Last May marked the infamous, three-year anniversary of the EF-5 tornado that tore through Joplin, Missouri, just across the northeastern Oklahoma border. As one local reporter noted, the city, like Moore, Oklahoma, lost a hospital. The community’s health care facilities became symbols of overall recovery and revival.
Victura Construction Group is a holding company focused on strategic acquisitions within the construction industry that service the restoration and re-building needs that follow catastrophic events. The company in many ways can be considered a vital player in the overall recovery process through the deployment of solid business practices and management, ethics and financial resources where applicable. The foundation of VICT’s business model is driven through its leveraging of strategic industry relationships to help ensure success on behalf of company acquisitions.
VICT’s service niche becomes even more valuable following the overlay of post catastrophic event market statistics. Weather and climate disaster data strongly suggests construction expertise and resources following such an event not only have played a pivotal role in the economic and emotional rebuilding process but one whose relevance will continue grow and be relied upon following natural and technological disasters going forward. In 2013, there were 9 weather/climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each across the United States. These events included a drought event, 2 flooding events, and 6 severe storm events. Overall, these events resulted in the deaths of 113 people and had significant economic effects on the areas impacted. Given the daunting economic strain of such occurrences, the relevance of VICT’s business model becomes crucial.
While opportunity for players within the construction industry predictably mirrors economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP), housing starts and current employment statistics, Victura’s market opportunity is identified through occurrences which are ‘catastrophic’ by nature, making the target far more apparent and verifiable.
A common occurrence accounting for massive economic impact, both positive and negative, comes in the form of coastal area flooding. As we continue to refine and improve our country’s recovery mechanism, never before has the need for swift, proficient and cost effective renovation and re-build services been more apparent. Reuters reports that as sea levels rise, tidal flooding along the U.S. coast is likely to become so common that parts of many communities, including the nation’s capital, could become unusable within three decades, according to a new report from nonprofit science advocacy organization, Union of Concerned Scientists.
The report’s projections build on recent studies – including one by Reuters published last July – that documented a dramatic increase in tidal flooding over the past half century. Many coastal communities are already struggling to cope with routine flooding that makes streets impassable and overwhelms storm-water systems.
Using a methodology similar to those of the recent studies, scientists projected the trends 15 to 30 years into the future at 52 sites around the country. The study used moderate sea-level rise projections from the National Climate Assessment, a U.S. government report based on input from some 300 scientists, engineers, industry officials and other specialists.
With flooding being just one of dozens of events creating revenue opportunities for VICT, it is clear the company is doing well demonstrating the necessary experience and market sense to differentiate itself and seize burgeoning market opportunities to the benefit of its shareholders.
