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 | Route Marketing is Dead
Is the era of effective route marketing to insurance agents over? Marketing reps have been developing (or have been attempting to develop) relationships with insurance agents for years, with varying degrees of success.
by Dick Wagner
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 | Munters Steps Up To the Plate in Minneapolis
Munters MCS stepped up to the plate to assure that the high-end millwork that adorns the indoor sections of Target Field in Minneapolis, the new home of baseball’s Minnesota Twins, will be a hit with fans when the ballpark opens next April.
by Ben Arens
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 | What You Need to Know About Jobsite Ventilation
“Virtually everyone in the remodeling and remediation industry knows that stagnant air fills up with toxic dust and fumes. The problem strikes a lot of people as a routine no-brainer: open a couple of windows, turn on a fan, and you’re done.”
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 | Woodrow Wilson’s Liberty Rug Restored
Restoration by Costikyan has completed the restoration of The Liberty Rug. The historically significant carpet was inspired by the initial floodlighting ceremony at the Statue of Liberty on Dec. 2, 1916, at which President Woodrow Wilson officiated.
by Hillary White
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 | Make More Money with Extended Hours
Sitting in a bar many years ago with Frank Blau at a convention (trust me, it was all about the education!), we got to talking about extended-hour service.
by Al Levi
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 | Climate Control at Dockside: A Case Study
Temporary climate control is becoming a regular part of blasting and coating operations throughout industry. Its ability to create improved coatings conditions while providing cost savings and quality workmanship to the owner and contractor is lending itself to becoming a popular method.
by Gregg Lowes
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 | Avoiding Legal Liability in Disaster Remediation
Disasters, both man-made and natural, have plagued our safety and security since the beginning of time. The mold crisis of several years ago, combined with a spate of devastating hurricanes and the prospect of bioterrorism, have allowed disaster recovery companies to flourish.
by David Governo
David Rhein
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 | Opportunities in Restoration Abound
Tough economies are a lot like naturally occurring brush fires. The devastation clears a lot of dead wood, making room for new growth. That’s not much consolation for the dead wood — but you might want to keep your eyes peeled for signs of new life.
by Barb Checket-Hanks
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 | Framing Options in Reconstruction
The framing market is huge. Over recent years there have been innovations in framing. These include wood I-beams, Structural Insulated Panels, different truss configurations, finger-jointed studs, and steel studs. Now a new group of framing options – treated woods with differing properties – is entering the market.
by Huck DeVenzio
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 | Racing Team Goes High Tech in Race for NHRA Advantage
NHRA Pro Stock class is one of the most tightly competitive in all of motor racing. Cagnazzi Racing consistently keeps its cars at the top of the class by gathering and analyzing a wealth of information. But there's always a need for more.
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 | R&R 2009 Restoration Red Book
The R&R Restoration Red Book is the definitive resource for restoration, remediation and claims professionals, an annual guide through the maze of equipment, training and services available in today's marketplace.
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 | Stormy Weather
As hurricanes go, it certainly could have been a whole lot worse. Make no mistake; there have been bigger and badder storms than Hurricane Ike. But hurricanes, even relatively small ones like Ike, are why the English language needs words like, “awesome.”
by Jack Sweet
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 | Contractors Take Aim with Dry Ice Blast Cleaning
Restoring buildings or landmarks damaged by fire, flood, mold or even nature can be a difficult and time-consuming process. While there are many methods employed to return historical treasures or vital community buildings back to original glamour, only a few are safe or effective enough to use for restoring often fragile or aged surfaces or remediating mold from buildings without causing damage to the underlying architecture.
by Betsey Seibel
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 | Profiles: Rainbow International
For Mike Moritz, thoughts of a naval career while growing up in the mountains of southeast Ohio may have seemed far-fetched. But in this coal and steel mill community, job opportunities and career advancement options were a limited commodity.
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 | Resisting Mold
Moisture damage and mold growth are widespread problems that continue to plague builders, contractors and homeowners. Incorporating good moisture control practices into the design and construction of a building is the most important part of an effective mold prevention strategy.
by Paul Shipp PhD, PE
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 | Good Estimators are Hard to Come By
My career in restoration has been an exciting one, taking me from the West Coast to the East Coast and back again. I began estimating for my own business starting back in 1989. Since then, prices for things have gone up, as you well know, as has the complexity of the estimating process. What was once a simple act has grown into a technical field all its own, and this development has led to a lack of good qualified estimators in the disaster restoration industry.
by Robert Griffin
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 | Overcoming Natural Disasters
Summer may be winding down, but Mother Nature — apparently — is not. Predictions for the Atlantic Coast hurricane season (June 1 through Nov. 30) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there could be 12 to 16 named tropical storms before all wind is blown and gone — and this includes two to five major hurricanes.
by Mark Skaer
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 | The First Step on the Road to Document Recovery
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of the greatest threats of water infiltration into a building often is
often overlooked – the potentially irreparable damage to paper
documents, microfiche, film and other records that become wet, soaked
or soiled.
by Tom McGuire
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