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On June 11 2005, a six-alarm fire broke out at Wasatch Jr. High in Salt Lake City, UT. The fire originated in a computer room. School officials attempted to extinguish the fire with local resources: however the fire quickly grew out of control, severely damaging 60% of the structure. While school and district officials were unsure whether the structure could be salvaged or not, they were positive that much of the school property within the building could be.
Utah Disaster Kleenup mobilized an on-site decontamination and deodorization facility consisting of a 30′ X 30′ events tent, numerous 8′ x 10 ‘ x 40′ shipping containers and 48 foot semi-trailers to process the thousands of school property items that were contaminated by the smoke and fire residues. Portable electrical generation and distribution equipment was installed to provide lighting and power throughout the building for on-site investigators, security personnel, school and district personnel, HAZMAT crews, and UDK property retrieval crews. In addition, trailer- mounted HVAC equipment was installed to condition the air in production areas as daytime temperatures approached 105°.
Utah Disaster Kleenup mobilized extensive work crews to decontaminate and deodorize an estimated $6,000,000.00 worth of property from within the building. School furnishings, critical documents, student files, textbooks, lesson plans and teaching aids, computers, cafeteria equipment, band instruments, wood and metal shop machinery and tools, artwork, and many items of historical significance from the school’s 46 year history were retrieved and completely restored. According to district officials, many of the items looked better than they did before the fire. All property was barcode- inventoried and underwent specialized washing and deodorization processes to remove fire and smoke residues and fire- related smells.
In the area where the fire originated, UDK mobilized riggers and installed shoring and bracing to support the failed roof structure and erected a scaffolding tunnel so that fire investigators could safely access the area and complete their work. UDK installed barrier walls to isolate the workable area of the building from severely fire damaged areas. High volume fans and air filtration equipment were installed to capture fire- related airborne particulates, pressurizing the work area to limit the ongoing soiling and deposit of fire residues from severely damaged areas.
UDK extracted and pumped water from the basement and service tunnels and then dried the work area to limit the exposure of school property to secondary damage from moisture and corrosion. Many unique and critical documents were dried, copied, and returned to teachers and school officials.
The principal of Wasatch Jr. High commented that he had no idea UDK could muster up such a strong response in such a short amount of time. Both insurance and district officials were well pleased with the results and the cost savings of restoring the school property. UDK delivered the bulk of the restored property to a neighboring junior high school where temporary facilities were being installed to allow displaced Wasatch Jr. High students to attend school in the fall.
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In November of 2004, a Park City fire devastated an upscale condominium complex. The unit where the fire originated required complete demolition and reconstruction – from the ground up. The adjoining units suffered moderate structural damage and a great deal of smoke and malodor damage.
All materials used in the rebuilding of the units matched the originals. From the tongue and groove ceilings to the custom fixtures and shower stalls, these five story deluxe condominiums were rebuilt using only the finest building materials. Typical of the materials used were the copper roofing materials that spanned over these beautiful condominium structures.
UDK was the only point of contact throughout the entire project: from the first call to board- up of the surviving unit and from the bulldozing and disposal of the entire second unit down to the finishing touches on the light fixtures and paint in the newly rebuilt units.
This was a recreational property with four title owners involved – all of whom lived out of state. Because of our sensitivity, communication and experienced capabilities, UDK was able to coordinate the entire project of restoration and reconstruction while leaving all four owners completely satisfied.
In August 27th of 2005, an animal became lodged in a Provo City sewer line causing an 18-home sewer backup. Although several of the homes had over 24” of raw sewage fill their basements, other homes were less severely affected.
Due to the sheer volume of homes, this job took a great deal of communication and coordination to ensure the homeowners and city managers were all taken care of. Several UDK competitors arrived on site to try to secure some of the work, and UDK was able to use some of the qualifying companies as subcontractors: greatly speeding up the initial emergency cleanup process. Since all companies involved were working through UDK, Provo City only had one point of contact for everything they needed. It was a win/win project for everyone involved.
Within three hours of receiving notification, UDK had on site five extraction trucks and thirty technicians on site. The crews worked until midnight and on the following day seven trucks were on site along with 40 working technicians to complete the initial sewage clean up and site disinfection. Most of the homes also had all restoration work, drywall, paint, and carpet replacement completed within 8 – 12 weeks of the incident.
Provo City is one of UDK’s Emergency Response Priority Program accounts (ERPP). Being an ERPP client enables large corporate accounts to receive first priority on all emergency service work as well as streamlining the insurance and paperwork process. Instead of working with eight to ten different companies, Provo City enjoyed the convenience of working with just one point of contact for everything they needed: and that was Utah Disaster Kleenup.