Three Locations, Stronger Together

5/19/2021 (Permalink)

Not a day goes by that SERVPRO Team Wall’s three locations in Metro Pittsburgh East, Harrisburg West, and Hunt Valley and Harford County don’t interact in some way. We are truly a team and from time to time, we’re given the chance to come together for large-scale projects that allow us to unite our resources. In conjunction with SERVPRO Team Bowen, the three offices of Team Wall traveled to Fort Sill, a historic military base in Oklahoma, for our largest job to date after March’s deep freeze resulted in roughly 200 burst pipes.

What Is Fort Sill?

Spanning 94,000 acres, National Historic Landmark Fort Sill is the United States’ largest field artillery complex. Many notable historical figures, including the “Buffalo Soldiers”, have been stationed at Fort Sill since its completion in 1869. Today, you can find the gravesite of Geronimo, a Chiricahua Apache religious and military leader. Although the U.S. Army is primarily stationed at the base, Fort Sill also hosts members of the United States Marine Corps. To put it simply, many people were relying on our team to quickly and efficiently restore Fort Sill to its preloss condition.

Combining Our Resources

In order to complete this job, which, due to the sheer scope of the work that needed to be done, teamwork and coordination between our three locations were absolutely essential. 110 buildings were surveyed with thermal imaging cameras and moisture meters in order to detect which buildings had been impacted by moisture. Around 50 buildings were found to have been affected by a burst pipe, if not multiple. Combining our resources, we had anywhere from 70 to 100 crew members working with eight crews supervising. These crew supervisors were instrumental in monitoring equipment used and overseeing the processes of demolition and drying. The equipment utilized by our team ranged from small format equipment to four tractor trailers worth of resources, which included roughly 1,000 air movers and 200 dehumidifiers. For 17 days, teams from Team Wall’s three offices remained busy, working to supply dehumidifiers, climate control, descants, and temporary power to a total of six buildings simultaneously. While the to-do list was long, the combined force of team members from our three locations handled everything without a hitch.

Trust SERVPRO Team Wall’s 3 Locations for Your Storm Needs

All three of our locations work together in some way every day and together, our teams form a community that has each other’s backs, just as we support our customers. Even though our everyday collaboration is not always as visible as our teamwork on the Fort Sill restoration project, cooperation between our three locations makes monumental differences in every job that we take on here at SERVPRO of Metro Pittsburgh East. No matter the size of the storm or the scope of the damage it leaves in its path, you can trust SERVPRO to be standing by, ready to lend a hand. After any storm, SERVPRO of Metro Pittsburgh East’s professional storm remediation services, as well as the resources of our other two locations in Harrisburg West and Hunt Valley and Harford County, are at your disposal. Pick up the phone and give us a call at (412) 672-5400 right away. For more information about our storm services, take a look at our website’s storm pages, including our Water Restoration Process, our Storm and Flood Services, our Mold Remediation and Restoration services, and much more.