Floods are the most costly type of natural disaster in Australia having caused on average hundreds of millions of dollars in damage every year since the late 1960s. History has also shown that a flood-affected business can take months, or even years to recover from; some businesses never do.
Natural disaster impact on business is felt the moment damage to buildings, key infrastructure, stock or motor vehicles forces them into extended closure. The key to recovery and survival is minimizing the time it takes to get back to normal operation. Queensland flooding in 2010-2011forced one in five businesses to close due to water inundation, power loss or the inability to access their business. For those businesses affected, it took an average of 31 days to return to normal operation resulting in an average 11 per cent loss in annual turnover.* *Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) 2011
Property management is all about mitigating risk. Whether you’re managing recreational facilities, key infrastructure, shopping complexes or multi-level buildings, the Tiger Dam™ System gives you the opportunity to mitigate risk of extended business closure and income loss before it’s too late.
Why use Tiger Dams™?
- Faster and more cost-effective response to sandbags
- Prevent closure of business and reduce recovery costs
- Help your business to open up your doors as quick as possible by reducing level of destruction to reduce loss of income
- For multiple-site facilities Tiger Dam™ offers a portable, reusable system that is very cost effective for all sites
Key Scenarios:
- Protecting shop fronts and building interiors
- Preventing structural and external damage
- Protecting underground generators, electrical systems, elevators and car parks
- Protecting storage rooms and key trade stock
- Recreational facilities and grounds protection
- Protecting communication facilities
Key Benefits:
- Deployed much quicker than sandbags. One standard dam is equivalent to 500 sandbags and can be filled in as little as 90 seconds
- Deployed with minimal man power for quick response
- Environmentally responsible, reusable design that can be stored easily
- Emergency Response Trailers provide a full service approach ideal for multisite deployment
Regardless of the type of facility or property you own or manage, whether it’s a multi-level building, shopping centre, university or sporting facility the important question after a disaster has occurred is how quickly you can open your doors again. With Tiger Dams™ available, the question can be does your business need to be impacted at all?
Case Study
Walmart
Customer since 2007
Walmart has 8,500 stores in 15 countries, under 55 different names and has approximately 1000 Tiger Dams™ for rapid deployment in the USA to protect infrastructure against hurricanes and river flooding.