BELFOR Announces Opening of Latin American Headquarters

SANTIAGO, Chile, May 17, 2010 - BELFOR, the world's leading property restoration company, announced today
the opening of its Santiago, Chile, office, which will function as the
company's Latin American headquarters. In the time since the devastating
earthquake that rocked the coastal nation in March, BELFOR has coordinated
operations through the Santiago office, assisting several businesses with the
repair of their facilities for resumed operations.

"The Santiago office will function as a strategic base of operations,
facilitating immediacy of response throughout Latin America," said Kirk
Lively, BELFOR director of strategic operations. "With the addition of the
Chilean location, BELFOR now has an office in 28 countries."

Services provided worldwide by BELFOR include: emergency response;
reconstruction; structural dehumidification; structural cleaning and
decontamination; contents restoration; mold remediation; electronics
restoration; media and data recovery; equipment and machinery refurbishment;
book and document recovery; corrosion control; water extraction; vital
records recovery; emergency power; and consulting services.

BELFOR is a premier disaster restoration company serving 28 countries in
190 locations worldwide. The company is the leading provider of property
recovery services in North America, with 94 offices coast to coast and more
than 4,600 fulltime, experienced restoration specialists. For more
information, visit www.belfor.com .

Theresa Williams of BELFOR, +1-817-307-1089, or +1-817-535-6793, theresa.williams at cl.belfor.com