ANN ARBOR, MI, May 5, 2006 – DUCTZ International, headquartered in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, announced an on-going program to rid buildings in New Orleans and
along the Gulf Coast of mold, smoke and water damage caused by hurricane
Katrina.
To meet this and other similar challenges, DUCTZ has launched its National
Service Team (NST) as the nation's first rapid-response team devoted
exclusively to provide air duct cleaning, decontamination and sanitation
services to commercial and industrial buildings in catastrophic situations
anywhere in the world.
"Our National Service Team (NST) is the first in the duct cleaning industry, and
anywhere there's a need to restore indoor air quality, we're the first to
respond," said DUCTZ International President John Rotche. "The NST is our
equivalent of a 'SWAT' team: a uniquely certified pool of our franchisee's
technicians who are trained to go into harms way to solve problems. In turn, we
can support any of our franchisees if and when large air duct and
decontamination services are needed."
"Our first call came from the folks at Belfor USA. We were able to mobilize and
to send 45 experienced professionals to New Orleans to provide air duct
cleaning in the United States Department of Agriculture building and to The
Shops At Canal Street," said Rotche.
Belfor is the global leader with more than 50 years of successfully completed
projects in virtually every area of property repair. "We were very fortunate to
have the DUCTZ NST join forces with us to provide vital services to buildings
in the New Orleans area," said Kirk Lively, Belfor USA Director of Technical
Services. "Their team demonstrated exceptional technical skills and high
quality workmanship under the most devastating circumstances."
"This is an on-going effort. And, we're setting up permanent resources in New
Orleans to meet the challenge," said Rotche. "Eventually we'll have NST trained
technicians working for all of our franchisees giving us the capability to
insert ourselves into several large scale catastrophes simultaneously from
coast to coast." DUCTZ International is a member of Service Brands
International, a multi-brand franchisor providing a variety of timesaving
franchise concepts ideally suited for today's active consumers.
The Service Brands International portfolio also includes these unique and
affordable franchise concepts:
Mr. Handyman – The franchise solution to today's fix-it problems for millions of
time-starved families.
www.mrhandyman.com
Molly Maid – A residential cleaning franchise serving on-the-go people.
www.mollymaid.com
1-800-DryClean – A dry cleaning and laundry pick-up and delivery service
franchise designed for a mile-a-minute America.
www.1-800-dryclean.com
Service Brands International
3948 Ranchero Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
1-800-886-6559
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