Forensic Damage
Consulting
Mr.
Paradise is the lead consultant at
Forensic Damage
Consultants Certified Restorer
Mr. Paradise holds the following accreditations:
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Certified Restorer #94 from the National
Institute of Disaster Restoration now RIA
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Smoke
Technician from Unsmoke
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Restoration
Technician from National Institute of Disaster
Restoration
 Len
Paradise working World Trade Center
For a complete CV click below:
For a complete CV
for Len Paradise Sr. click here.
Forensic consulting involves the inspection, photo
documentation, investigation and reporting of
structural and personal property damage. It
involves site visitation
to develop a thorough knowledge of the structure
and the loss in general. This includes measuring
the structure using highly accurate "LEICA" laser tools,
interviewing the property representative on the
history of the structure.
Depending on the type of assignment a thorough
report is written to advise the carrier on the
issues.
Forensic Damage Consultants Certified Restorer
uses state of the art technology and software to
prepare a well-documented file involving all
types of property damage. Depending on the loss
and assignment Forensic Damage Consultants can
prepare restoration period critical path charts
for the restoration process, computerized time
lines of events, CAD floor plans, marked up photo
documentation with comments and indicators,
Xactimate estimates,
On many
occasions,
Forensic Damage Consultants Certified Restorer
is hired to Project Manage a large loss for the
carrier. This entails:
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Our
daily involvement with the
Insured to determine actual damage due to the
loss.
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Our advise on
proper restoration as it applies to the loss.
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Our assistance in
sorting through the loss related costs and
requests by the Insured that may not be related to
the loss. This helps alleviate disputes during
the accounting phase of the loss.
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Our analysis of
the need, coverage issues and cost are then
discussed in an ongoing dialog with the General
Adjuster on the loss.
Weekly
reports are provided to the carrier of all
conversations, decisions and items that need
attention. A full accounting process is then
applied to all requests for payment of vendors on
the project with formal Invoice Review Forms
explaining the approval or rejection. All quotes
and invoices are tracked and reported to the
carrier in a detailed format.
When
there are disputes between parties, a reversal
method may be used to settle the differences. This
method has been used on many claims
with great success. The method
speeds up the process by applying over 30 years of
construction experience along with over 20 years
of restoration experience to the disputed portion
of the loss.
For a complete CV for
Len Paradise Sr. click here.
Our
audience is Insurance Carriers; we do not work for
Public Adjusters, and very rarely work for
property owners directly. We can also assist in
case preparation for Carrier Counsel. We
work for most major commercial carriers. Our
forte is commercial, however we have handled many
hard to settle residential losses over our years
in business.
If you
handle commercial or high end residential we can
assist you on new claims or stubborn claims that
have claim issues. We can sort through the
Public Adjuster's claim on structural
restoration to get to the “Real Loss”. We
strive to report the “Real Loss" no matter what it
may entail. Using many years of
construction, restoration and fire experience we
speak with commanding knowledge.
If you
are in need of excellent structural photo
documentation we use state of the art digital
cameras. And many different methods to photo
document hard to photograph failures and defects.
Further
explanations of specialties offered:
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Photo
Documentation-
it is not just taking photos of the building,
when Forensic
Damage Consultants Certified Restorer
photo documents a loss or claim, we use
digital cameras that take extremely fine detail
in pitch black surroundings. We use digital
photo devices that can take close up photos of
high areas in a structure that cannot be reached
without expensive rigging. Photos are taken
through the eye of a construction expert with
court experience and claim settlement
experience. This can expedite settlement when an
issue is put forth and it can be discuss with
the proper photo documentation.
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Time Lines-
Forensic Damage
Consultants Certified Restorer
can take a file and prepare a computer
generated time line by simple data entry. This
is helpful when preparing cases for litigation.
It is also used to document a sequence of events
reported by the claimant.
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Construction Time Lines-
Forensic Damage
Consultants Certified Restorer
will prepare detailed construction time lines to
be used to settle Restoration Period disputes or
just used in a hard settlement of business
interruption or ALE. These are prepared using
state of the art computer software.
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Photo Reports-
Forensic Damage
Consultants Certified Restorer
uses special software to prepare photo reports
that can be detailed to identify specific points
of interest in the photos in addition to
appending comments. This is transmitted in a
professional format the is well accepted in the
legal community as well as the insurance
industry.
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Soot Trace-
Forensic Damage
Consultants Certified Restorer
has developed a system for documenting the
travel of soot and smoke.
Samples are taken and a site map is prepared.
The lab results are plotted on the floor plan
that are CAD generated and the contaminated
areas are so noted. In some
instances the types of soot may be determined
and differentiated between the current fire and
a previous fire. This keeps cleaning down
on large losses.
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