Restoration & Remediation Magazine

Cleaning cabinets after a fire usually means you will more than likely be dealing with a lot of grease and oils built up from cooking and use on top of smoke and soot. 

In chemistry, we represent elements with letters (for example “O” stands for the element “oxygen”), and the small numbers to the lower-right of the element indicate the number of atoms of that element in the molecule.  

About 40 percent of the households in the U.S. have some kind of pet – typically a cat or dog. If you aren’t prepared, they can make getting work done in that home quite difficult. 

“A healthy business family is not tied up in knots with tension; the individuals have trust in each other and the future and are able to make use of each other’s abilities and knowledge” 

The New Year is synonymous with one thing: resolutions. And in the world of business, one top resolution is to make sure your website is as engaging and user friendly as it can be.

The contents restoration workflow is like a car. When it runs properly, it’s hardly noticed. Only when a component breaks down and disrupts the owner’s daily routine does the car draw attention

Shortly after presenting to a group of industry professionals, I was approached by a member of the audience. 

Just as the R&R industry has seen the mysterious return of sodium hypochlorite (bleach) to the mold remediation process where false positive aesthetic stain removal is favored over industry standard source removal, the same can be said about the incorrect practice of “killing mold.”

Check out the infographic below on hoarding cleanup tips

Think back through 2015. Can you think of any changes in the restoration and remediation industry? 

Many people make New Year’s Resolutions at the beginning of a new year. Even if you didn’t call it a New Year’s Resolution, you probably decided to make some changes this year.

Be sure to stop by the RIA booth (#100) during PLR Expo in Toronto, Ontario this month.

IICRC S500 & S520 Standards Updates

Two ANSI/IICRC standards are updated and ready to be used by you!