Early bird registration for the IICRC’s Technical Conference has been extended through July 31. Held Sept. 27-28, at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, the theme for this year’s conference is ‘Trauma and Crime Scene Cleanup.’

Early-bird pricing ends July 16 for September 2018 courses.

BNP Media, parent company to the magazine you’re reading now, annually asks readers in each of its AEC and mechanical system publications to list what they most want to see more of. What consistently tops that list is new technology, which is understandable given how technology can help make projects and the process of completing them easier and more efficient.

Many people look at January and the New Year holiday as a time for a fresh start. I don’t know about you, but there aren’t many things all that inspiring to me about the New Year – although that could partially be because in Michigan, we are in the midst of months of gray skies and snow up to our eyeballs.

Contractor Connection will celebrate its 20th annual Conference & Expo next month, continuing a long tradition of being the premier event of the year in the insurance restoration industry. Thousands of attendees from across the U.S. and Canada will make their way to Indianapolis, Ind., June 6-8 to participate in the milestone gathering.

Check out our new “About Us” video detailing who we are, what we do and who we serve as a non-profit organization in the inspection, cleaning and restoration industry. You can view the video at https://tinyurl.com/AboutIICRC.

At the conference, RIA unveiled the Body of Knowledge document that lays out the foundation restorers will need into the future.