Coffee Shop Originals
Western Colloid goes to China
By Heidi Ellsworth, RCS Partner. Western Colloid’s Tim Ford teaches roofing classes in Beijing, China. Earlier this year, Western Colloid’s Tim Ford received a call to teach a class. That is not very unusual for Ford who specializes in liquid-applied roofing installation training, but this class was in a very faraway ...
Q4 Commercial Construction Outlook - Focus on Technology
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Contractors believe that new technologies like drones, augmented reality, artificial intelligence will be useful for productivity and improved safety on jobsites Throughout the year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and USG Corporation survey contractors and release a quarterly report detailing their findings. In the recently published ...
Employee’s heroic actions help save a woman and her young children
A Tremco Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. employee’s quick thinking helped prevent what could have been a very tragic situation. The morning of November 20, 2018, Freddie Marin, a WTI Foreman in the West Central region was on his way to a job site in the Minneapolis area, when he noticed the car ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® is Proud to Welcome Roofing Contractors Association of Washington
RoofersCoffeeShop® believes in roofing contractors of all types and sizes, and especially in the associations that support them. We are proud to welcome Roofing Contractors Association of Washington (RCAW), who continue to show strong leadership in helping their contractors grow while working every day to promote the roofing industry in Washington. The ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® Welcomes IB Roof SystemsTM
IB Roof Systems, a performance driven, PVC roofing solutions manufacturer. RoofersCoffeeShop, the place where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business is pleased to welcome IB Roof Systems. Since 1978, IB Roof Systems has been a nationwide leader in providing high-performance PVC membranes and complete roofing systems for the ...
Top 5 blogs on RCS for November 2018 – Industry leaders and acquisitions were the most popular topics
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Check out what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. There were a lot of changes happening last month in the roofing industry and the Coffee Shop was here to tell you all about it. The news that had the most interest was the Roof Coating Manufacturer’s ...
Being smart about Smartphones
By Tom Whitaker, RT3 Board Member. Software companies can provide contractors with incredible value but there’s one important element that is often overlooked that can derail any software implementation. When field personnel are not using adequate or properly managed mobile devices, or if the device that they carry is not up to ...
RoofersCoffeeShop.com Welcomes the Metal Roofing Alliance
The Metal Roofing Alliance (MRA) is the leading voice for companies and professionals involved in the residential metal roofing industry. RoofersCoffeeShop®, the place where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business is pleased to welcome MRA, the leading voice for the metal roofing industry. The MRA is dedicated to ...
Tesla Patent for Colored Solar Tiles
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor The patent is for ‘Uniformly and Directionally Colored Photovoltaic Modules.” In the patent, they explain that traditionally the color of the panels is the natural color of the solar cells embedded inside, which is usually blue, dark blue or black. Most homeowners want to select the color ...
Want to use drones on the jobsite? Here’s what you need to know.
By Karen L. Edwards. More contractors are implementing the use of drones every day to monitor job progress, send job images and updates to the owner or manager and capture before and after photos from above. No longer considered a hobby or just a toy, drones are fast becoming an integral part ...
