This week we welcome a cast of restoration all-stars for an update on the state of the industry following the RIA’s 75th Diamond Anniversary Convention last week in Orlando, FL. RIA is the Big Daddy of the restoration industry and their convention is the highlight of the year.
Hot topics at this year’s event included what RIA has identified as the top three issues facing contractors today: Pricing, Third Party Adjusters (TPA’s) and Consultants. There was also a lot of talk about the RIA’s Advocacy and Government Affairs (AGA) Committee which has now formed three task forces to create position statements that articulate a shared stance for the industry.
The AGA work product contains 10 total position statements including a groundbreaking TPA scorecard, hours of videos on pricing and a nationwide resource document on assignment of benefits. In the past year, RIA also released eight Third Party Consultant (TPC) position statements. These position statements educate restorers on best practices for working with consultants. There was also a town hall discussion on how RIA responded to the global pandemic, past president’s panel with lessons learned and much more. LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio+.
Guest Bios
The Z-man Live from The Florida Mold Conference - “Odor Hunters”
Ed Light, CSP, CIH - Practice to Research: IEQ Lessons from the Real World
Kishor Khankari, Ph.D. FASHRAE - Computational Fluid Dynamics & Indoor Environmental Quality
New Years Sponsor Show - Thoughts, Predictions and Plans 2022
Terry Brennan - The Life and Times of an IAQ Legend
Eugenia Mirica, PhD - Franco Seif, PE - Joe Spurgeon, PhD - Sampling Surface Char in Residential Properties Impacted by Wildfire Smoke
Patrick McCarty - FIRST ONSITE: Director of Client Solutions - Interesting and Unusual Restoration Projects
Richard Corsi, PhD, PE - University of California Davis - COVID accelerated IAQ Research to Practice: What have we learned?
Sarah Haines, PhD - Assistant Professor - University of Toronto - The Puzzle of Buildings & Health; Research to Practice
Kevin R. Hart - CEO | HAVEN IAQ - Linking HVAC & IAQ with Sensor Technology
Robert Bean, FASHRAE - The Edifice Complex, IAQ, HVAC, Building Science & COVID
John Mulhausen, PhD, CIH, CSP - AIHA President and Larry Sloan, MBA, FASAE, CAE - AIHA CEO - Accelerating Advancement in Industrial Hygiene Science and Practice
Chris Howells - Aprilaire Senior Product Manager Ventilation and Purification Systems - HVAC & IAQ: What Works!
Michelle Blevins - Cleaning and Restoration Industry Update
Nate Adams - HVAC 2.0, IAQ and The Art of the Possible
Paula Schenck, MPH - Health and Safety during the COVID Pandemic
Joe Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng - Moisture Control for Residential Buildings
Joe Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng. - The Life & Times of the Dean of Building Science
Mortl, Springston, Zimmerman - ACGIH COVID White Papers Update & New Bioaerosols Instrumentation Monograph
Kirk Phillips, MS & Jennifer Sahmel, PhD, CIH, CSP - Exploring Total Exposure Health and Total Worker Health
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