Case Studies - Factory Fire

Factory Fire January, 2009

Incident

Suspected electrical failure causing extensive fire damage to a food processing plant. The building contained vast food grade stainless steel surfaces, all of which were contaminated by severe soot contamination.

Services Rendered

•  Dry ice blasting for waterless soot removal of machinery and structure.
•  Electrical services decontamination and restoration.
•  Corrosion protection of machinery.
•  Stainless Steel restoration and surface enhancement.

Benefit

Saving of over $5 million of specialised equipment. Facility was running again within three months, ready for the production season. Plant downtime and business interruption were minimised.

Plant Equipment and Stainless Steel fixtures were returned to better that pre-loss condition.

Plant Employees commented "The equipment had never looked better !"