AI for commercial restoration contractors, tested on losses your team already closed.

Three standards, three dates. ANSI/IICRC S500 for water damage is a Fifth Edition from 2021 that covers residential, commercial and institutional buildings, and its consensus body has started revising it. S520 for mold reached a Fourth Edition in 2024 and lists post-remediation verification among its parts. S700 for fire and smoke appeared as a First Edition in 2025 and sets aside healthcare, laboratory, clean room and life science buildings. The S500 also treats finding and correcting the source of the water as the property owner's job, so the first page of a commercial file has to say who stopped it and when.

Commercial drying has its own credential. IICRC's Commercial Drying Specialist course, open to people who already hold its Water Restoration Technician certification, covers commercial, industrial, institutional and complex residential structures, along with furniture, fixtures and equipment. Its description names workflow management and process administration beside the drying itself. The trade's own training treats the paper on a big loss as part of the work.

Florida changed what a work authorization can carry. Its statute voids any attempt to assign post-loss benefits under residential and commercial property policies issued on or after January 1, 2023. Commercial policies issued from July 2019 until then fell under a separate set of rules. One contractor's closed files can hold both, so a test sample shows the policy date beside each authorization, and whether an assignment holds stays a question for counsel.

Public owners write the reporting into the contract. The City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida, holds a disaster water damage agreement covering city hall, the library, fire stations and other city buildings. It runs on purchase orders, each with a ceiling the contractor passes at its own risk. It wants a report by close of business showing hours for each machine and each position, plus audit-quality documentation acceptable to FEMA, and information that isn't in by 5 p.m. the next day can mean non-payment. Restoration & Remediation magazine wrote in February 2026 that missing support is the main reason such costs get taken back, with waste manifests a frequent problem.

Old buildings bring a federal clock. OSHA says some materials are presumed to contain asbestos if installed before 1981. Where the federal asbestos rule applies, a renovation forced by a sudden, unexpected event counts as an emergency renovation operation, with notice due as early as possible and no later than the following working day, giving the date and hour of the emergency and what happened. Those are the same facts your intake notes hold, and they have to agree.

One limit covers both jobs. Each closed file is its own answer key, so your reviewer marks drafts against what your team really sent. The proof of concept never touches your job management system, a carrier portal, a live estimate or a live claim, never negotiates with an adjuster, and never judges a dry standard or submits a file. Your estimator approves every supplement and your project manager submits every closeout. Texas and Florida are among the states that limit a contractor acting as a public adjuster, and nothing on this page is legal, insurance or engineering advice.