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Restoration Industry Terminology
Clear, concise communication relies on a common understanding of terms. Disagreement over word definitions in contracts, scopes of work, estimates, reports, and invoices leads to conflict that too often has to be resolved by legal proceedings. Suppliers, insurance adjusters, consultants, clients, and contractors have, at times, spoken different languages. Read more...
RIA Members in Nashville
The clean up from the floods in Nashville continues weeks after the event, and RIA members are playing a major role in helping the city get back to some semblance of normalcy.
Cleaning & Restoration’s editor was on the ground visiting a number of projects in the area and will be running updates on them in upcoming issues of the magazine. In the meantime, here are some of the photos from that trip. Click here
New EPA Lead Rule Now in Effect
The new EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule went into effect on April 22nd and will have a major impact on which contractors may disturb lead paint affected surfaces during restoration and renovation.
RIA’s Environmental Matters columnist, Michael Pinto, CSP, CMP, has identified 10 important facts that cleaning and restoration contractors need to know before engaging in this type of work. You can read that article here.
RIA Cleaning for Health Series Available
With the increased attention focused on the H1N1 virus, cleaning for health becomes even more critical. RIA has created a resource that every cleaning and restoration professional should have before the start of flu season. RIA’s Best Practices for Cleaning and Restoration is a compilation of cleaning-related articles from Cleaning & Restoration magazine and provides safety tips, specifics for cleaning and remediating a variety of environments, highlights pitfalls to be aware of, and possible health effects for occupants and employees. From mold to lead and everything in between, this compendium of articles tackles the topics every professional encounters. You can’t afford to be without it.
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Restoration Industry Terminology
Submitted by CCentineo on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 12:27.Date Published
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RIA Fall Conference Focuses on Building Science
Submitted by CCentineo on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 09:46.Date Published
Columbia, MD – The RIA Fall Conference will be held on October 5-8 in Albuquerque, N.M., during the International Balloon Fiesta. This year’s program will focus on building science and
ANSI Releases IESO/RIA Standard for Determining Impact of Fire-related Particulate in HVAC Systems for Comment
Submitted by CCentineo on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 12:55.Date Published
Columbia, MD – The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has released for public comment the industry’s first standard regarding the identification of soot and char in HVAC syste
