It doesn’t make any difference if your restoration or remediation business is large or small, not having the right people in every position in your company can mean a huge bottom-line cost in lost business, inefficiency, and missed opportunities.
The first article in this series ended with a discussion on using fogging to assist particle control, and the importance of proper droplet size. Smaller, light particles tend to be more effective because they are then similar or smaller in size than the particles being removed from the air.
Albert Einstein is often credited with the quote: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” If this saying describes your company’s marketing strategy, it’s time mix things up.
Hydroxyl generators have been used for nearly a decade to eliminate smoke odors on countless projects around the world. However, because hydroxyls are so reactive and powerful, there are many other applications in the disaster restoration industry from which contractors are profiting.
In part one of this article we explored the four stages of turnaround involved in saving a failing business, including the objectives and actions necessary in each stage. These are the mechanics involved in bringing a business back to solvency and setting it up for sustained profitability in the future. Most of the information is easy to identify with; even common sense, if you will.
Government and insurance companies mandate it and commercial clients ask for it more and more: photos of the job site, damage, and restoration process.
Total insured and uninsured loss for both residential and commercial properties, including damage from both flood and wind, is estimated to be between $42.5 billion and $65 billion.
In Part I of this article, we explored the concept of positioning, the strategy option of serving the deeper needs of a narrower set of customer markets, and clearly understanding what sets our companies apart from the competition in terms of the order winners that give us an advantage.