This week IAQradio+ brings our growing and loyal group of listeners another unique show in the Moisture Mob ongoing series. Bob Blochinger is a fierce advocate for flooring forensic experts specializing in third party evaluations and oversight of complex installations. Bob’s early career from New York City with roots in the restoration field eventually lead him to South Florida which started an interesting journey over the past 3 decades to dealing with moisture and humidity related problems and how it affects flooring installations and a buildings indoor air quality.
Bob’s experience dealing with a wide range of projects from a diverse customer perspective including, contractors, building owners and managers, manufactures and distributors, lawyers and other stakeholders involved in flooring, moisture and IEQ related projects has shaped his life experience. Through the many lessons learned by Bob and hisgroup of national experts they fill an important role when an objective third party opinion is required to troubleshoot problems and find solutions to complex claims!
Join Radio Joe and the Z-man this week as they engage with an interesting and unique figure from this important industry niche who lists Brooklyneze as one of three languages he is fluent in on his social media profile! The Global Watchdog said in helping arrange this Moisture Mob show, “You can take the kid out of Brooklyn, but you can’t take the Brooklyn out of the kid!”. Call in live this week for this engaging and provocative interview!
Bob was raised in New York City, working in the family construction business. He moved to Florida for college, majoring in business management and worked seasonally in the hospitality industry. He began his career in the flooring industry in 1970, offering carpet cleaning and installations while specializing in water and fire damage restoration work. In the early 1980’s he expanded into the retail department store sector providing installation of floor covering sales. During the 1990’s his company started to service the architectural and interior design trade with high-end floor covering product sales and installations for residential, commercial and industrial applications. In 1990, Bob attended Southern Tech GA, specializing in technical training for carpet manufacturing and inspection. This started his career in forensic review of floor covering products that have a negative impact on performance, appearance and/or use. He is a multi-discipline flooring consultant. Bob also works as an expert witness, inspector and investigator for law firms, condominium associations and flooring manufacturers. He consults for flooring projects on bid package formatting and review, installation supervision and maintenance procedures. Bob’s oversight consultation assignments often require moisture testing of concrete for public works projects and private corporations tracking major installations from the retail store to the manufacturing facility.
Whitney Wiseman - National Organization of Restoration and Remediation Professionals
Nick Hurst - US EPA, Indoor Environments Division - The EPA Indoor airPLUS Program
HOMEChem Open House - House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry
Radio Joe & Bob Krell Report LIVE - IAQA Mid Atlantic Conference - Eva King, PhD & Wei Tang, PhD
Claudette Hanks Reichel, Ed.D - Building Science & Housing Resilience: Bringing Research to Practice
Ed Cross - "The Restoration Lawyer" - Restoration Industry Legal Issues & Answers
Joe Ledbetter & Andy McCabe - Who are the Restoration Rebels?
IAQ Radio Classics - Harriet Ammann, PhD - Remixed with a Video Transcript Added! (original air date 6-22-12)
Tedd Benson - Bensonwood & Unity Homes Bridging the Gap! The Search for a Better Way to Build & Bob Krell - Healthy Indoors Magazine An Industry Upate
Nate Adams - The Evolving World of Home Performance – Part 2 HVAC
Episode 500 - Radio Joe & The Z-man - Interviewed by John Lapotaire, Bob Krell, John Downey & Pete Consigli 10+ Years and 500 shows; What have We Learned?
John Lapotaire – IAQA President - The State of the IEQ & Mold Industry; Are Standards & Associations Doing Enough?
Penny Tralau & Ashley Easterby - The IAQ Market Down Under - Highlights of the Aussies’ learning tour of US restoration firms and job sites
Radio Joe and the Z-man - Using Building Science & EPA’s Moisture Control Guide to Improve Indoor Air!
Nate Adams - The Evolving World of Home Performance - The Home Comfort Book
Sal La Duca - Environmental Assay, Inc. - Electricity, EMF’s & IEQ, Part 2; How to assess issues!
Ralph Moon, PhD - Michael Bowdoin, Esq - Hurricane Coverage Finale; Insurance and Legal Issues, What did we learn?
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EPISODE492 - Radio Joe Reports - Sloan Research to Practice Kickoff & IAQA
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