Water Damage Restoration

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Six months ago today, Superstorm Sandy hit, wreaking havoc on the east coast. The storm was responsible for 159 deaths (both directly and indirectly), some $50 billion worth of damage as well as the displacement of many homes and business.

The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) has announced that it is revising the ANSI/IICRC S500-2006 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration.

Sitting in the backroom of a metro-Detroit office building is a 1,000 square foot “house.

Daniel Bernazzani, PhD, has spearheaded Flood Safe Habitats, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating volunteers and flood victims of the procedural standard of care that will guard their health and safety and help assure the future health of the occupants of the flooded habitats.

A special auction to benefit Flood Safe Habitats will take place at The EXPERIENCE Conference & Exhibition, which will be held April 18-20 in Clearwater Beach, FL.

A number of RIA members have partnered with All Hands Volunteers to create The Sandy Solution, a cleaning solution designed to remediate houses with mold growth as a result of flood damage from Hurricane Sandy, according to a press release.

Berks Fire Water Restorations, of Reading, PA, has won a 2013 Blue Ribbon Small Business Award, an award annually given to the best 100 small businesses in America.

The Problem:On October 29, Hurricane Sandy made landfall along the mid-Atlantic Eastern seaboard. Although wind damage was extensive, storm surge and associated flooding created hundreds of thousands of water-damaged structures from Delaware to Connecticut, with severe impact in New York and New Jersey.

You know the drill by now: There’s a residential loss. The homeowner calls their insurance company to file a claim. The job gets started.

I cringed when I heard my client say “we are not following the S520” as he was complaining about being mistreated by a claims adjuster on a job.