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Let’s Talk About Safety
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Take a break on May 4-8 to discuss fall hazards and fall prevention with your employees. This year marks the seventh annual National Safety Stand-Down. Presented by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), this event will take place on May 4-8, 2020. The purpose ...
3 Tips for Helping Your Teams Work from Home Successfully
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. As a seasoned work-from-home professional, I wanted to share some tips to help teams stay productive during this uncertain time. After joining a roofing tech startup back in 2010, I made the transition from going into an office every day to working in my home office ...
Missouri Roofing Contractor Warns Other Contractors of Scam
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Pyramid Roofing in Branson, Missouri believes they almost were victims of a scam. Typically, the only time you see scams and roofing in the news, it’s a story about how some unscrupulous roofing contactor defrauded homeowners out of thousands of dollars without performing the work. In ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® Welcomes TAMKO
Their quality building products are formulated for superior beauty and backed by a trusted brand name with 75 years in the industry. RoofersCoffeeShop, the place where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business is pleased to welcome TAMKO. Founded in 1944, today TAMKO is a leading manufacturer of residential ...
Keeping Your Business Running During the Coronavirus Crisis
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Roofs will continue to need repairs, maintenance and replacement during this pandemic. Crisis communications and planning is something we all know is a good idea to have for our businesses, but many have been caught off guard by this COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak and are scrambling. So, ...
Companies are Getting More Creative to Attract Future Workforce
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. St. Louis contractor UPCO partnered with artist Howard "Chingy" Bailey Jr. to write and produce a song and video called "Old Construction Road." Competition for young workers is heating up and the skilled labor gap continues to widen. Companies are finding themselves having to get more ...
Study: Prefabrication to Transform Construction Industry
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Dodge Data & Analytics released a SmartMarket report to examine the frequency of prefabricated products, the benefits as well as what drives their use and what gets in the way. The Dodge study examined both prefabrication and modular building as two separate topics finding that they ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® is Committed to Enhanced Communication, Networking and Education While We Wait Out the Coronavirus
By Heidi J. Ellsworth & Vickie Sharples, RCS Partners Digital communications are critical to keep business flowing. As North America deals with the community spread of the Coronavirus, the roofing industry needs to continue working together to keep a high level of communication with each other and roofing customers. By sharing ...
Long-time Contractor, First-time Attendee Wins GAF Truck Giveaway at IRE
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. GAF had a strong showing in this year’s exhibit hall and perhaps the best giveaway: a Ford F-150 loaded with Timberline® HDZ™ shingles. If you attended the International Roofing Expo® in Dallas this year, you couldn’t miss GAF’s presence at the front of the exhibit hall. ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® Welcomes Southeast Contracting
The company is a resource for obtaining skilled labor nationwide. RoofersCoffeeShop, the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information, and everyday business, is pleased to welcome Southeast Contracting. Southeast Contracting helps companies in the roofing and construction field fulfill immediate and future job openings. The company is prepared with a ...
