Fire is a serious threat to commercial properties for sobering reasons. With stable heat, fuel and oxygen, fires can become difficult to control in 30 seconds and double in size in just one minute. Further, nearly half of businesses experiencing a major disaster such as a fire never reopen and… Read more »
When a commercial property floods, owners are alarmed, upset, keen to act and full of urgent questions. How much water? What areas are affected? Will this harm my business? How can we remove it fast? Few pause to wonder what “colour” the floodwaters are. Colour? What does that matter? “What… Read more »
Winter was harsh across Canada, bringing deep snow, howling winds, plunging thermometers, ice buildup, freezing rain and rapid temperature fluctuations. As a gentler season arrives, Paul Davis urges commercial property owners to see how flat roofing systems weathered this particularly fearsome winter. Intact roofing is critical to handling heavy spring… Read more »
The Minneapolis Grain Exchange, which opened in 1881 in the city’s downtown, has moved tons of hard red wheat through its halls. The historic building functioned for many years as the ‘Wall Street” for grain, a bustling meeting place in which buyers and sellers traded, purchased and hawked this starchy… Read more »
In February, an unusually brutal cold snap overtaxed the Texas power grid and caused a widespread and prolonged power loss. As the thermometer plunged and remained well below freezing, four million Texans shivered in the dark. Businesses struggled to safeguard valuable assets and blunt the financial impact of the weather… Read more »