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<br />established for specific commercial activities, they may be used, if <br /> <br />reliable adjustments can be based on readily available parameters such as <br /> <br />size or value of store, stock, turnover, number of employees, etc. <br /> <br />Sampling should be limited or not used where wide variations in property <br /> <br />characteristics exist; direct methods of appraisal should then be <br /> <br />employed. Large individual establishments, that constitute a major part <br /> <br />of the total damage in the reach, may warrant special attention by the <br />appraisers. Advance contact with such interests may be advisable, <br /> <br />particularly to enable them to assemble data on property characteristics <br /> <br />and damages, and to arrange to review these with company officials. As in <br /> <br />evaluation of residential damages, but more critical in the case of <br /> <br />business and industry, is the estimating of reasonable periods for <br /> <br /> <br />rehabilitation of property and return to normal operating conditions, <br /> <br /> <br />Evaluation of Direct Phvsica1 Commercial Dama2e~. Actual or <br /> <br /> <br />potential damages can be estimated by the normal methods of estimating <br /> <br />construction costs. Where available, repair bills, company records, etc., <br /> <br />also provide an independent source. As in other cases of direct physical <br /> <br />damages, losses attributable to floods must be separated from repair costs <br /> <br />that restore accrued depreciation. Shortened physical life (accelerated <br /> <br />depreciation) of damaged items, non-recurring damages, and those <br /> <br />preventable by good housekeeping, prudent management, or prompt action <br /> <br />upon receipt of flood warning, can be eliminated from estimates of <br /> <br />prospective damages, <br /> <br />V,42 <br />