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title: "Does Builders Risk Cover Temporary Structures?"
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# Does Builders Risk Cover Temporary Structures?

List trailers, fencing, forms, and temporary utilities and confirm each item’s limit and location.

Sometimes. Builders risk may cover temporary structures at the scheduled jobsite when the policy includes them and their value; the cited ISO form offers only a limited extension for some structures. Coverage remains bounded by the project location, property definition, limit, and covered causes in the issued contract. Ask whether fencing, site offices, forms, temporary utilities, and similar works count as covered property. Verify whether offsite storage or a relocated structure is included, how values affect the limit, and whether occupancy, cessation, or weather-protection conditions apply. The ISO specimen includes a limited additional coverage for re-erecting certain temporary structures after covered damage, subject to a per-occurrence cap unless changed in the declarations. That is narrower than insuring every temporary facility in every location. List site trailers, fencing, forms, and temporary utilities; check whether each is property covered, what causes of loss apply, and whether the structure is owned or rented.

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## Related Coverage

- [Builders risk](https://spot.insure/coverage/builders-risk)

## Sources

1. [Builders Risk Coverage Form](https://assets.touchpointmarkets.com/e8/58/dec27c1b462c8227b4693fb8ac81/ih-00-70-05-17-builders-risk-coverage-form.pdf). Insurance Services Office, Inc.; hosted by Touchpoint Markets; IH 00 70 05 17, A.1.c and A.2 pp. 1–2; A.3 and A.4 pp. 2–5; A.5 and A.6 pp. 5–8; B.2–3 pp. 10–11; C–E pp. 12–13; copyright 2017, illustrative specimen. Accessed 2026-09-25.
2. [Insurance Clauses – Builders Risk](https://www.oregon.gov/das/risk/pages/insclausesbldrsrisk.aspx). Oregon Department of Administrative Services; Builders Risk: Clause, When do they apply?, Notes, Additional Information; Builders Risk Installation Floater. Accessed 2026-09-25.

More answers: [Builders Risk Insurance FAQ](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/builders-risk).

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