IICRC to Host S500 Standard Workshops

Vancouver, WA, July 6, 2006–The Institute for Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) today announced that it will host a series of one-day workshops across the United States to review and teach the extensive updates and information in the new ANSI/IICRC S500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration.

The ANSI/IICRC S500 is the first standard in the cleaning and restoration industry to achieve the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) acceptance. It was completed and printed in May of 2006.

“The opportunity of attending one of these workshops gives attendees an advantage in their marketplace by bringing the new information into their businesses and leads the field with this new information,” said Howard Wolf, Chair of the S500 Standard Committee. .

The workshops will be presented by several IICRC S500 Standard Committee members including S500 Chair Howard Wolf, and committee members Bill Raley, Jeff Bishop, Larry Cooper, Barry Costa, Carl Grimes and Gene Cole. Generally, three speakers participate in each workshop.

The workshops will cover all of the chapters in the Reference Guide. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear first hand what the committee discussed, receive the new information in the Standard and Reference Guide and ask questions of the committee members.

All workshops produced by the IICRC are taught in a generic format. There is no additional sale of tools or equipment. IICRC produces these workshops to bring technical information out to the field as soon as new standards are printed.

To register, please visit the IICRC Web site, www.iicrc.org, or call 303-469-0306 x103. The list of workshops and locations is as follows:

IICRC S500 Workshops: (times, location, host, speakers)
Times for all workshops: 8:00 am registration, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm workshop

August 1st – Milwaukee, WI – AWCC, Summit Place Building Complex/Summit Place Café Conference Room (1st Floor) 6737 W. Washington Street, Milwaukee, WI 53214

August 2nd –Chicago, IL – CRCII – Jon Don, 400 Medinah Road, Roselle, IL 60172

August 8th – Salt Lake City, UT – Interlink Supply of Salt Lake, 4260 South 500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84123

August 9th – Denver, CO, PCUCA – Adco Pro Cleaning, 5285 Fox Street, Denver, CO 80216

August 15th – New York City, NY – NYRCI, 950-3 Old Medford Ave., Medford, NY 11763

August 16th- Salem, New Hampshire – NEIRC , Truckmounts & Drying Solutions, 22 Trolly Lane, Salem, NH 03079

August 23rd – Detroit, MI – SCRT, Great Lakes Steamway, 35337 Michigan Ave., E., Wayne, MI 48184

September 6th Waco, TX – Rainbow International, 1010 N. University Parks, Waco TX 76707

September 7th – Nashville, TN – SCRT – Interlink Supply of Nashville, 910 Fiberglass Road, Nashville, TN 37210,

September 24th – Las Vegas, NV following the Connections Convention, Las Vegas Hilton, 300 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109

October 10th – Orlando, FL – Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. 651 Danville Drive, Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32825

November 14th – Ontario, Canada – Center for Disaster Recovery, 259 A. Innisfit St., Barrie, Ontario L4N 3G2