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FORT WORTH, Texas (July 16, 2019) – FIRST ONSITE continued its steady growth in the North American market with the acquisition of ASR Property Restoration, the largest restoration company in California’s Ventura County. FIRST ONSITE has completed the transaction to add all of ASR’s assets and its three divisions (restoration, special services and construction). Terms…

Coupled with the housing crisis, economic conditions have caused a perfect storm of interest in restoration contracting. The influx of choices and competition for your business stemming from the amount of new-to-the-industry contractors can make choosing the right reconstruction contractor a challenge. Inexperienced contractors may underbid projects without being aware of the costs involved to…

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global Restoration Holdings, LLC, the parent company to FIRST ONSITE, announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to be acquired by the property services firm FirstService Corporation. The new partnership strengthens the positions of FIRST ONSITE a North American leader in the disaster restoration services sector….

Want to watch some paper dry? Of course not. Unless maybe you’re dealing with something particularly unpleasant at work today. But in all seriousness, when your business or organization is dealing with important wet documents or books—and the potential related process of legal costs, or historical losses—paper drying suddenly becomes very interesting. So understanding how…

Where there’s fire, there’s smoke… and smoke damage. You may think you can wait to clean the soot while you address other, more pressing issues. The truth is though that leaving the soot only causes more damage. Soot damage begins almost immediately and continues to worsen over time. Spreading soot stain Within minutes, appliances and…

Any time your business confronts a rapidly unfolding crisis, whether it’s related to a natural disaster, the weather, a pipe breaking, or a human-caused event, the stakes are high. In the vast majority of circumstances, businesses with up-to-date disaster recovery plans (DRPs) and access to effective crisis managers have a much better chance of surviving…

FORT WORTH, Texas (April 22, 2019) – In advance of Monday’s Earth Day celebrations, FIRST ONSITE helped hundreds of volunteers plant small evergreen trees in the fire-ravaged Sunshine Canyon outside of Boulder, Colo., on Saturday, April 20. The team was led by FIRST ONSITE Chief Executive Stacy Mazur, who said it’s important to remember that…

There are times when water damage seems to sneak up out of nowhere. A few weeks ago, a man frantically contacts our emergency line. It seemed as though a pipe started leaking under his kitchen sink a couple hours before he got home, so he walked right into a watery mess. Although this type of…

Most of us never consider the big picture of how the disaster restoration industry business models work. And for good reason… you already have plenty on your plate and no urgent need to evaluate models. But if you are managing a portfolio of properties with many locations, it is worth taking the time to step…

Desiccant dehumidifiers are one of the most effective ways of removing moisture from the air within industrial environments and commercial buildings. This climate control technology is implemented through a variety of applications in nearly two dozen major industries. The desiccant material or chemical used in these dehumidifiers easily attracts and contains water vapors. Desiccant dehumidification…