Restoration services companies brace for polar vortex fallout, with worst yet to come - Crain's Detroit Business
Metro Detroit companies are already starting to see burst water pipes with the polar vortex that's descended on the region. But the worst is yet to come, say executives from local disaster recovery and property restoration companies. Mark Davis, co-CEO of Troy-based Signal Restoration Services, is projecting there will be thousands of water-related property damage claims in Michigan over the next week after a major thaw arrives this weekend. Calls from Michigan corporate and industrial clients started to come in around 4 a.m. Monday, he said. So far, Signal has received 160 calls from Michigan companies and more from others around the Midwest. "No one knows who it's going to happen to, but this is absolutely the weather where it's absolutely predictable what's coming," Davis said. Harrison Township-based Jarvis Property Restoration is also enjoying a major increase in business. The company has received at least 275 calls in the last week, mostly due to fi...