms, pathogens, mould and spores will help give you confidence in the safety of yourself, residents or employees returning to the site once fully restored.
Restoration
We will ensure the restoration of the building and its contents, including cleaning and repairing machinery, electronics, furnishings, and critical documents to help restore your home or business to its pre-disaster condition.
Deodorisation
Eliminating odour molecules, such as from soot or smoke, will help to remove any lingering evidence of damage.
Reinstatement
The Forshaw Group offers a complete range of reinstatement services, to get your home or your business back on track.
If you have an emergency, we provide a 24-hour, 7-day emergency call-out service which is available after working hours. This can be reached by calling our main office number on 0151 708 9624 or by visiting our contact page: https://www.theforshawgroup.com/contact/
