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Articles by Michelle Blevins

R&R Year in Review

2016 Restoration Industry Year in Review

Innovations, services, headlines & more impacting our industry in 2016
Michelle Blevins
Michelle Blevins
December 17, 2016
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Take a moment to think back through 2016. What changed in your life this year? What changes did you notice in the community, state, and even world around you? What headlines come to mind? 


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A Major Merger: Why Next Gear & ClientRunner Decided to Join Forces

Michelle Blevins
Michelle Blevins
December 13, 2016
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A Q&A with Next Gear Solutions CEO Garret Gray and former ClientRunner CEO Scott Severe, who is now Next Gear's CSO about the major industry merger.
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Editorial Comment

The Hustle & the Next Generation of Restorers

Michelle Blevins
Michelle Blevins
December 12, 2016
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Take a look at these two quotes and let them marinate for a moment. This month, they’ve both really spoken to me.


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The Difference Between a Leader & a Boss

Accountability, leadership, and team-building
Michelle Blevins
Michelle Blevins
December 6, 2016
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A failure to hold yourself or an employee accountable also fails your entire team.
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(Photos courtesy of FLIR.)

Myths & Possibilities with Thermal Imaging Technology

Michelle Blevins
Michelle Blevins
December 6, 2016
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Thermal imaging cameras can be a very helpful tool during water damage remediation work. However, the key is knowing what you’re seeing, and how infrared technology works.


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Restoration and Remediation Q&A

R&R Q&A: Mark Davis on Restoration Industry Growth, Expansion & Opportunity

Michelle Blevins
Michelle Blevins
November 17, 2016
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Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to talk to Mark Davis about his journey of mega growth in the restoration industry leading up to PuroClean acquiring Signal Restoration Services.


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Case Study

A Moldy Mess: Remediating 248 HUD Apartments

Michelle Blevins
Michelle Blevins
October 31, 2016
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This story starts back in September of 2015, with routine annual inspections by the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development at the Eureka Gardens apartment complex in Jacksonville, Fla.


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Recognizing Women in Restoration: 2016 Best of the Best

Best of the Best 2016: Annissa Coy
Michelle Blevins
Michelle Blevins
October 25, 2016
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Women  in the workforce: a consistently hot topic. Times have changed. Today, it is the norm for a household to have two working parents. Thirty or forty years ago, it was not – it was believed women belonged in the home, and men in the workforce. Generation X, and now millennials, and the up and coming Generation Z are changing the landscape of the workforce in big ways. That must be why the topic of women in the workforce is so popular this presidential election year, perhaps more so than ever.


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Restoration Roundup: Top OSHA Violations, Asbestos Fines, Xactware Pricing Trends & More | 10.21.16

Michelle Blevins
Michelle Blevins
October 21, 2016
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Xactware price trends, the need for restorers after Hurricane Matthew, OSHA announcements, and more are covered in this Restoration Roundup.
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Restoring Kindness

The Restoring Kindness Project

Michelle Blevins
Michelle Blevins
October 14, 2016
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In today’s society, it is rather rare to encounter someone who is doing something just to be nice. Our first thought is often that there must be another motive behind their actions – do they need a favor, did they do something wrong, are they about to deliver bad news? 


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