FEMA's 50% Rule & How It May Affect Your Property
The Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] has established specific damage assessment guidelines enforced by the Building Code Official pertaining to all structures located in SFHA (special flood hazard area) A…
Determining Wind and Surge Losses Class
39th Annual Conference & Exhibit FairOrlando, September 20 – 23, 2009Special Catastrophe TrackTuesday, September 22Herding Cats – The Growing Challenges of Catastrophe Risks/p> John Minor: Determining Wind and Surge LossesTuesday,…
Wind vs. Flood Class
“There are many new things happening in the form of hurricane modeling and strength indicators. The last few years fueled by lessons gleaned from the four storms that hit the…
Houston Property Appraisal: Commercial
These four buildings totaling more than 100,000 s.f of printing and paper warehouses were damaged by wind following Hurricane Ike. Complete, John Minor was selected to be the appraiser for…
Appraisal as a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appraisal is a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution included in most home and commercial property owner’s insurance policies. The process is informal and allows for the selection of an appraiser…
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Perdido Shores: Hurricane Ivan – Wind V Flood Expert John Minor
Perdido Shores, located gulf front on Perdido Key, was badly damaged by wind and flood from Hurricane Ivan. The property was a total loss and was razed as result of…
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Appraisal of Aub Ward, Esq. residence in Baton Rouge following Hurricane Gustav
Complete was hired by this attorney/policy holder as appraiser to set the values associated with damages from Hurricane Ivan. A 60-80,000 pound tree impacted the residence causing structural damages through…
Wind vs Wave Information
“There are many new things happening in the form of hurricane modeling and strength indicators. The last few years fueled by lessons gleaned from the four storms that hit the…
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Destin Point – Hurricane Ivan, Emergency Soil Stabilization
This premium residence is located in Destin Pointe, a gated community right off Destin Pass. The top two floors of the residence were badly damaged by the winds from Hurricane…
Wind vs. Wave at the Windstorm Insurance Conference in Houston
WIND vs. WAVE at the WIND Texas SymposiumApril 2, 2009 • Hilton Hobby Airport Hotel, Houston, TX Join professionals from all segments of the property insurance industry as they address…
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Pembroke at Landfall Hurricane & Construction Defect Restoration – Coastal North Carolina
This gated community on the coast of North Carolina was a significant portion of my early training in insurance restoration and water intrusion repair. These townhomes totaling more than 150,000…
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Fire Loss: Ocean Springs, MS
In March of 2008 the fire consumed the residence and burned significant portions of the residence including the floor, wall and roof framing making a restoration impossible this time around….
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Keith Co/BKS Inc. Investigation & Trial – Hurricane Katrina; Mississippi
Complete, Inc and its president John Minor were asked to provide restoration management & expert witness services to this chain of more than 50 gas stations serving Southern Mississippi. The…
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Hubbard Beach House Restoration Following Hurricane Ivan, Pensacola Beach, FL
This beautiful beach house owned by Jane Hubbard is located one row off Pensacola Beach on Ariola Dr. The residence was badly damaged by Hurricane Ivan in 2004 with the…
Hurricane Matthew: Immediate Large Loss Property Restoration
Hurricane Ike – Immediate Large Loss Property Restoration
Property Restoration after Hurricane Ike is a balancing act between providing proper services documenting the claim and working with the insurer and owner…
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Construction Defect – EIFS/Stucco Home – Hard Construction
Complete, Inc. was hired by a prominent local attorney for the purpose of providing expert witness testimony for this property with synthetic stucco exterior cladding. We did a thorough investigation…
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Panoramic Hatteras Island Home
In December of 2003 Complete, Inc. was contacted to provide flood restoration services to the Panorama Cottage. Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks was badly damaged by Hurricane Isabel in…
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Restoration of Franklin Memorial Church following Hurricane Bonnie: Morehead City, NC
Franklin Memorial is a historic landmark church constructed out of the bones of a shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina in the 1890s. The church had been badly damaged…
