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BSR/IICRC S500 Standard for Professional Water Damage Restoration, 5th Edition — Public Review Draft — Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC), 2020.
Source: Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) · · 2020
The fifth edition of the IICRC's water damage restoration standard as it stood for public review between 10 January and 24 February 2020 — a working draft circulated for comment, not the published standard. It restructures the document into a scope section, definitions, and sixteen numbered sections running from principles of restoration and building science through psychrometry, safety, documentation, inspections and pre-restoration evaluation, structural, HVAC and contents restoration, catastrophic projects, and a closing section on materials and assemblies. Its front matter defines "shall," "should" and "recommend," and states what the consensus body means by "standard of care."
Why a contractor cares. That shall/should/recommend hierarchy is the mechanism that turns the document into obligations. Which tier a procedure sits in tells you what you have to be able to defend having done.
Why a public adjuster cares. Carriers argue standard of care from the S500. This draft shows the language mid-negotiation — useful for understanding the published edition, but a review draft and never a citation.
A summary written by the National Roofing Directory, not an extract. The work itself is Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC)'s and is not reproduced here.
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