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Construction Tech Hub to be featured at METALCON 2019. In keeping with the number one industry hot topic right now, METALCON 2019, the metal construction industry’s largest international event for metal construction products, technologies and solutions, will feature its new construction technology hub, CONTECH, at this year’s conference and tradeshow in Pittsburgh from ...
The Answer to Seeing How Your Crew Really Spends Their Time
By Trimble. A construction daily report app can help you shift from piles of paperwork on your desk to tracking job site operations and managing teams with a smartphone, tablet or computer. At the end of a long work day, the thought of hours of paperwork can feel painful. Yet it’s also ...
Asking the Right Questions about Roofing Software
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner Looking at the important questions to ask when selecting roofing software. The question is – are you asking the right questions about potential roofing software? Every day contractors encounter companies selling the next best thing to grow their roofing business. Sure, it can sound great, but ...
Owens Corning University (OCU) Brings Virtual Training to Roofing Education
By Owens Corning. The learning management platform features quick easy to digest 15 minutes classes for contractors to learn from anywhere. While August is back to school season for students and teachers, education is always a timely topic for contractors who want to stay on top of the latest in roofing technology. And ...
Using Software for Storm Restoration
By RoofSnap. It's important to have the right tools in place to help you handle the volume of jobs following a storm. With 2019’s relatively quiet hurricane season reaching it’s peak this month, we’d like to talk about how a remote measuring solution, and roofing software in general, can help restoration companies ...
Slip on a steep roof leads inventor to build remote inspection robot
By Karen L. Edwards, RT3. The Roof Rover is a robotic roof inspection device weighing just six pounds that keeps workers safely on the ground during inspections. When Mike Slawinski was living in Atlanta, a friend of his asked him to help do some roof inspections. Mike wasn’t a fan of heights ...
Ways to Improve Your Inspection Reports
By Jobba Trade Technologies. Winning more jobs and closing them faster can be easier than you thought. If you can deliver a comprehensive inspection report MOMENTS after an inspection is performed, you’re sure to surprise and impress prospective service customers. By putting a report compilation process in place or by making a ...
SEO for Roofers: What’s New and What Will Work For You?
By Joe Goldstein, JobNimbus. SEO for roofers isn’t as simple as it used to be. SEO, or search engine optimization, is the process of ranking a website on Google for valuable keywords. When your company shows up first for searches like “commercial roofer in San Diego” or “gutter repair in Milwaukee,” it ...
Trimble’s Contractor WorkZone Now Offers a Free Subscription Level
By Trimble Contractor WorkZone. As a business, we have one mission -- to provide small contractors with an affordable construction app that increases productivity, enabling businesses to become more profitable. In today’s ever-growing construction industry, business owners are faced with tough decisions like how to pay for the most skilled labor and ...
What is Roofing Software and How Will it Help My Business?
By Sarah Smith, JobNimbus. Understand how roofing software can help you improve efficiency and automate your business. If you’ve recently bought or are thinking about buying roofing software, it's important to know just what roofing software is so you can optimize it and maximize your success. Roofing software is typically a cloud-based program ...
