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  <span class="author-bylines__author-link-name">Annissa Coy</span>
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    <div class="abstract article-summary__teaser"><p>As I prepare to write this article about handling contents during a CAT loss flood situation, I am watching the State of California experience some of the worst flooding in its history. Entire neighborhoods have been evacuated and homes have been swallowed by over flowing rivers and spillways.</p><br /></div><a href="https://www.randrmagonline.com/articles/87333-key-elements-for-handling-cat-loss-contents-restoration" class="more" title="5 Key Elements for Handling CAT Loss Contents Restoration">Read More</a>

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    <div class="abstract article-summary__teaser"><p>As the founder and CEO of a restoration industry software company, I have recently had to do some soul searching on what kind of business I want to run and what core values should guide the decisions I make.&nbsp;</p><br /></div><a href="https://www.randrmagonline.com/articles/87341-software-companies-should-expand-choice-not-limit-it" class="more" title="Software Companies Should Expand Choice, Not Limit It">Read More</a>

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  <span class="author-bylines__author-link-name">Jeff Jones</span>
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  <span class="author-bylines__author-link-name">Amy B. Shannon</span>
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  <div class="date article-summary__post-date">April 5, 2017</div>
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    <div class="abstract article-summary__teaser"><p>Workplace anxiety is a serious condition that affects two out of every five workers. Chances are one or more of your co-workers is dealing with it right now. If an owner or leader in the business happens to be one of them, its impact could directly influence decisions that may lead to stalled growth and side effects to the company culture and performance.</p><br /></div><a href="https://www.randrmagonline.com/articles/87340-managing-the-anxiety-of-restoration-work" class="more" title="Managing the Anxiety of Restoration Work">Read More</a>

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  <span class="author-bylines__author-link-name">David J. Dybdahl</span>
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  <div class="date article-summary__post-date">April 19, 2017</div>
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    <div class="abstract article-summary__teaser"><p>Catastrophes, while terrible for people in the affected area, produce a lot of restoration and remediation work in a concentrated area, making them an incredible business opportunity for restoration contractors.</p><br /></div><a href="https://www.randrmagonline.com/articles/87339-cat-claims-financial-ruin-or-financial-success" class="more" title="CAT Claims: Financial Ruin or Financial Success">Read More</a>

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    <div class="abstract article-summary__teaser"><p>A big component of scaling your business up to respond to a disaster situation includes having the equipment to do the work.&nbsp;</p><br /></div><a href="https://www.randrmagonline.com/articles/87335-getting-rental-equipment-during-a-cat-loss" class="more" title="Getting Rental Equipment During a CAT Loss">Read More</a>

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  <span class="author-bylines__author-link-name">Alan James</span>
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  <div class="date article-summary__post-date">April 13, 2017</div>
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    <div class="abstract article-summary__teaser"><p>As storms, hurricanes and floods become more frequent, the need to restore properties to a pre-loss condition faster and more efficiently will become more and more critical. As average temperatures across the globe have increased, more rain has fallen during the heaviest downpours.</p><br /></div><a href="https://www.randrmagonline.com/articles/87338-scaling-up-your-drying-with-heat" class="more" title="Scaling Up Your Drying with Heat">Read More</a>

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  <div class="author-bylines"><a href="/authors/2198-mary-padron" class="author-bylines__author-link" data-eventaction="author-link" data-eventcategory="click" data-eventlabel="author: 2198|url: /authors/2198-mary-padron" data-eventname="author-link">

  <span class="author-bylines__author-link-name">Mary Padron</span>
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  <div class="date article-summary__post-date">March 29, 2017</div>
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    <div class="abstract article-summary__teaser"><p>Disaster sites are a natural breeding ground for health and safety concerns, including severe injuries to fingers and hands. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that 70 percent of workers who injure their hands were not wearing work gloves during the accident.</p><br /></div><a href="https://www.randrmagonline.com/articles/87334-ppe-during-a-natural-disaster" class="more" title="PPE During a Natural Disaster">Read More</a>

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