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Interstate Restoration Moving Equipment into Fire-Damaged Areas

As California residents face the worst air quality in the world, Interstate Restoration continues to move hundreds of air scrubbers into ...

Delta Disaster Services Opening Colorado’s First Certified Flood House Training Facility

The flood house will serve as a safe environment in which real-world simulations can be created by flooding a 1,500 square-foot structure...

CIRI Announces Science Advisory Council

The Cleaning Industry Research Institute (CIRI) is a unique organization among the worldwide professional cleaning, facilities and buildi...

Upcoming Property Insurance & Restoration Conference (PIRC) Agenda Addresses Industry Issues

Data standards and accessibility, background checks, restorer requirements and photo documentation are just a few of the discussion topic...

More Floods Hosts National Sales Meeting

More Floods hosts several successful fall events.

Learn Through Doing: 2018 RIA Forensic Restoration Conference

Conference includes discussions on high-risk environmental threats, networking with other restorers, hands-on training exercises, and more.

IICRC Seeks Volunteers for New BSR/IICRC S530 and BSR/IICRC S590 Standards

Consensus body members can expect to begin work on the standards by early 2019 with nearly all meetings being held online and via confere...

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Emergency Preparedness & Response

Renting Equipment for Wildfire Damage Restoration and Odor Removal

Michelle Blevins

So far, the Camp Fire in California has torched an area the size of Chicago. …

Restoration Insurance/Legal Issues

Envisioning the Future of Your Restoration Business

Tom Cline

At this time of year, along with developing your business plan for the coming year, you should be reviewing your company’s Mission (or Core Purpose) statement, Vision statement, and list …

Managing Your Restoration Business

Ask the Expert: The Value in Live Website Chat for Restoration Companies

Trevor Flannigan

Because no one can predict when water or fire damage will occur or when mold is noticed, having a live website chat service can capture all potential customers 24 hours …

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Restoration Training/Education

Restorer's Perspective: The 3 R's of Mastering Xactimate for Beginners

Jon Isaacson

If you work with insurance claims, you will want to familiarize yourself with writing and reading Xactimate estimates. This is true whether you are an adjuster or a restoration professional. …

Restoration Innovations/Technologies

Mold & IAQ Inspections: Embracings Innovations in Restoration

Ron Smith

Before he became a licensed mold inspector/assessor in 2006, Brent Horton, owner of Mold and Air Inspection in Boiling Springs, S.C., sold indoor air purification equipment. Often, when calling on …

Managing Your Restoration Business

6 Tips to Avoid Burnout in the Restoration Industry

JT Kraai

Many owners experience burnout at some point in their career. In the remediation industry we don’t have to look far for causes: slow AR’s, elevated demands from TPA’s and insurance …

Managing Your Restoration Business

Restoring Success: Managing Job Profitability

Lisa Lavender

Although I believe that strong organizations are driven by something bigger than profit and rather by purpose, the fact of the matter is that at a very basic level we …

Ask the Expert: Smoke Odor Removal Tips Using Hydroxyl Generators

Michelle Blevins Tom McArdle

This Ask the Expert video was done in the wake of the 2018 California wildfires, but the tips remain true for any odor removal job. The key ingredient to handling wildfire smoke odor and damage jobs is being proactive.

Restoration Zone

Ask Annissa: Achieving Success in CAT Loss Restoration

Jennifer Doescher from Certi-Dry joins Annissa in Costa Rica this week to discuss restoration success in CAT loss work. Pour yourself a glass of wine and join us!

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By Michelle Blevins

I’ve had the privilege of getting to know the restoration industry from a few different angles over the last year, wearing a few different hats. Each hat has given me some fresh perspective and understanding of the daily life of you all, restorers.

7 Tips for Hydroxyl Generator Cleaning & Maintenance

By Tom McArdle

Severe Storms Pt. 3: Recovery – How can you clean up from the storm?

Ask Annissa

Ask Annissa: Maintaining a work/life balance as a restoration company owner

As a contents restoration business owner, how do you make time to live your own life among all of the demands of your profession?It's all about setting boundaries. Annissa braves the wild jungle of Costa Rica this week to tell us all about it in this week's Ask Annissa!

Restoration Association News

R&R IICRC Monthly Update: November 2018

The IICRC’s Standards Subscription Website allows IICRC Instructors, Schools, Certified Firms and registrants to access standards, reference guides, technical papers and multimedia publications from anywhere an Internet connection is available. The site is located at http://publications.iicrc.org.

Restoration Association News

RIA News: November 2018

The 2018 Forensic Restoration Conference is just around the corner. Taking place in Cincinnati on Nov. 15-16, don’t miss the opportunity to participate in discussions on high-risk environmental threats, networking with other restorers and hands-on training exercises.

Violand Vault

Violand Vault: Overcoming Bad Online Reviews (and Getting GOOD Ones!)

Jeff Jones

In this episode of the Violand Vault, Jeff has some great advice on how to handle negative online reviews of your restoration business, and how to get more good reviews as well!

Restoration & Remediation Magazine

Restoration and Remediation November 2018

2018 November

Check out the November 2018 edition of Restoration & Remediation: HVAC challenges and opportunities, tips to avoid burnout, flood water cleanup, a visit from Batman, and much more!

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