Welcome to my {mostly} annual restoration trends update. I have spent more than 30 years working in the restoration industry which gives me a relevant perspective on the business of restoration. The following list is meant to help restoration contractors assess their business strategies – and just be an overall interesting read. I believe these issues will be the top drivers of change, not only in 2019, but into the future.
How much information in our daily life is actually displayed using color? In transportation alone, highways, traffic signals, pedestrian crossings and airports use color to organize information.
What does the cleaning and restoration industry look like in 2019? That seems like a billion (maybe trillion) dollar question. If any of us knew the answer, we might very well not be reading (or writing) this piece.
Strategic franchise growth plan aims to increase Delta's presence across the U.S. by 50 units in 2019, as part of its larger goal of adding 300 units over the next several years.
Over the last two years, I’ve focused on 25 companies. The companies ranged in size from around $250,000 to nearly $30 million in annual sales, and everything in between.
Merger strategically increases the number of experienced personnel to assist in all types of reconstruction, remediation and consulting projects, as well as increasing their resources to respond to large scale emergencies or catastrophes.
Just twelve months removed from entering the Top 5 restoration franchises on the list last year, the Fresh Start Company now finds itself in rare company as one of the top two ranked franchises in the entire industry.
The Insights Conference is back, once again connecting the property damage industry’s elite contractors for networking, education, and training opportunities to grow their business.
They say familiarity breeds contempt. Perhaps that is the inspiration for this piece. Or maybe it’s just that after 17 years of dealing with the same issue, you lose patience with it. Especially when the solution seems so simple. At least on the surface.
