{"id":463,"date":"2022-11-04T23:24:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T23:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accenv.com\/blog\/?p=463"},"modified":"2024-03-28T06:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T06:04:16","slug":"water-intrusion-be-proactive-not-reactive-dont-let-an-event-get-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accenv.com\/blog\/water-intrusion-be-proactive-not-reactive-dont-let-an-event-get-started\/","title":{"rendered":"WATER INTRUSION \u2014 BE PROACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE Don\u2019t let an event get started!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The wet season has arrived on the West Coast, as precipitation rates are likely to rise over the next 10 days or so. Water and moisture intrusion is a serious concern. It can result in significant physical damage to buildings which requires expensive repair and remediation efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to a report by Zurich American Insurance Company, “water intrusion is one of the leading property damage risks associated with new construction and renovation projects.” By researching their claims experience from 2007 through 2016, Zurich found \u201cnearly 50% of all Builders Risk claims resulted from some form of weather or escape-of-water event\u201d.  “A water damage event can range from rainstorms and snow-melt, to flooding and hurricanes, as well as damage from internal water-carrying systems, such as plumbing and sprinkler systems.” White Cap Resource Center: Water Intrusion: The Contractor\u2019s Most Expensive Enemy<\/a>, Rick Yelton,<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Water intrusion can cause costly damage in many ways. For example, in October 2021, during the atmospheric river event, a large modular construction housing project flooded and caused major damage for one of ACC’s client. At that time, ACC was able to assist with the restoration of this project, which took over seven months and a staggering cost of multi-million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By taking preventive steps and developing a plan for responding to moisture intrusions you can mitigate or even prevent a significant impact to operations.
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Even in the absence of an intrusion event, it can still be extremely valuable to measure baseline conditions to establish parameters for a clean building.  These values can be used as cleaning goals in the future in the event water intrusion does occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prevention and Planning

Quick steps that can be taken to help minimize the chances of water intrusions include:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n