Contamination Profiling
All disasters produce hazardous contamination. Fires generate smoke and soot containing tars, dioxins, asbestos, chlorides etc. Floods leave behind dangerous pathogens such as e.coli, Weils disease, black mould etc.
After a fire, flood, or any other disaster, you urgently need to answers to these questions:
- The source of the contamination
- The nature of the contamination
- The severity of the contamination
- The overall spread of contamination
- The impact of the contamination on your property and contents
Noeaxe has a team of experts that you can reach day and night, 24-7-365 who can be with you after such disasters to rapidly assess your situation. Our team will carry out on-site real-time contamination investigations and analyses to quickly get you the answers you need to get your operations up and running again.
Loss Mitigation Measures
A small fire can contaminate your whole building and its content if the smoke gets into the air conditioning system. Flood water damages everything from inside the walls to the floor padding. After a disaster it is imperative that you know the followings:
- What has been damaged
- How it has been damaged
- What are the preventive measures
Within hours of the disaster, Noeaxe is present onsite to answer these questions. Our team will determine the nature of the contamination and how it has affected your building, services, machinery, stock, IT systems, archives and so forth. We will tell you what your main contamination problems are in order to prioritize. We will help you to secure and protect your damaged property, then assist in organizing the correct environmental stabilisation, drying machinery installation, corrosion control and mould growth prevention measures etc. Our loss mitigation measures buy you time and leave you free to concentrate on making the right decisions to get your business up and running again.
Scope of Works
During a disaster, your job is to recover your business operations as quickly and efficiently as possible. But when it comes to cleaning-up your damaged property and all of its assets after a flood or a fire, two urgent questions arise: where do you start and what do you do? Our team of experts at Noeaxe understands not only the physical consequences of how disasters impact your business but also the effects these have on your business continuity and the potential loss of customer confidence that could ensue. This is why we help you prepare a decontamination scope of works. Our objectives are to:
- Detail and list all asset that requires restoration
- Cover all Health/Safety/Environmental law requirements
- Design Risk Assessments and work Method Statements
- Detail the most appropriate decontamination methodology
Noeaxe will deliver to you the most appropriate scope of works for your particular situation and help you get your business back on its feet as quick as possible.
Supplier Selection Advice
You have a detailed business recovery plan and you know what needs to be cleaned and restored. Now, the questions you are asking yourselves are:
- Who can you get to do it?
- How will you know you have got the right supplier who will understand your particular needs?
With over 20 years of experience, our team at Noeaxe has the right expertise to deal with the aftermaths of foods, fires and other disasters. We know what skills are required to clean up your operations and we can very quickly match your needs with the right suppliers.
We understand the urgent need for speed after a disaster has occurred however, we still believe that it is important for you to choose the right supplier. Our suppliers’ selection process ensures complete transparency. We require all competing companies to quote against the same scope of works. Before quoting, each competing supplier is fully technically briefed on your specific requirements. We also accompany these suppliers on inspection tours in order to fully understand the extent of the disaster and damages. Once quotes are received we use a ‘balanced scorecard’ approach to ensure you get the most appropriate supplier for your situation.
Clerk of Work
You have selected a disaster restoration contractor and they are working hard to clean your property and its contents. They appear to be working at a good pace and doing an effective job but you still wonder.
- How can you be sure they are actually doing a good job?
- How do you know if your building and assets have been properly decontaminated?
- How do you know if the walls and floors have been dried sufficiently?
What you need is an expert you can turn to for informed, independent and impartial advice. What you need is Noeaxe. We provide qualified on-site personnel that are fully conversant with every aspect of disaster restoration, that can act on your behalf and be your representative.
Our role is to check on progress, sign-off completed work and most importantly ensure that the correct level of decontamination, drying etc. has been achieved. On smaller jobs this usually entails visiting the premises on a weekly basis. On larger jobs, it is important to have a team that is permanently onsite to ensure recovery timetable compliance and immediate contractor conflict resolution.
In a clerk of works role our team of experts ensures that the restoration contractor complies with all relevant Health & Safety and Environmental legislation, agrees any necessary work variations and at the end of the job they sign-off the contractor’s invoices thus leaving you free to concentrate on recovering your business activity.
Project Management
You have a detailed business recovery plan but what you are missing is someone that understands not only the physical reality of restoring damaged buildings and contents but also the necessity of getting the business up and running as quickly as possible to minimize business interruption and loss of customer confidence. You need someone who can visualize the ‘big picture’ at all times and who can flexibly adjust the plan as time goes to ensure the quickest business recovery.
At Noeaxe, our teams of experts have over 20 years of experience in the business of getting you back on your feet after a disaster has occurred. On major disaster recovery projects, our work involves the integration of multiple individual elements such as building reconstruction and refurbishment including services, decontamination work, equipment purchase and installation, personnel relocation etc.
In employing NOEAXE in this role not only will you be ‘tapping into’ unrivaled experience but you will also be freeing your key decision makers up to concentrate on securing your business‘s future.