The 12th annual Business Insurance directory of property loss control consultants and engineers lists companies that provide loss control services on an direct, unbundled basis; consultants that only provide these services in conjunction with other services are not listed.

Listings begin with the name, address, telephone, fax number and World Wide Web site address of each company. 1997 revenues section details total gross revenues, the percentage generated through from unbundled property loss control consulting and engineering services, and the 1997 revenue from unbundled property loss control consulting and engineering.

Information on staff members at year-end 1997 is provided, including the number of professionals assigned to property loss control consulting and engineering services and the number of staff members holding certain professional designations. The full names of professional designations abbreviated in the staff section are provided below.

Next, the total number of property loss control consulting and engineering clients appears, followed by the year loss control services began and parent company.

A list of the loss control services that each company provides is listed next.

If a company specializes in consulting for a particular type of business or industry, that specialty is noted. Listed next is the geographical region served and the locations of branch offices providing property loss control services. Names and titles of principal officers and a contact name complete each listing.

Business Insurance publishes the directory as an editorial service; there is no charge to be included.

Listings are based on each company's response to a BI questionnaire. Although every effort is made to publish complete and accurate information, BI is unable to verify all information received.

Here are the full professional designations and organizations for those abbreviated under the staff heading:

ALCM is Associate in Loss Control Management; ARM is Associate in Risk Management; ASCE is member, American Society of Civil Engineers; ASSE is member, American Society of Safety Engineers; CSP is Certified Safety Professional; PE is Professional Engineer; SFPE is member, Society of Fire Protection Engineers.