The first thing you need to do is have all of your paperwork, especially the work/payment authorization, signed by the building owner as they are the insured. 

Fireline Training Centers will hold a Contents Business Solutions Symposium from August 18-20 at its Scottsdale, AZ facility.

There are three ways to bill for contents cleaning: by the hour, by the box and by the item. 

 When deciding whether to pack out or clean in-place, I ask myself the following questions: 

You’ve grown tired of the paper lists, the data entry discrepancies and the all-around hassle of relying on out-dated methods to handle packouts and inventories for your restoration clients. 

Expanding into contents cleaning is a very good profit center to add to any restoration business. It has one of the highest profit margins in the industry if you have a good systemized process and well trained staff.

The packout. It can be a crucial piece of the restoration/remediation puzzle, especially for jobs requiring a full suite of services, like contents management.

When dealing with a contents job you need to organize everything that you do by the room.

David Mazur, President, Ultrasonics International Inc./Fireline, has been involved in contents restoration since 1988. But while much of his experience has involved cleaning contents, it’s not hard to see what his passion is regarding contents restoration – training.

iCAT has released a new packout app, “Fast Packout,” for any Apple device operating on at least the iOS5 operating system.