Catastrophic Response Services
Learn more about how VERTEX can assist with disaster recovery.
VERTEX Response to Catastrophic Events
When catastrophic events like hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires strike, VERTEX is here to provide swift, reliable, and expert services to help communities, businesses, and insurers recover. With a focus on technical accuracy, prompt delivery, and well-coordinated volume management, VERTEX ensures that the damage is assessed and resolved efficiently, minimizing downtime and supporting clients in critical times.
Learn more about how VERTEX can support your disaster recovery efforts. Contact Us.
Healthcare, Hospital Sites, or Property with Environment of Care Operations
VERTEX provides tailored disaster response solutions for healthcare facilities, ensuring operations continue in critical times. Our team swiftly assesses and resolves damage from hurricanes and other disasters to help environment of care properties recover quickly.
Key Areas of Expertise:
- Building Envelope Assessments: Identify and address damage to roofs, windows, and exteriors.
- Structural Assessments: Evaluate structural integrity post-disaster.
- Environmental Assessments: Ensure safe air and environmental conditions for patient care.
- Fire Protection & Life Safety Building Systems
Specialized Team:
- Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIHs) – Expertise in Environment of Care assessments.
- Engineers (PEs) – Assess and document structural damage, fire protection & life safety systems and MEP.
- Professional Geologists (PGs) – Assess geotechnical hazards.
Owned Commercial Real Estate and Construction Sites
Natural disasters create unique challenges for active construction sites and commercial real estate. VERTEX provides fast, accurate response to get projects back on track and operations back online with minimal disruption.
Key Areas of Expertise:
- Building Envelope Assessments: Evaluate external structures for weather-related damage.
- Scaffold and Equipment Inspections as well as Hazardous Materials Storage Areas: Assess the safety and integrity of on-site construction equipment and hazardous materials storage areas.
- Structural Assessments: Ensure buildings and structures are sound post-disaster.
- Environmental Assessments: Manage environmental risks like mold, chemical spills, and water intrusion.
Specialized Team:
- Architects – Plan repairs and redesigns as necessary.
- Construction Experts – Construction professionals can assess sites and help to secure active construction sites after a catastrophic event.
- Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIHs) – Assess environmental hazards like mold and air quality.
- Structural Engineers (PEs) – Evaluate and repair structural damage.
- Engineers (PEs) – Assess and document structural damage, fire protection & life safety systems and MEP.
Insurance Carriers and Sureties
For insurance firms, handling disaster claims is a complex task. VERTEX simplifies the process by offering quick, thorough cause and origin investigations, assessments and other solutions for claims management.
Key Areas of Expertise:
- Building & Structural Assessments: Evaluate damage caused by wind, hail, wave, debris, and other causes. Evaluate external structures for weather-related damage. Develop or evaluate scope and cost to repair or replace.
- Fire Protection & Life Safety Evaluations: Ensure safety systems are operational. Scope and cost to repair or replace, if required.
- Environmental, Moisture & Indoor Air Quality Assessments: Address chemical releases, moisture, mold damage, and site specific concerns.
- Business Interruption Claim Analysis: Analyze business interruption and lost profits calculations related to causal events.
- For active Construction sites: Evaluate damage caused by a loss event; evaluate scope and cost to repair or replace; analyze and quantify construction delays and impacts related to the loss.
Specialized Team:
- Architects – Provide documentation and design solutions for repairs.
- Engineers (PEs) – Assess and document structural damage, fire protection & life safety systems and MEP.
- Environmental Experts – Address indoor air quality, chemical spills, hazardous materials storage and site specific concerns.
- Forensic Accountants (CPAs) – Analyze complex financial records including but not limited to financial statements, forecasts and projections, and other market, industry, and economic data sets.
- Forensic Schedulers
- Cost Estimators
- Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIHs) – Assess environmental hazards like mold and air quality.
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Giving Back: VERTEX Charitable Efforts
At VERTEX, we believe in not only helping our clients and communities recover from catastrophic events but also giving back. Our Charitable Giving Committee (CGC) is actively involved in supporting communities impacted by disasters. Through donations and local initiatives, we aim to contribute to rebuilding efforts and provide meaningful assistance to those in need.
If you would like to learn more about how VERTEX is assisting in disaster recovery efforts with our charitable giving, or if you’re interested in contributing to our charitable initiatives, please contact us.
