“Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.”

The Case Study Contest is over, and the votes are counted.

It’s a typical day of restoration work for you and your work crews - a small water damage job in an office complex basement, a smoke-damaged kitchen in a high school and a vandalism clean-up at a former plastics company building downtown.

You can’t underestimate safety, especially on the types of jobs that you’re likely to be called out to in the restoration industry.

Asbestos minerals have been used in building materials for fire-proofing and strengthening for close to 100 years and can still be found today in both old and new buildings.

Have you noticed the once clear-cut segments of remediation are blurring? Asbestos contractors are providing mold remediation.

Envirocheck, Inc. has announced the launch of its Bay Area office and laboratory, according to a press release. 

The Restoration Industry Association (RIA) has released two fact sheets addressing asbestos issues restoration contractors may encounter in the course of their restoration projects, according to a press release. 

I once was fearful of sounding like a broken record. But, nearly 20 years of industrial hygiene consulting and teaching environmental health and safety suggest the hazards, regulations and ubiquity of materials containing asbestos fibers beseech repeating.