The buildings we rebuild, and what each one needs while we work.
We work on commercial buildings and apartment buildings of four or more units across Minneapolis, St. Paul and the Hennepin and Ramsey county suburbs. We do not take single-family or duplex homes.
Building type
Typical losses
How we work around it
Apartment buildings, 4+ units
Typical losses: Burst supply lines, unit kitchen fires, water traveling through several floors.
How we work: Residents stay in undamaged units. Written notice before each zone, quiet hours, protected corridors and key control.
Office buildings
Typical losses: Sprinkler and roof leaks, frozen lines in perimeter walls, electrical room fires.
How we work: Tenants keep working on other floors. Noisy demolition scheduled early or after hours by agreement.
Retail and restaurants
Typical losses: Kitchen fires, storefront impact, roof drains backing up after storms.
How we work: Every closed day costs revenue, so storefronts are secured first and the sales floor is rebuilt ahead of back-of-house where possible.
Medical and dental clinics
Typical losses: Water from above-ceiling piping, sterilization room fires.
How we work: Dust containment and negative-air zones next to patient areas; work sequenced around clinic hours.
Churches and community buildings
Typical losses: Frozen pipes in unoccupied periods, roof and steeple storm damage.
How we work: Work planned around services and events; older building fabric matched where it can be retained.
Light industrial and warehouse
Typical losses: Roof damage, sprinkler head freeze-ups, forklift impact on walls and doors.
How we work: Operations continue in other bays; temporary walls and dock access kept open.
Frozen pipes: the Twin Cities winter loss
Twin Cities winters regularly reach -20°F, and frost goes about 42 inches into the ground. Supply lines in exterior walls, unheated stairwells and sprinkler branches over vestibules are the usual failure points.
After a freeze-up we confirm the line is isolated and the structure is dry, then rebuild with the pipe rerouted or insulated where the original layout invited the failure. Exterior work in deep winter runs under heated enclosures so masonry and patch work can cure.
Rerouting is done by a licensed plumbing contractor and is listed as a separate line in the estimate, so the adjuster can see what is repair and what is improvement.