Industry News
Western Roofing Expo 2020 - Request For Presentations
By Western States Roofing Contractors Association. With the ever-increasing popularity of the Western Roofing Expo and its educational seminars, we are making a call to all public speakers: apply to teach a seminar at the Western Roofing Expo 2020 in Las Vegas! We believe the quality of our membership provides a ...
NRCA Advises Property Owners to Contact Professional Roofing Contractors
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. The association is promoting its tool to help property owners locate a reputable, professional contractor following storms. We’ve seen an onslaught of hurricanes and winter storms. Starting in July with Hurricane Barry, we’ve continued to see more tropical storms and hurricanes, most recently Hurricanes Dorian ...
EagleView Achieves Unanimous Intellectual Property Win as Jury Affirms Xactware, Verisk Willfully Infringed EagleView's Patents
The jury found that the patents asserted in the case were valid and that Xactware and Verisk infringed them and did so willfully, awarding $125 million to EagleView in damages. EagleView, a leading technology provider of aerial imagery and data analytics, today announced a critical legal decision establishing that ...
ARMA Releases 2019 Third Quarter Report on Asphalt Roofing Product Shipments
The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA) has released its Quarterly Product Shipment Report, covering asphalt roofing product shipments in the United States and Canada in the third quarter of 2019. The report includes year-to-date shipment information and a comparison with the prior year’s data. “ARMA’s shipment report provides interested parties with direct ...
METALCON and Pittsburgh. Must-Sees for Them Both!
By Marco Industries. Pittsburgh is known as “Steel City” … so it’s a natural setting for METALCON 2019, the industry’s largest international event for metal construction products, technologies and solutions. There will be plenty to see at the show, including proven metal roofing solutions in the Marco Weather-Tite™ System at booth ...
METALCON Gives Back to the Local Community
METALCON is helping Pittsburgh-area veterans. The metal construction industry’s largest international event for metal construction products, technologies and solutions, gives back to the local community during its annual tradeshow and conference taking place Wednesday, Oct. 16–Friday, Oct. 18 at Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center. This year, METALCON has partnered with the ...
WSRCA Adds Member Benefit
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Access safety information in the palm of your hand. Being a member of the Western States Roofing Contractor Association (WSRCA) just got better. The WSRCA Mobile Safety Solutions website gives you the freedom to hold a safety meeting anywhere. According to WSRCA, members can now ...
Women in Construction Industry Reaches Pre-Recession Levels
By NRCA. Bringing more women into the construction workforce can help the industry combat its skilled labor shortage. The number of women employed in the construction industry grew significantly in 2018, increasing to 1.1 million—a total reached before the Great Recession, according to eyeonhousing.org. Labor force statistics from the Current Population Survey offer ...
5 Ways to Stay at the Forefront of the Roofing Industry
The International Roofing Expo® has opened registration for the 2020 conference scheduled for February 4 – 6, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. The roofing industry has evolved a long way over the past 60 years. The International Roofing Expo® is the event that helps professionals and businesses stay at the forefront of ...
Sports Icons and Metal Roofing Experts. See Them Both at METALCON 2019.
By Marco Industries. If you’re in metal construction, you won’t want to miss METALCON 2019, the industry’s largest international event for metal construction products, technologies and solutions. The show covers much more than metal roofing, and it provides invaluable information as well as access to top manufacturers (like your friends here ...
