Karen L. Edwards, RCS COO
Contractor Trying to Survive in City that Shutdown Construction
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. MSN recently shared a story that chronicled how San Francisco-based Lawson Roofing Co. is struggling amidst to COVID-19 pandemic. Lawson Roofing Co. is a 113-year old company that was started by former NRCA chair Frank Lawson, Jr.’s grandfather in 1907, the year after the infamous 1906 ...
Experts Say Metal Construction Industry Will Emerge Stronger
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Embracing digital, evaluating and improving operations will all contribute to a strong comeback. METALCON’s weekly webinar, “Reigniting Sales and Operations Amidst a World Health Crisis” shared interesting insight into how the industry is responding to the crisis and why we will emerge even stronger on the ...
Top March Stories: Much-needed Coronavirus Information
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. Last time I wrote about the trending stories on RCS it was about the International Roofing Expo and Journey performing at the SRS Distribution party/fundraiser. Fast forward to today and things have changed a lot. Most of our ...
Roofing Road Trips with Heidi Welcomes Tremco’s Mardee Billingsley
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The two discuss Mardee’s article and eBook called ‘Making it Rain in the 2020 Labor Drought.’ Heidi has known and worked with Mardee for several years through National Women in Roofing, Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance and Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. She was excited to visit with ...
Earth Day 2020 with Solar on Our Minds
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The air quality benefits from the reduction in the use of fossil fuels and carbon dioxide emissions might push people toward solar power. With millions of people sheltered in their homes during this coronavirus pandemic, we’ve seen an astounding drop in pollution. According to a recent ...
Education and Support Help Denver Contractor Grow its Restoration Business
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Fluid-applied Reinforced Roofing system is suited for Denver’s climate and green building roof requirements. While attending the recent Denver National Women in Roofing (NWiR) event, RCS partner Heidi J. Ellsworth met Janice Stitzer of CIG Construction. Janice co-founded and owns CIG Construction, with her husband Kelly ...
Meet Nick Little - Winner of this Week’s Optical Comparator
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. General Coatings is giving away one optical comparator each week to a lucky winner. Did you know that in addition to being a great online community for the roofing industry that is filled with news and information that RoofersCoffeeShop® is also a place where you can ...
Supporting Veterans is How this Local Roofing Contractor Association Gives Back
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. West Coast Roofing Contractors Association (WCRCA) in Florida raises funds for Black Dagger Military Hunt Club. One of the greatest things about working in the roofing industry is seeing how it gives back to others in need. That’s definitely the case at Florida’s West Coast Roofing ...
COVID-19 State of the Roofing Industry
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. NRCA CEO Reid Ribble and COO McKay Daniels share what they are seeing and hearing in the industry on RCS Coffee Conversations. Reid and McKay joined RCS Partner Heidi J. Ellsworth for this week’s Coffee Conversations and it was great to hear from two leaders in ...
Free 20-minute Consultations from Cotney Consulting Group
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Trent Cotney and John Kenney have teamed up to form Cotney Consulting Group and are offering free 20-minute sessions to roofing contractors. There are plenty of business consulting experts working across the U.S. that are experienced in helping businesses. You may have worked with one at ...
