The company has been called upon to mitigate and restore some of New Orleans’ largest and oldest structures.

Nicholas Hopkins, historic restoration foreman at EverGreene Architecture, discusses his experience as a rising leader in the restoration business. 

Taking Nicholas Hopkins’ career path proves no easy task. One needs to live in two cities hit by hurricanes, work as a drug counselor and get a master’s degree that entails studying historic methods for carpentry, masonry and metal work.

Merged firm will better serve the Washington, D.C. market.

SERVPRO of Southeast Nashville responded to a historic church after a fire damaged a large portion of its sanctuary. A heater caused the curtains to catch fire, which spread to the walls, damaging drywall, plaster, the stage, roofing tiles and deposited smoke and soot onto the pews, throughout the structure.

We asked restoration industry professionals to answer one question: What was your toughest job and why? 

A project to clean up and restore one of the most significant landmarks along the waterfront of New Bedford, Massachusetts, has been recognized for engineering excellence by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA). The annual ACEC/MA Engineering Excellence Awards recognize engineering achievements demonstrating the highest degree of merit and ingenuity.

A recent anniversary – 21 years in the business – was announced by my business-related social network computer program. Of course, I realized that the milestone – completing my second full decade in the restoration industry - was approaching, but I didn’t realize that the programmers at LinkedIn would announce it to my entire business and social network.

Ever heard the saying “…take a long walk down a short pier”? It’s a clever, but not very nice way to tell someone to go jump in a lake.

Smoke damage restoration is one of the primary services of our industry. Many projects are fairly cookie-cutter while others require more effort to execute.