SteamMaster Restoration and Cleaning is Vail Valley Chamber and Tourism Bureau's 2005 Business of the Year

(Vail, CO January 27, 2006) – SteamMaster Restoration & Cleaning is Vail Valley Chamber and Tourism Bureau’s 2005 Business of the Year. The VVCTB presented the award to SteamMaster Restoration & Cleaning at the third annual Success Connection Awards at the Roaring ‘20s Gala, at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek on January 27th 2006. “All of our finalists have made tremendous contributions to the local business community over the past year,” said Robin Litt, vice president of partnership for the Chamber & Tourism Bureau. “These awards recognize the businesses and individuals that have really raised the bar in the Vail Valley.”

SteamMaster won over an impressive list of nominees including Ritz Carlton, Slifer, Smith and Frampton Real Estate, Colorado Mountain Medical, East West Partners, First Bank, Sonnenalp Resort, Vail Valley Medical Center, Colorado Mountain Express, Slifer Designs, Prudential Gore Range Properties, Destination Services of Colorado, Alpine Bank and Juniper Restaurant. In 1998 SteamMaster also received the prestigious Sam Walton Business Leadership Award from the Chamber of Commerce.

SteamMaster is the leading restoration and specialty cleaning company in the Central Colorado Rockies serving Eagle, Summit, Pitkin, Garfield Grand, Routt, Chaffee and Park Counties offering a wide range of services for residential, commercial and industrial spaces.

SteamMaster specializes in Water, Fire, Sewage and Mold Damage Restoration using the most innovative methods available including InfraRed Thermal Imaging Technology. SteamMaster also offers Oriental rug and carpet cleaning, stone and hard surface cleaning, abrasive blasting and crawl space encapsulation services. Their technicians are screened and professionally trained in all aspects of their field to produce the best possible result. In order to facilitate a quick response after hours, SteamMaster built nine employee housing units at its Minturn headquarters in 1995. All emergency crews are radio dispatched in specially equipped flood trucks to quickly and professionally respond to water extraction needs.

SteamMaster offers mold inspections and remediation services and utilizes utilizing innovative Cryo-blasting, or “dry ice blasting” techniques to effectively clean and remove impregnated mold from structural wood surfaces. SteamMaster’s founder, Gary Gilman, a Certified Mold Remediator, has published numerous articles on Mold, its causes and effects and remediation. He also teaches at Vail Board of Realtors orientation classes. Mr. Gilman is also an expert witness in Mold related mitigation. “SteamMaster feels a tremendous sense of accomplishment in being given this award.” says President/Owner Gary Gilman. “We worked very hard – providing superior customer service to our clients. “Our customers trust our quality of work and hire us repetitively for the multiple services we offer.” “In 2005 SteamMaster introduced a new line of service, CleanSpace™ - Crawl Space Encapsulation System™ that boosts our revenue” says Mr. Gilman.” This 20 mil crawl space encapsulated system dramatically reduces the humidity level in the air, which will reduce and help prevent moisture problems, mold growth, rot and critters from your crawl space and make the whole house healthier. SteamMaster is members of with the Better Business Bureau (BBB), Independent Mitigation and Cleaning/Conservation (IMACC), Disaster Kleenup International (DKI), Association of Specialists in Cleaning and Restoration (ASCR) and Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) among others. ### About SteamMaster Over the past 27 years, SteamMaster has built a team of local experts trained to offer world-class solutions in Colorado.

For more information visit SteamMaster’s website at www.steammaster.com or contact Gary Gilman at 800-527-1253 or gary@steammaster.com. Contact: Raj Manickam • Phone: 970.827.5555 • Cell: 970-904-2409 • Email: raj@steammaster.com

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