Reinstatement that repairs the building, not just the claim.
After a fire, flood or escape of water, the priority is a building returned to sound, dry, usable condition, not simply a settled claim. SMT Associates acts for building owners through the whole reinstatement process, bringing the same investigative rigour to damage assessment that we bring to building pathology.
Water damage in particular is frequently underestimated or mismanaged. Moisture driven deep into walls and floors, whether from flood water or fire-fighting, must be traced, measured and dried in a controlled way before repairs begin, or the "repaired" building fails again within years. Our moisture investigation and monitoring expertise means drying is verified with evidence, not assumed.
Our reinstatement services
- Fire & Flood Damage
- Moisture Investigation
- Drying Strategy & Monitoring
- Repair Specifications
- Tendering & Contractor Coordination
- Contract Administration
- Complex & Historic Building Claims
St Austell reinstatement.
SMT delivered an insurance reinstatement project in St Austell of approximately £300,000, carrying the work from damage assessment and repair specification through tendering, contractor coordination and contract administration to completion.
Historic and traditional buildings raise particular difficulties in insurance work: matching materials, satisfying listed building requirements and avoiding standardised repairs that would harm the fabric. Our conservation background allows us to manage these claims so that the reinstatement is both compliant and appropriate to the building.