In the 80s, 90s, and early 2000's McInnis provided emergency services to State Departments of Transportation to help manage tanker spills on interstate systems as well as vehicular ferry boats for emergency bridge outings and replacements.
From 2004 to 2005 McInnis was tasked with cleaning up the City of Orange Beach, Al after the devastating Hurricane Ivan, a Category 3 Hurricane. McInnis managed all aspects of the disaster recovery and finished the entire clean-up in just 4 months allowing the city and all businesses the opportunity to take advantage of the 2005 spring and summer. The project included the cleaning of approximately 10 miles of beach that was largely covered with the first 3 floors of condominium content and building material.
From 2005 through 2008, John McInnis, Jr. served as the CEO of Unified Recovery Group, LLC, a joint venture that performed one of the largest clean-up projects in the history of the United States. After Hurricane Katrina, URG was awarded a contract to clean-up St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana. Over this three-year time period, URG:
Employed thousands of workers and hundreds of sub-contractors
Demolished over 8,000 structures in Southern Louisiana, a large portion of which were not only affected by the Murphy Oil Spill but also contained asbestos.
Collected, removed and disposed of over 6,000,000 cubic yards of debris
Pumped out and hauled away approximately 2,000,000 tons of raw sewage
In 2010 for the BP Deepwater Horrizon Oil Spill McInnis Industries would handle the response and cleanup of approximately 10 miles of Alabama Coastline.
In 2017 McInnis Industries provided significant logistic support for the non profit responses to Hurricanes Michael, Irma, and Maria in Florida and the Virgin Islands.
In 2018 McInnis Industries rebuilt or repaired over 700 houses on U.S. Government programs in the Puerto Rico, St Croix, and St Thomas.
In 2019/2020 McInnis Industries worked for AECOM and the U.S. Navy to help rebuild facilities damaged from Hurricane Michael on NSA Panama City, Florida.