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Encouraging snow safety
By Emma Peterson. How TRA Snow and Sun supports contractors through every step of implementing snow retention systems. Snow retention systems are critical for keeping roofs in areas that receive heavy snowfall safe and secure. Not only does it protect the people and property beneath the roof from dangerous snow avalanches, but ...
Political shifts and changes from Washington D.C. to jobsites around the country
By Emma Peterson. Trent Cotney shares insights on how the 2025 political landscape is affecting the roofing industry. In a new Roofing Road Trips® episode, Heidi J. Ellsworth caught up with Trent Cotney to talk about how contractors and businesses are being impacted as the 2025 political landscape continues to evolve. If ...
May is mental health awareness month
By Emma Peterson. It’s time to start the hard conversations about mental health and addiction because those conversations save lives. With May being mental health awareness month, this is a great moment to shine a light on the mental health challenges members of our industry face on a daily basis. To talk ...
Preparing students for the trade school Olympics
By Emma Peterson. Red Dog’s Roofing is preparing students to represent Massachusetts on the national SkillsUSA stage. In a recent episode of Roofing Road Trips®, Megan Ellsworth got the chance to chat with Patrick Cochran of Red Dog’s Roofing out of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. This year, one of Red Dog’s big initiatives has ...
Start your May off with the 56th Annual MBCEA Conference
By Emma Peterson. It’s time to head to Charlotte, North Carolina because you do not want to miss this year’s MBCEA Conference. Every year, the Metal Building Contractors & Erectors Association (MBCEA) hosts a conference full of educational opportunities, networking spaces and an exhibitor floor. This year the conference will be hosted ...
Looking to the future of the industry
By Emma Peterson. Examine market growth and industry shifts with Paul Trombitas and the FMI 2025 North American Construction Outlook report. From new tariffs to changing immigration policies and more, 2025 has been an interesting year for the construction industry. To help you get a better understanding of what is going on ...
Upgrade your operations with MetalVue
By Emma Peterson. Learn how Sherwin William’s MetalVue program can help you increase your metal roofing profitability. In this MetalTalk, Megan Ellsworth sat down with Sherwin-William's MetalVue Marketing Segment Manager, Junny Lee, and the MetalVue OEM Project Manager, Brendan McGinnis, to talk about how this program helps metal contractors grow their businesses. ...
Roofing goes global
By Emma Peterson. Get a behind-the-scenes look at preparing the first U.S. team to compete at IFD’s Championship of Young Roofers. At the end of 2024, The Coffee Shops™ crew got an incredible opportunity — cover the first U.S. team’s participation in the prestigious International Federation for the Roofing Trades (IFD) competition ...
SkillsUSA Massachusetts takes on commercial roofing!
By Emma Peterson. This year marks the first year that Massachusetts's SkillsUSA competition includes commercial roofing, all thanks to Red Dog’s Roofing. Earlier this year, Patrick Cochran of Red Dog’s Roofing out of Fitchburg, Massachusetts stopped by The Coffee Shops™ to talk about their 2025 initiative to get commercial roofing into their ...
Three months and four reroofs
By Emma Peterson. Learn about how these contractors have helped members of their communities stay safe. With so much going on all the time, it can be hard to keep up with the small acts of kindness and good happening around us. That’s one of the reasons The Coffee Shops™ likes to ...
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