In an ideal world, every property and business owner would havea disaster recovery plan to ensure a straightforward restoration.The truth is that, even with a plan of action, multiple unexpectedissues must be resolved in the midst of chaos and confusion.Valuable days and even weeks can be required for restoration,particularly if other complications, such as forensicinvestigations, arise.
All parties feel the growing sense of urgency whenreconstruction finally begins and the pressure is on to perform thework in record time. Such was the case for the Belforreconstruction project at the Cook County Administrative Buildingfollowing a fire in October 2003.
It is a story that everyone has heard. At 5 pm on Friday, Oct.17, a fire started on the 12th floor of the Administrative Buildingin downtown Chicago. A few hours later, when the fire subsided, sixpeople had died, trapped in a smoke-filled stairwell, and a numberof people had been injured.
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