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Selecting a Disinfectant for Forensic Restoration

October 1, 2015 1:46 am

Whether you’re doing routine cleaning and disinfection or if you’re addressing some of the more extreme challenges associated with forensic restoration, selecting a disinfectant that enables you to achieve your objectives is important. Keeping yourself, your crew and your clients safe from bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) is a primary concern. So is getting the job done right the first time. Disinfectants used in the United States must be registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA approves label claims, which list what microorganisms the disinfectant kills, as well

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Forensic Fact Sheet For Restoration Contractors

September 1, 2015 11:36 am

Forensic restoration is the comprehensive and complete remediation of biologically contaminated structures and or areas to pre-event conditions, finding its essence in the arts (acquired skills) and sciences of proper cleaning, disinfecting, and restoration techniques. Contact RIA for more information at 202.367.1180 or [email protected]. The Restoration Industry Association (RIA) has prepared this summary to help contractors and consultants understand both the basics and methods for employee protection and cleaning. This material is offered so that restoration professionals can begin thinking about a proper response protocol in their area. However, it is crucial to remember

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A Failure to Communicate

September 1, 2015 2:08 am

Most forensic restoration projects starts the same: a phone rings. It is at this point that a forensic restoration specialist asks the crucial “who, what, where, when and how” questions to acquire critical incident data (CID). This allows specialists to prepare themselves, their team and equipment to respond in a professional manner to whatever particular incident they are called on to respond to. In a perfect world, a specialist would ask the right questions and get the right answers. But it’s not a perfect world, is it? The following is a true story, but

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Developing Your Decision-Making Process

August 1, 2015 2:23 am

How many decisions do you make in a day? More than you should is probably the right answer. As business owners, we are inundated with questions. But as company leaders, just because we can make a decision doesn’t necessarily mean that we should. A good leader empowers others to do so as well. Easy to say but not always so easy to do. Decisions have to be made, or your team will stumble in delivering the results and customer service that you want and expect. Sound, timely decisions build credibility, trust, confidence and momentum

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Remote Island Reconstruction Charter Construction Receives This Year’s Phoenix Award for Innovation in Reconstruction

July 1, 2015 4:16 pm

Seattle-based Charter Construction was contacted by Chubb Insurance to inspect and assess repairs for a client’s existing cistern structure on a private island located in the Puget Sound San Juan Islands, just north of Seattle. The cistern serves as a reservoir for the island, holding 110,000 gallons of water, and is the sole source of water for drinking, irrigation, pool, and bathing. This was a vital project for its residents. The owners had noted that the cistern was starting to show signs of collapse. Charter worked with the structural engineering team that was brought

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100 Years of Glory Kelmann Restoration Receives This Year’s Phoenix Award for Innovation in Restoration

July 1, 2015 2:09 pm

Atop a Milwaukee-area high school sits a century-old copper dome — a landmark that has gained both local and national attention for its historic integrity and beauty. On the outside, the dome gleamed in the morning sun as students filed into the school for class, and architectural enthusiasts snapped photos from the sidewalk. The inside of the dome, though, was a different, darker place. PROJECT OVERVIEW Below the 34-feet-wide dome (17 feet and 2 inches high from floor to central ceiling) was a classroom — its domed ceiling below the exterior copper. Water damage

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What Cleaning and Restoration Contractors Need to Know About CIRS

April 1, 2015 4:31 pm

What is a restoration contractor supposed to think when they show up in response to a water intrusion or mold call and are bombarded by the homeowner’s litany of health problems? When the conversation turns from complaints about respiratory irritation, headaches, and fatigue to static shocks, numbness, tingling, vertigo, metallic tastes, and tremors, many contractors politely excuse themselves from the work because they have learned the hard way that “mold crazies” are rarely satisfied. Interestingly, the reason such people have been given that pejorative label is because those pro- professionals who were trying to

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What Restoration Contractors Need to Know About Ebola

January 1, 2015 4:41 pm

Although the North American news reports about Ebola seemed to have come down from their peak several months ago, a serious epidemic continues to impact several West African countries. This isn’t the first outbreak of the deadly disease, with 38 documented outbreaks since the classification of the Ebola virus in 1976, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the majority of those health problems occurred in African nations, three were identified in the United States, primarily because of the work with imported, infected monkeys. Until the latest outbreak, which began

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