MENLO PARK, Calif. – Kespry today announced it has partnered with the XAP 360 Assurance Program to deliver drone-based aerial intelligence designed to save commercial property owners time and money through proactive and post-severe weather incident roof condition assessments. The Kespry-XAP 360 relationship comprehensively addresses property management needs to reduce inspection costs, identify issues at an early stage before they evolve into more serious concerns, and deliver more accurate damage identification. In addition, the partnership takes inspection personnel out of harm’s way. By using Kespry, XAP 360 providers don’t have to send inspectors up on ladders to conduct manual, dangerous roof inspections.
“We’re proud to have Kespry work with XAP 360 to change how the property management industry works for the better,” said George Mathew, CEO, Kespry. “Together, we’re delivering unmatched consistency and continuity for property owners and managers. Now, they’re able to benefit from routinely-updated views on the health of their roofs and can address any needed repairs before they seriously impact the bottom line and livability of a property.”
XAP 360 is a nationwide network of certified roofing contractors, protecting millions of dollars of property across the United States. Its participants share a universal commitment to excellence in servicing their clients, delivering a unique consistency of assurance across property owners’ or management firms’ asset portfolios—no matter which state an individual building is located in. Kespry is a critical component of the XAP program, delivering consistent, high accuracy inspection for every property.
“Kespry is delivering serious value to XAP 360 customers by providing highly-accurate data that our XAP partners can use to work with their clients to proactively build repair and maintenance plans,” said Phil Pratt, partner, XAP 360. “Our partnership with Kespry is a key part of our offering that provides the ultimate in peace of mind when it comes to protecting the roofs of multi-family properties for owners and residents alike. With Kespry and XAP, our customers can instantly have a view into the roofing conditions of their entire property and accurately budget for the future. Due to the reporting and data being uniform, we are easily ably to give our property management customers consistency across their entire portfolio.”
With XAP 360 and Kespry, property owners and managers can better plan repair and maintenance cycles, access detailed property condition views. XAP 360 also provides 24×7 storm monitoring to its customers so they’re aware of weather conditions that could potentially impact their properties in the near- and medium-term. Roofs are inspected using Kespry on an annual basis and after any serious weather event, ensuring clients and XAP partners have the most up-to-date information on the status of the roofs of these high-value assets.
“The efficiency and accuracy of the Kespry system paired with the reliability and real-time monitoring of XAP 360 platform is a total game changer,” said Ron Woody, Direct of Capital Expenditures, Buckingham Property Management. “It has streamlined our roofing evaluation, budgeting, and maintenance process, allowing us to reallocate the scarce resources required to perform those functions. Kespry and XAP 360 also gives us the benefit of knowing that when a catastrophic event, such as a hail or wind storm does occur, we can confidently initiate an insurance claim and/or repair the damage.”
XAP 360 will be joining Universal Roofers, one of its providers, at the 2018 Midwest Multifamily Conference in Indianapolis, IN, taking place October 9-10 at the Indiana Convention Center.
To learn more, visit: http://xap360.com/
About Kespry
Kespry’s aerial intelligence platform is transforming how organizations capture, analyze and share insights about their business, providing the information they need to accelerate their operations. Purpose-built for industrial use yet simple enough for any user, a wide variety of industries rely on Kespry to solve business-critical problems. Delivering a fully integrated solution from drone data capture to industry-specific analytics, Kespry serves customers across North America, Europe and Australia, including John Deere, Hancock Claims Consultants, Catastrophe Response Unit (CRU), Fluor, Lehigh Hanson/Heidelberg, and Colas USA.
