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Virginia Licensing Law Disappears

Posted on June 14, 2012 by NORMI Web Team

In our humble opinion, this is a sad day for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Though we certainly understand the concerns about how mold licensing effects business, more important to us is how the lack of licensing effects the public. The industry has been fraught with scams and charlatans and this provides yet another opportunity for those less than honorable businessmen to practice their trickery o...
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Certifications That Count

Posted on April 18, 2012 by NORMI Web Team

There have been a lot of discussions over the past ten years about the value of certifications and who provides them. Because there is no national "clearing house" to evaluate the validity of a company that claims to certify, it's been the wild west out there in regards to what a certification really means. We hope this will help clear up some of the confusion. In the mold industry, training is i...
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Confronting Convention—Ron Jones

Posted on February 1, 2012 by NORMI Web Team

Excerpt from GreenBuilder 01.2012 A favorite story of mine comes from an interview with Thomas Edison who, late in his life, reportedly confided that if he “had known anything about metallurgy” he would never have invented the incandescent light bulb, because he “would have known it is impossible”. The human imagination may be among the most powerful forces in the universe, but without the coura...
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