The first call about Alden Hall came last summer. Jeff Sweat, the second-generation owner of Jim Davis Restoration Services of Terre Haute, Ind., had been brought to the project because of his hard-earned reputation for meeting or exceeding expectations.
Creating a successful company is usually rooted in planning your success and then working to implement that plan. Creating your business plan is the obvious first step.
General contractors witness the aftermath of all kinds of severe weather and disasters. Damage sustained from hurricanes, tornados and fires cost billions of dollars annually.
On Jan. 12, the venerable Belcher Mansion, a sprawling three-story, 120-year-old Victorian-style home in Stoughton, Mass. was ablaze. Flames shot through multiple levels of the multi-pitched rooftop.
In today’s cloudy economy,
one area that is flourishing is healthcare, especially as it relates to
cleaning maintenance and restoration. Building occupants face threats from
numerous biological contaminants that occur in indoor environments.
In 2008, Galveston, Texas felt the wrath of Hurricane Ike, the largest hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic basin and the third-most destructive hurricane to ever make landfall in the United States. Ike made final landfall on Sept. 13 as a Category 2 hurricane.
On June 25, 2009, a large
electrical fire destroyed most of the facility dedicated to student housing on
the campus of the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. The structure was built
in 1970 and was well known as Building 109, 3334 Walter Way.
New developments in health
and safety regularly present legal challenges for those in the remediation and
restoration profession. Increased scientific understanding of the health
impacts from natural and man-made environmental hazards leads to government
regulation that impacts work practices.
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