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KC Restoration Culture Series: Community

Welcome to KC Restoration’s new culture series!  Each month we will be highlighting one of our company values. October is about our Community value.

Every company’s culture is unique, just like each finger print is different. But a company’s culture can make or break its success, hence why “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” – Peter Drucker. Webster defines culture as, “the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization.” Here are the values that KC Restoration hopes to instill in its employees:

Excellence

Good enough never is. Learn and improve from every experience. A strive for excellence consistently improves our quality.

Gratitude

Choose to be grateful and express gratitude.

Integrity

Live and speak the truth. Obey laws and regulations. Be fair.

Selflessness

Put the needs of customers and teammates above yourself.

Community

KC Restoration seeks to build community internally and be an active and involved member of the KC community.

Accountability

We hold ourselves and our teammates accountable to uphold our values and fulfill their responsibilities.

Communication

Only through successful, frequent communication can we understand and be understood.

Culture is more than just printing shared values, it’s living them. Living a culture is done through traditions, routine, behavioral norms, and visual representation of the value in action. We demonstrate our value of Community with building relationships both inside company and in the community. Each year, we work as a team and team up with our customers on serving opportunities. We have collected donations for Children’s Mercy, KC Pet Projects, School Supplies, and much more. Giving back is at the heart of who we are! Building a community within the organization involves team building exercising, all staff meetings (prior to COVID), volunteering together, game night, picnics, and much more.

A Way to Give Back

While COVID has changed the way a lot of us do business, non-profit organizations have also been hit. Please consider giving back. If you are looking for a nonprofit to give back to, we suggest: Children’s Mercy, they are in need of supplies. Please visit their website to see how you can help https://www.childrensmercy.org/contentassets/43bf01ece9b8416ba90e953082c0939c/donations-needed-flier.pdf?_encoding=UTF8&type=wishlist . We will also have a box in our lobby if you would like to come drop of a donation.

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Colliers International Will Lease and Manage a 26.2-acre Office Campus

 

SomeraRoad has hired Colliers International to lease and manage an office campus located at 5200 Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kan. It is a large 26.2-acre office campus with flexible floor plates than accommodate tenants in need of almost any size of space.

Businesses can utilize a minimum 4,000 square foot space up to a large 300,000 square feet space. 78,000 square feet is contiguous on a single floor. Renovations of the lobby, café, conference facilities, fitness facility and multiple outdoor patios will begin soon. The name of the campus is also changing and being rebranded as Summit52.

The leasing team – led by Ross Simpson and RC Jensen – is thrilled to take on this project.

“The building itself has so many unique features that tenants will be excited about,” says Ross. “And the location is easily accessible from anywhere in the metro, making Summit52 one of the most desirable office assets in the market,” adds RC.

Jim Unruh – Senior Vice President and head of Colliers International, Kansas City’s Management Services Group – is pleased to expand the firm’s 8+ million-square-foot portfolio in Kansas City.

“Our tailored team – led by Senior Manager Kaci Nowak – is excited to work with SomeraRoad through the renovation phase, and we look forward to providing top-tier management services as the vacancies fill.”

SomeraRoad has made its mark on the Kansas City real estate market with its acquisitions of 3Y and Lightwell, formerly known as City Center Square. The firm acquired 3Y as a distressed and almost entirely vacant property, renovated it, and successfully leased it to 100 percent occupancy. They took a similar approach with the distressed City Center Square property, recently renamed Lightwell, which is wrapping up a $16 million renovation with more than 150,000 square feet of new leases to date.

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Tips to Help Save Metal Surfaces from Corrosion During Winter

  

Cold weather, ice and snow are all on the way.  Soon you will be calling a contractor to remove snow and ice from many surfaces to prevent accidents on your property.  This is an important safety measure to ensure building occupants and visitors do not slip and fall, but materials that help melt the ice and snow take a toll on many exterior and interior metal surfaces.

Did you know that the chloride ion molecules in deicers interact with the metal in an electrochemical reaction which accelerates the metal molecule’s interaction (oxidation) with the surrounding oxygen into metal-oxide molecules? This results in what is commonly called rust.

When ice melt is not cleared away from your metal, bronze, stainless steel, aluminum or anodized aluminum siding, corrosion begins. Metal corrosion is a concern primarily in parking garages due to the steel rebar that is in the concrete to reinforce it.

The common dry non chloride deicers that are used to avoid corrosion are CMA (Calcium Magnesium Acetate), sodium acetate and urea. The primary non chloride liquid for anti-icing use on pavement is potassium acetate. Note that none of these chemicals have the word “chloride” in them.

A few chloride-based deicers are claiming to be “less corrosive”. These products contain 95 – 99 percent chlorides and have about one 1 percent CMA added. CMA costs about 20 times as much per pound as salt; this is why only a “pinch” can be added to a common deicer. There is currently no evidence supporting the claim that adding any amount CMA to salt helps reduce the corrosiveness of chlorides.

If the price non-corrosive deicer exceeds your budget, there are some steps you can take to minimize the corrosion process and avoid costly repairs:

  1. Place mats both outside and inside all entrances
  2. Increase frequency of cleanings
  3. Try to keep the snowmelt from building up on any of your metal
  4. Once warmer temperatures arrive, pressure wash areas exposed to ice melt

For more information on how to protect and maintain your building’s exterior through the winter, contact KC Restoration today. We are the trusted experts in restoration, beautification and preservation.

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Stone Floor Restoration for a Sparkling First Impression

 

 

Restorative floor care procedures can make your building shine. Floor restoration services include deep cleaning, removing soils and debris from high traffic surfaces and polishing. Daily maintenance tasks can be performed by a cleaning crew if they are using the right chemicals and equipment.

Stone floors throughout commercial buildings require regular maintenance as well as routine professional maintenance from time to time. Cleaning is an extremely important procedure the KC Restoration team performs to extract the buildup of dirt, filth, mildew, and other particulates from the surface. However, over time and regular cleaning, the polish that makes specific types of tile and stone shine have dissipated. KC Restoration recommends investing in a polishing service that requires the polishing maintenance following a professional cleaning to restore the ambient shine.

Terrazzo, marble, granite and more are all examples of hard floor surfaces that should get polished to keep the luster, gloss and beauty. Simply ensuring you polish your stone flooring offers more protection. Polishing should be done at least once a year following the regular cleaning service. If your floors endure high traffic and abuse, cleaning and polishing services may be needed on a more frequent basis to maintain the luster.

If you are uncertain if the floors in your facility require a polishing service, the professionals at KC Restoration can inform you on the professional treatments optimal for the type of floor you have. While buildings are empty and floor traffic is at a minimum, take advantage of the opportunity to do floor care projects efficiently and right!

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KC Restoration, LLC
1465 N. Winchester St., Olathe, KS 66061
913-766-2200