The Financial and Business Impact of COVID-19 on: The Cleaning, Restoration & Building Science Industries!

Guest Round Table Panel: 

• Ed “The Restoration Lawyer” Cross, RIA Advocate
• John Downey, CIRI Executive Director
• Andy Ask, P.E., IAQA Past President
• Richard “Rick” Sims, Johnson Air Conditioning

This week on IAQradio+’s on-going coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic we will cover the financial and business impact the international crisis has on the cleaning, restoration and building science disciplines affecting the IEQ community and the many related industries that fall under that broad umbrella! Lately the economic impact of the rapid global spread of the virus has dominated the 24 hour news cycle.

Although a diligent need to practice sound health and safety precautions for personal hygiene in conjunction with social distancing by limiting the size of group interaction, the heightened financial concerns affecting society have contributed to the anxiety of the world’s population.

In that context please join IAQradio+’s growing group of loyal listeners this week as Radio Joe,the Z-man and the Restoration Global Watchdog interview a guest panel from the cleaning, restoration and building science industries to discuss in a round table format the issues affecting their business operations and the financial impact to their collective constituencies.

Issues addressed will answer questions on how to manage the risk when dealing with infection control and cleaning projects against the spread of COVID-19, what types of contracts and “warranty” language should or should “not” be used with customers, what are the science based protocols that should be used and where do you find the best practice documents to help educate your staff and customers?

What is the thinking behind postponing or cancelling a conference, convention or symposium? What impact is considered when offering refunds or credits towards a future event and how have hotel contracts, event venues, travel cancellations and mandated restrictions by the government and company policy affected the decision making process?

After the angst of ones health and safety concerns are accepted, the impending impact of laying off employees or worker’s concerns about “catching the virus” due to their job can be as big an issue for companies to grapple with as the threat of getting sick!

Call in live this week as Joe, Cliff and Pete engage in a lively and honest conversation on how the industry is addressing the issues affecting us all beyond just the health concerns. The societal impact of how business can weather the COVID-19 storm and remain financially solvent will be discussed this week on IAQradio+.