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Top November Stories: Innovation, People and Insurance Horrors
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. It’s always interesting to see what articles drew the most interest each month on RoofersCoffeeShop. The top five always include a story about people in the industry and that was the case again this month. Our most-read article ...
All About Cotney Construction Law on the Roofing Road Trips with Heidi Podcast
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter Trent Cotney shares what makes Cotney Construction Law unique. Coming from a family of construction professionals, Trent Cotney has a passion for giving back to the industry. His company, Cotney Construction Law, which he started seven years ago, has a robust repertoire of practice areas, including: ...
Weather: Dealing With What You Can’t Control
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Steps to prepare for adverse weather conditions on the jobsite. Construction is a dynamic industry with unforeseeable obstacles. Mother Nature is one of them and can be an unwelcome intruder on construction projects. Extreme weather such as severe heat, cold, or wind, heavy rains, lightning, ...
Trent Cotney Named National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) General Counsel
Cotney Construction Law (CCL) takes a lead position as the roofing industry advocate. Cotney Construction Law, the leading national law firm for construction, specialty trades and OSHA law, is pleased to announce the appointment of Trent Cotney as General Counsel for the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA). Cotney and the ...
New Information Concerning Spoliation of Evidence
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Cotney Construction Law explains recent development from appellate court regarding evidence abuse. Recently, clarification was provided concerning “...potential liability that can result from discarding materials that could be used as evidence in a lawsuit,” according to Cotney Construction Law. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Teen Workers on the Construction Site
By Lauren White. Understanding the benefits and limitations of hiring teen workers. Labor shortages continue to be a problem in the construction industry. Construction firms and contractors are doing what they can to keep up with the steadily increasing demand of projects. One solution is to hire teen workers to ...
Seeing a Need, Law Firm Creates New Subscription-based Legal Service Plans
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. A new approach streamlines legal services and provides access to attorneys on demand. If there is one thing that comes to mind when you have a need for legal services, it’s typically ‘how much is this going to set me back?’ Every roofing contractor has a ...
Contractors Counsel: Does California’s New “Gig Worker” Law Affect the Construction Industry?
By WSRCA. The foundation of California’s immense economy is based upon three industries: entertainment, technology and tourism. These industries heavily rely on “gig workers,”, individuals who provide paid services to multiple companies simultaneously and who have traditionally been classified as independent contractors. This structure is very similar to the model used in ...
Attorneys’ Fees for Damages $10,000 or Less
By Cotney Construction Law, LLP. Have you ever thought about filing a lawsuit but were deterred due to the price of hiring an attorney? Lawsuits are expensive and the cost of litigation is going to get more and more expensive every year. However, Oregon and Washington have statutes that have reduced ...
Roofing Road Trip S1: E4 with Ken Kelly - PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of an interview with Ken Kelly. You can read the interview below or listen to the podcast here. Karen Edwards: Hey everybody, this is Karen Edwards, I'm the editor here at Roofers Coffee Shop and I am at the AEC BuildTech conference in ...
