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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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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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Prairie Village Subdivision Signs Get Fresh New Look

The city of Prairie Village, Kansas dates back as far as 1858 when the Porter family bought 160 acres of farmland where they worked and raised their family. The area soon became populated and the original Prairie School was built in 1882. The city now has a population of over 22,000 and is known for its older homes and tree-lined streets.

The current trend in Prairie Village, like many other older cities, is to tear down older homes and replace them with new construction homes. The look and the feel of the city is changing and HOA’s are working hard to keep exterior signs, monuments and landscaping appear fresh and inviting.

The Prairie Village subdivision, Prairie Fields, has one stone monument with metal letters and 5 metal signs placed throughout the neighborhood. The signs suffered years of wear and tear from the outdoor elements including water and sun and needed a facelift.

Services were performed both on-site and at the KCR shop. The aluminum letters were refinished on the neighborhood signs while the borders were cleaned, primed and coated with industrial black coating and a clear coat. The large monument letters were cleaned, primed and coated with anodic black and an industrial clear coat.

The signs all now look fresh and new creating and inviting appearance and first impression for the neighborhood. If your HOA is looking to freshen up the neighborhood exterior surfaces, contact KC Restoration today for a free estimate.

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KC Restoration Partners with Creative Planning

 

KC Restoration believes great partnerships help build successful companies. Partnerships bridge the gap in knowledge and expertise; provide necessary products and services; add a different prospective to aid business decisions and create a support system which allows a company to focus on their area of expertise.

KC Restoration would not be successful without the loyal support of our local partnerships, especially those who share our mission to enrich Kansas City through our services, generosity, and beneficial employment. We would like to rave about one such partner who assists us in delivering to both employees and customers while always having our back, Creative Planning.

Not long after moving to Kansas, LeAnn and Bill were referred to Creative Planning. They began having them oversee the planning and management of their personal financial future, including creating a trust and providing insurance. The exceptional experience built so much faith that they trusted them to be good stewards of their business and employees. Creative Planning provides the health benefits that thrill our employees and handles all of KC Restoration’s business insurance needs with great knowledge, responsiveness and diligence. All KC Restoration employees are offered an employer sponsored IRA that Creative Planning manages, and the participants have access to financial advisors of the highest caliber, free of charge. We not only enjoy and respect everyone we have worked with, but we have immense trust in them to protect us and look out for our best interest and those of our employees. How fortunate we are to have such a treasure locally!

Creative Planning has multiple locations, serves clients in all 50 states and has been ranked the #1 Wealth Management Firm in America. From their beautiful headquarters building in Overland Park, they invest in Kansas City beyond increasing the wealth and reducing the risks of its residents. They support our community through generously contributing time and effort to a multitude of local charities too long to list, but including: Kansas City Community Gardens, Giving the Basics, Harvesters, Special Olympics of Kansas Blue Valley, Johnson County Library Foundation, KC Can!, and Community Blood Center. They also enrich lives and families through employment. The ratings of Best Companies to Work for by Ingram and Best Places to Work by the Kanas City Star, just validate the praises I have heard from Creative Planning team members when speaking of their company and its president, Peter Mallouk.

I highly encourage individuals and businesses, friends, family, customers, vendors and competitors to take advantage of the opportunity we have to benefit from the wisdom, skill and expertise of Creative Planning, and know that in doing so you will be supporting a company that supports Kansas City!

Check them out! We have no doubt you will be impressed! https://creativeplanning.com/

 

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