Commercial Wildfire
Mitigation
Defensible Space Snapshot
Your property’s wildfire compliance requirements.
No guessing. No waiting. No commitment.
You have a compliance problem.
- Your Problem
You are busy managing daily operations and learn there is a compliance requirement that applies to your property. Suddenly, there is an involuntary capital project and a compliance deadline on your calendar.
Frequent compliance problems include:
- Fire department defensible space inspection
- Insurance mitigation request
- Notice of non-renewal from insurance carrier
- Compliance with Nonfunctional Turf Law (AB 1572)
- Vacant lot clearing & nuisance abatement
- The To-Do List
InterpretFigure out exactly what work needs to be done to satisfy the regulation or request.
OutreachContact your insurance broker or neighboring business owners to confirm your understanding and get vendor referrals.
More ResearchInvestigate what happens if you do not comply with the regulation or insurance request.
ShopInterrupt business hours to collect disparate quotes from gardeners, landscape contractors, handymen and seasonal brush crews from your spreadsheet.
HireNegotiate the scope of work to match what you researched, coordinate a schedule that does not interrupt your daily operations but still meets the deadline, and chase the vendor for the W9, license and insurance certificates before the work begins.
- Common Solutions
Do nothingCross your fingers, ignore the notice and hope you do not get caught, fined or dropped by your insurance carrier.
Do-it-yourselfSpend the little personal time you have with pruners, a rented brush cutter and an overflowing green bin, hoping you have trimmed all the right things to the right height.
Become a Project ManagerCobble together a patchwork crew of your regular gardener, a local handyman, and whoever put up that mysterious “Brush Clearance” sign on the corner. You may need to spend several business hours managing them, communicating the compliance specifications you researched and double checking their work.
- Common Failures
EnforcementThe fire department follows through on the enforcement notice they sent.
Opportunity CostBusiness owners often undervalue their own time when taking on ancillary projects.
Unintentional Non-complianceThe operator or the hired vendor overlooks one or more of the mitigation requirements.
Your compliance problem. Done.
Bring us your compliance problem. Mustard Construction assesses the property, determines what applies, defines the work, completes the contracted scope, and closes the project with the Done Report. One accountable contract.
The Mustard Process
Assess
We start with the property and the specific mitigation standards required for compliance. We thoroughly document the current condition of your property and assess it against the proper standards.
Scope
We turn the thorough assessment into a scope tailored to your property meeting the specific compliance requirement. Mustard Construction’s Wildfire Compliance Scope gives you a clear path forward so you know what work, timeline and guarantees you are approving.
Mitigate
We promptly carry out the approved scope to prepare your property for its upcoming compliance deadline. We own the project from start to finish. One contract, one point of contact.
Document
We close the project with Mustard Construction’s Done Report, a thorough documentation of the completed mitigation work at your property. It gives brokers, insurance carriers and fire authorities a reliable record to review.
What clients say
“I called Mustard Construction the week before the VCFD annual inspection deadline. They were busy but found a way to accommodate our last minute service. They set clear expectations, worked clean and got the job done by the deadline.”
“I have a rental portfolio and the annual fire inspections had become a headache. Mustard Construction scoped each property's needs, kept to a schedule, and got the portfolio through inspection. The headache-free service was well worth the cost.”
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You start the consultation with a compliance problem.
You finish the consultation with a clear path forward.
