To The Rescue: Restoration Franchises Enjoy Steady Growth

Franchising.com:

In June 2008, heavy rains caused flooding that filled the basement and rose two feet high on the first floor of Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Indiana. The flooding closed the hospital, forcing the evacuation of 157 patients and causing an estimated $125 million in damages. Paul Davis National (PDN) was soon on the scene, part of the team brought in to mitigate the damage and allow the regional health care facility to reopen as quickly as possible.

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, damaging or destroying 275,000 homes and causing estimated insured property losses of between $40 billion and $60 billion. Paul Davis was on the scene there too — first, in response to an emergency call to help restore the 28,000 sq. ft. commissary at the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, Miss.; then repairing flood damage at the University of New Orleans and getting the city’s FOX television station back on the air.

PDN even made it to national television itself in New Orleans, appearing on the Dr. Phil Show and the DIY Network’s “DIY to the Rescue” program soon after Katrina. Collaborating with Dr. Phil and the DIY network, PDN and its parent company donated time and resources to rebuild a 78-year-old New Orleans woman’s ruined house from the ground up in just 11 days. More.