A devastating event doesn’t always originate from a natural disaster. At any moment during construction or operation, something could go wrong — and it will. When the unexpected happens, it’s imperative that all team members are aptly prepared to quickly respond and recover from such catastrophic events.
Imagine a sprinkler head is struck by a lift during construction. Water is gushing into a corridor at 25 gallons per minute. Does the contractor know the location of the shutoff valve? Is it locked? Does he or she have a key? If 20 minutes pass, that’s 500 gallons of water flooding the inside of the building. To offer some perspective, 500 gallons of water would fill two and a half hot tubs and weighs more than 4,000 pounds.