Hurricane Florence Recovery… addressing the elephant in the room before it’s too late!

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  It will be no surprise to hear how many organizations are caught with their pants down in the wake of Florence.  Unfortunately, even the organizations that believed they were proactive and negotiated priority response contracts with restoration companies prior … Read More

The storm ahead…What you need to know if your data center (or other mission-critical electronics) was in a Hurricane area.

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  Although the 2017 hurricane season is over and many organizations have restored operations, for some there’s an approaching storm that most won’t recognize until it’s too late.  Organizations that have mission-critical electronics that have been shut down because of power … Read More

Simplifying the recovery of mission-critical technology assets…

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    Step 1 – Mitigate further damage and buy some time to explore all recovery options. Step 2 – Establish the recovery plan by engaging all stakeholders and exposing all potential conflict of interests. Step 3 – Initiate the … Read More

Restoring admin operations is not the end-game of disaster recovery

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Many organizations focus only on Task-Critical and Business-Critical operations during the initial stages of disaster recovery.  Organizations have become so entrenched with the IOT (Internet Of Things) throughout their operations that the digital world overshadows the physical world.  Unfortunately, the … Read More

Sometimes it makes more sense to slow down to recover faster…

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Buying time when time matters most…   A large-scale disaster such as Harvey imposes a huge drain of qualified recovery resources for organizations desperate for assistance.  Especially true for mission-critical machinery and equipment assets, the window of opportunity to initiate … Read More

Restoration Contractors Gone Wild – Part 2

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Redemption… the only word I can muster to describe how I felt yesterday as I witnessed an Insured admonish an Electronic Restoration “Specialist” that clearly didn’t do their homework.  It’s refreshing to finally have someone other than myself calling-out the … Read More

Obsolete Equipment – How to establish pre-existing condition of “bone yard” assets

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  Many organizations have a tendency to become pack rats, especially when they have surplus storage space.  While most of the corporate hoarders have learned to purge their dated documents, very few have adopted the practice of purging obsolete electronic … Read More

A Matter of Ethics: Facing the Fear of Doing the Right Thing

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Deep in your brain there is a little nugget of tissue called the amygdala.  It’s roughly the shape and size of an almond.  It’s the part of the brain that handles identifying things that scare you and things that make … Read More

3 questions to answer when your equipment is exposed to smoke…

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    Google the question “can smoke damage electronics” and you’ll have immediate access to over 274,000 results for potential answers to the question.  Clicking any of the links on the first page or two and you’re confronted with some … Read More

Cheating the system on labor rates… How to increase your rate by 277% on Full-Service restoration projects.

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  I get it… most restoration projects require multiple trades and skill sets.  Jack-of-all tradesmen and cross-trained associates are highly sought after and retained in the restoration industry.  I believe, however, that many restoration organizations have pushed the envelope beyond … Read More

6 Components of Large Machinery/Equipment Recovery Projects

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  Regardless of complexity, all large recovery projects involving industrial equipment/machinery assets can be broken down into  a series of small task-specific components.  The 6 basic components identified below provides a solid foundation to initiate and control the recovery process. … Read More

Coming clean in a dirty industry – Part 1

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Consider this scenario… A full-service precision machine and fabrication shop experiences a small fire in one of its CNC Machining Centers. The fire was quickly extinguished, but produced a light smoke residue dispersed throughout the facility. The Insurance Company dispatched an Adjuster … Read More