Hurricane Mitigation Techniques and Inspection

This course will help you better understand what the insurance industry is looking for when a Wind Mitigation Form is submitted, especially as it pertains to the High Velocity Hurricane Zone of Miami, Dade, and Broward counties. We will learn how to identify window and door labels for protection; how to evaluate and categorize roof configurations and determine a roof’s geometry; and how to point out the only acceptable secondary water resistance (SWR) products for a roof.

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Course Details

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  • Identify and evaluate laminated glazing
  • List pictures that need to be included with the form
  • Summarize the measurements of different roof perimeters and identify the percentages required for proper categorization
  • Identify acceptable shutter protection available on the market
  • Distinguish between the different requirements between the HVHZ & the rest of the state
  • Recall what will and will not get discount credit

Specs

Course Level Fundamental
Languages English
Compatibility Audio, Video, MobileReady

Michael D. Conley, ASHI

Author

Michael has forty years experience in all facets of residential and commercial construction, repair, remodeling, and condominium conversions. He is experienced as a laborer, carpenter, foreman, superintendent, project manager, construction consultant and estimator. Mike has twenty-eight years experience as a home inspector. His inspection experience encompasses municipal code inspections as a building official, relocation inspections for three national relocation companies, insurance and bank, building evaluation, partial and complete resale and mortgage home inspections. Mike also has experience inspecting commercial & industrial buildings as well as new construction monitoring and walk through inspections. Mike has experience in property valuation replacement costs as it pertains to residential & commercial buildings. Over the last twenty years, he has established replacement costs for various condominiums, industrial buildings, and single family homes using various cost guides including but not limited to local data, National Builders Association cost guide, Marshall-Swift, and others. Mike's educational instructor experience covers seven years teaching for ITA/Kaplan schools and three years currently teaching for The ASHI School, as a lead instructor. Mike is also certified by the State of Florida as a Continuing Education Provider.

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