Swimming Pools at Student Housing and the Headaches that Ensue - Steve

About this episode

Steve Sherwood and Pat Rignyan discuss the challenges and liabilities associated with managing swimming pools in student housing.

Pool Pros text questions here hosts Steve Sherwood and Pat Rignyan from the California Pool Association take a deep dive into one of the busiest and most overlooked risk seasons in the pool industry: commercial and student housing pools. As pool professionals across the country juggle openings, CPO classes, hotels, HOAs, and large commercial accounts, Steve raises an important question many service companies never stop to ask until it’s too late — how much additional liability comes with serv...

People in this episode

Host: Pat Rignyan

Guest: Steve Sherwood

Topics covered

• student housing pools
• commercial pools
• liability in pool service
• pool industry risks
• pool openings

Keywords

• student housing
• commercial pools
• pool service
• liability
• California Pool Association

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California Pool Association

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