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The most important goal of damage management is to restore production
capability as quickly as possible.
The following priorities are extremely important:
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Intelligent choice of initial measures
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Proper disposal of debris
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Efficient planning
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Successful repairs
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Short approval processes
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Comprehensive quality control
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Effective time management
Professional implementation of measures as soon as possible helps keep
secondary damage to a minimum and makes it possible to do the work required
to be able to reduce the time it takes to resume production to a minimum. On
the other hand, completely new construction following a total loss means
considerable expense for the company affected, a longer period of inactivity
and deterioration of the company's position in the marketplace.
As a result, the option of repairing and rebuilding as become a viable
alternative to new construction in the course of the past three decades.
Whenever facilities are rebuilt after a fire, the most important priority is
to make sure that all potential sources of danger to personnel have been
completely eliminated by the time production has been resumed.
Another major priority is to detect and completely eliminate any toxic
substances. These include halogenated dibenzodioxins ("dioxin") as well as
heavy metals and their compounds like arsenic, cadmium and chromium-VI
compounds.
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