The Flip video recorder is easy to use, inexpensive, and has video and audio.
When a major construction project experiences a loss, a contractor is suddenly faced with the daunting task of documentation for the insurance claim. To document a construction soft cost or delay in completion insurance claim, the insured party should video tape the damage, recovery, and general project progress on a weekly basis.
If you’re the “Clerk of the Work” in charge of documenting everything for a soft cost or delay in completion insurance claim, you can make what can be an overwhelming task a little bit easier. Consider using the Flip video camera to help you with the documentation job. While you walk the project, talk out loud to draw attention to different aspects of the project and describe in detail what you’re recording in the shot.
The reason this little camera does a great job capturing documentation is because it’s easy to use, compact, and inexpensive. For $200 or less (depending on the model), you can get a lot of use out of this little device, and if it ends up broken on a job site, you won’t be crushed by the cost to replace it. Just make sure that you download your videos right away and always make it a habit to backup videos, photos, and other documents you’re using to compile the evidence for your insurance claim.
It’s true that the quality of the video it captures is not high end. But it does do an adequate job, and when you’re documenting a construction soft cost or delay in completion insurance claim, the content of the video is more important than the quality of the video.
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