Hospital Disaster Recovery & Remediation

Architectural blueprint and construction plans

Construction site with workers and machinery

Completed building project by Cavalry Construction

Structural framework during construction

Construction site with workers and equipment

Construction workers assembling steel beams

Construction crane lifting heavy materials

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Dates

Start: June 26, 2018
Finish: August 29, 2018

Team Utilized

150+ Total
In-House
Subcontracted

Facility Resources

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Carly Latham
– Director of Marketing
– [email protected]

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Because of a natural gas explosion that shut down entire hospital the entire facility had to be placed under temporary cooling and generated power in certain areas. There were several areas of the facility under investigation by Law Enforcement Agencies and Engineers that had to be carefully worked around.

The facility had to be cleaned throughout and selective demo was required in several places. All had to be completed in as little time as possible with crews working 24/7 to minimize downtime.

Timeline

At approximately 2:15pm, a large explosion occurred in the Central Utility Plant.

After months of investigating the cause, it was concluded as an accidental natural gas explosion.

Tragically, three individuals deceased and 13 others were injured.

The explosion left the hospital and the surrounding areas without power and utilities, forcing the hospital to evacuate all patients and staff.

95

Completion in 7 days (6-8 weeks from other quotes)

63

Length of time in days to full completion

150

In-House Team & Subcontractors

Cavalry Team at Coryell Memorial Hospital

Coming out on top

THE CAVALRY DIFFERENCE

The Cavalry team was award the job based on response time and the ability to recognize the importance of minimizing downtime of facilities, along with relationship and trust with the insurance carrier.

Return and Impact

The initial projections for the project had been set to 6-8 weeks of downtime. The Cavalry team was able to get staff and patients back to operations using approx. 95% of facilities within 7 days of Cavalry beginning work.

The hospital CEO called the efforts “Herculean” and the insurance carrier was very satisfied with the efforts and ability to limit the loss of use of the medical facilities to such a short period of time.