After much anticipation, the IICRC has completed and published the 4th Edition of the ANSI/ IICRC S500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration.
The S500 has been a hallmark standard in the restoration industry since 1994. In 2006, the IICRC released its first ANSI-accredited standard with the third edition of S500. ANSI requires that all standards be reviewed and revised periodically, so in 2009, the fourth edition Consensus Body was formed. Since then, the S500 Consensus Body has been working to not only review the standard, but to revise the document to improve readability and usability, as well as provide additional annotation of third-party reference sources.