Restoration specialists
convene in March
convene in March
The Association of Specialists in
Cleaning and Restoration will be heading to Palm Springs, CA,
from March 15-19 for its 60th annual convention.
This year’s educational programming
promises solutions to critical issues that commonly plague
owners and managers of cleaning and restoration firms.
“The first goal of our convention
program is to strike a balance between key business issues,
such as managing small businesses, profit and overhead,
strategic accounting, marketing, and business diversification
for long-term growth, and fundamental topics like leather care,
evaluating and caring for oriental rugs, and environmental
matters,” said ASCR President Ken Adams. “Secondly,
we’ve invited new cutting edge speakers to share their
unique perspectives, as well as engage in meaningful dialog to
generate ideas and information that creates a competitive
advantage for our members.”
The lengthy list of guest speakers at the
convention will include Martin Gurian of DesignTex, Inc., who
will review how his company evaluates performance, stain
resistance and cleanability of high performance upholstery
fabrics applied in sports stadiums, healthcare, restaurants,
casinos, airports and transportation.
Gurian will also present “Green
Fabrics and Furnishings, Greener Solvents, Green Cleaning: Are
These Greener Pastures?” alongside Melinda Burn, Ph.D.,
of INVISTA, Inc. She will look at the changing landscape for
solvents and other cleaning products while Dr. Steve Spivak,
technical advisor for ASCR, joins in to provide some additional
input on the topic of “green cleaning.”
“Recent Trends in Microbial
Remediation” by Geoff A. Clark of MGC Ventures, Ltd., is
a topic of another seminar, which will cover everything from
fecal coliform bacterial testing to clearance testing for mold
and how to locate and address continuous fungal growth.
Marketing expert Jeff Tweedy of Syngenta
will share some of his company’s extensive knowledge on
segmenting consumers in the carpet cleaning marketplace with
“A Different Way to View Your Customers and
Yourself.”
Also slated to take place is a leather
care workshop by Patrick Dorgan of The Leather Institute and a
seminar on “The Challenges of Mold Litigation” by
Michael W. Duffy, Esq., Childress Duffy Goldblatt, Ltd.
Michael McGuiness, CIH, R.K. Occupational
& Environmental Analysis, Inc., will bring his ideas
to the podium on “Smart Planning for Mold Remediation
Projects.”
Throughout the week, ASCR will gather
several different panels of experts to speak, as well. Topics
will range from “Nosocomial Infections in the Hospital
Environment” to “Hurricane Havoc” to
“Diversification or Specialization.”
A full convention schedule with a rundown
of all of the speakers and topics is located at ASCR’s
web site.
Prior to the educational programming,
attendees can relax a little with a golf tournament benefiting
Ronald McDonald House Charities on Tuesday, March 15.
The shotgun scramble event will tee off
at 12:30 p.m. at Tahquitz Creek Country Club. The cost is $200
per golfer, which includes greens fees, cart, range balls,
lunch, beer afterwards, gift and a contribution to Ronald
McDonald House Charities.
A record number of exhibitors
participated in last year’s ASCR convention, so the
association is hoping to shatter those figures again this year.
A host of new products and technologies from long-time
exhibitors, as well as newcomers, will be open to the public
from 3 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Thursday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday.
Registration costs $670 for ASCR members;
however, any other member from the same firm can sign up for a
reduced price of $645 each. Non-members pay $870 a piece.
Spouse members can register for $450
each; that price includes all meal functions, a group tour and
access to the exhibit hall. It does not include admission to
any of the educational sessions.
Online registration forms are available
at ASCR’s web site.
Hotel rooms are available at the Wyndham
Palm Springs Hotel, located at 888 Tahquitz Canyon Way in Palm
Springs. For reservations, call (760) 322-6000.
For more information, contact the
association at (800) 272-7012.
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