Operation Blue Roof installs 30,000 temporary roofs in PR

Photo By Patrick Loch | Operation Blue Roof is up-and-running, with nearly 26,000 installations completed as of Dec. 22, 2017. More than 1,200 contractors, nearly 100 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers quality assurance personnel and dozens more processing more than 73,000 rights of entry, inspections and assessments.  

UNITED STATES

12.30.2017

Story by Patrick Loch 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, overseeing the Operation Blue Roof mission in Puerto Rico, has installed more than 30,000 temporary roofs in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricane Maria.

The past three days have seen records in terms of installations completed since the first temporary roof was installed, with crews averaging more than 800 installations daily from Dec. 27 to date.

Operation Blue Roof provides temporary roofing intended to last 30 days and provide the homeowner an opportunity to find a permanent fix. Certain eligibility requirements must be met to be eligible, such as the home not having a flat roof or structural damage exceeding 50 percent.

USACE estimates 75,000 homes in Puerto Rico are eligible, and the opportunity to complete a Right-of-Entry form to determine eligibility has been extended a third time to Jan. 10, 2018.

Residents must complete ROE forms so assessments can be made of their home, which gets the process started to install the reinforced plastic sheeting.

The end of the Blue Roof sign up period also applies to those residents who had an assessment completed that resulted in a disqualified status due to damages beyond the limits in the eligibility criteria. If that homeowner makes repairs to become eligible they must put in a new request for temporary roof repairs before the Jan. 10 deadline. This can be done by contacting the call center.

Residents should NOT fill out an additional ROE if one was already submitted and approved.

For more information call 888-ROOF-BLU (888-766-3258), or email
[e-mail].

The call center is open from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., 7 days a week (closed New Year's Day).

• Date Taken: 12.30.2017
• Date Posted: 12.30.2017 13:58
• Story ID: 260938
• Location: US