Building Systems Project Recaps: Hotel Telephone Equipment System
ILC Assignment:
Determine the cause of damage, a like-kind replacement and evaluate the systems repairability.
ILC Inspection Details:
In August of 2019, the insured reported that their telephone system, which consisted of 132 analog telephone extensions was damaged and contacted their service provider.
The insureds service provider troubleshot the system, determined the power supply was damaged, and ordered a replacement.
During multiple attempted repair visits the power supply was replaced, the system failed to reboot, and the software was deemed corrupt.
The insured was left with a service bill totaling $7,982 and a telephone system that did not function.
Summary:
ILC evaluated the phone system damage, the attempted repair efforts, and the costs involved with the service providers’ attempt to repair the telephone system as reasonable.
ILC confirmed that the system was outdated, no parts existed in a secondary market for repair and a salvage vendor for the remaining parts of the telephone system was identified.
