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Secrets to Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining Good Talent in Property Restoration

August 3, 2021 12:06 pm

Property restoration is labor-intensive. As you build your company and scale for growth, you will need good people. Once you have hired all of the friends, family, and referrals from within your inner circles, what are you going to do to attract and retain new recruits? Restorers across the county are having similar issues and hiring is consistently topic number one when professionals meet to discuss their common struggles. Yet, rather than dig deep, look in the mirror, and make some real changes, we often fall into the odd comfort of shared misery. I

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The Great Resignation: Its Potential Effect on the Restoration Industry

July 29, 2021 3:04 pm

We are indeed in a very interesting time for recruiting, hiring, and overall employee retention. Over the last few months, major news outlets like The New York Times, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and countless others have been writing about this concept called “The Great Resignation”. According to a recent report by Microsoft, 41% of the global workforce is considering leaving their job. There have been various reasons listed in the thousands of articles – ranging from not wanting to go back into the office after months of working remotely, a different viewpoint of work after

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Restoration Today Podcast: The Entrepreneurial Conspiracy

July 27, 2021 12:47 pm

Restoration Today is a video and audio podcast covering everything restoration-related. Every week, Michelle Blevins sits down with an industry peer – a contractor, a colleague, a supplier, an innovator, an insurer, etc. Every conversation will cover the hottest topics in today’s restoration industry – going beyond fire and water damage restoration and diving into topics like M&A, company culture, hiring and recruiting, innovations in restoration, and tools of the trade. Plus, there will be some guaranteed laughs and heartfelt moments. In this debut episode, we’re talking about The Entrepreneurial Conspiracy.

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Angels in the Architecture

July 26, 2021 6:19 pm

A man walks down the street It’s a street in a strange world He doesn’t speak the language… …He is surrounded by the sound, the sound He looks around, around He sees angels in the architecture Spinning in infinity He says, “Amen!” and “Hallelujah!” Paul Simon, You Can Call Me Al   Think about the energy you enjoy when the phone rings and the voice on the other end refers you to a recent loss that you’re needed on right away. Maybe it was a fire or maybe a pipe burst when no one

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Matterport And Gores Holdings VI Announce Closing of Business Combination

July 22, 2021 5:10 pm

Matterport raises $640M gross proceeds; begins trading July 23 under ticker “MTTR”. Matterport, Inc., the leading spatial data company driving the digital transformation of the built world, and Gores Holdings VI (NASDAQ: GHVI, GHVIU, and GHVIW), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, LLC, today announced the completion of their previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”). The combined company will be named Matterport, Inc. and will commence trading on Nasdaq under the new ticker symbol “MTTR” on July 23, 2021. The Business Combination was approved at a special meeting of Gores Holdings

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Restoration Builders Adds Steve Fulgham to its ESG and Technology Group

July 8, 2021 3:00 am

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Restoration Builders, Inc. (“Restoration Builders” or “The Company”) announced today it has added Steve Fulgham to its ESG and Technology Group. He will provide guidance on exterior building material products and technologies which meet the companies environmental, recyclable, and sustainable policies. Steve Fulgham is the Founding Partner and President at abcSAGE, Inc., a diverse construction and renewable energy company based in Murietta, CA. He brings forty years of construction industry experience with a specialization in solar and renewable energy systems and five California State Contractors Licenses to the company. He is double-certified by the North

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IICRC Opens People’s Choice Awards Nominations

July 1, 2021 11:09 am

Las Vegas, NV – July 1, 2021 – The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) is now accepting nominations for the 2021 People’s Choice Award. The deadline for nominations is July 30 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. The People’s Choice Award is given to the constituents’ favorite instructor as a recognition of the fantastic work done by Approved Instructors each year. The winner will be announced at the Annual Instructors Meeting (AIM) Awards Ceremony live-streamed exclusively on the IICRC’s Facebook Page on Saturday, September 25. The winner will be honored with a special

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Xactware Publishes July 2021 Price List

July 1, 2021 3:07 am

The July 2021 price list updates for more than 460 regions in the United States and Canada are now available for download. LEHI, Utah — Thursday, July 1, 2021 —  Pricing research for the July 2021 publication shows that average costs for labor and materials used in claims and remodeling increased in all key pricing components. Since our June 2021 publication, the Common Lumber Material report showed an increase of 2.99 percent in the United States and 6.57 percent in Canada, and since July 2020, the Common Lumber Material report showed an increase of 162.66 percent

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Kustom US, Inc. and Square One Builders Partner to Expand Regional Footprint in Arizona

July 1, 2021 2:50 am

ORLANDO, Fla., July 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Kustom, the largest privately-held property restoration services company in North America, announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Square One Builders, an Arizona-based restoration and remediation business. Starting Sept. 1, Square One will operate under the Kustom brand. Kustom is aggressively growing, having completed nine transactions over the last six years. Since 2016, Square One Builders has served Arizona’s Phoenix Valley, quickly defusing emergency situations around the clock for residential and commercial property owners in the region. Using a customer-first approach, they have developed a reputation for fast response times, unparalleled quality,

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Property Losses Topped $68 Billion in 2020 as Extreme Events and Pandemic Drove Insurance Claims, Xactware’s 2020 Property Report Found

June 30, 2021 7:42 am

Insurers, contractors, consumers used digital and virtual Verisk tools to process a record 140,000 claims as lockdown gripped the nation LEHI, Utah — Wednesday, June 30, 2021 —  The global pandemic and damage from winds and hurricanes had a profound impact on property claims and pricing trends throughout 2020, according to Xactware’s recently released 2020 Property Report for the United States. The volume of property estimates processed by Xactware, a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business, peaked in August with 883,128 claims, totaling $9.44 billion, the report shows. Catastrophic events set a record in the United States in 2020, with 19

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