Karen L. Edwards, RCS COO
Top April Stories: More Coronavirus Information and Education Opportunities for Contractors
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. April was an interesting month for the roofing industry. We were deemed an essential business in most of the U.S. and Canada with the exception of a few states, that halted all construction work. While safety is always ...
Meet Chris Dodds – the Winner of General Coatings Optical Comparator
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Chris is the first winner from Canada and was excited to be the lucky winner. Congratulations to Chris Dodds, the owner of Woodchuck Bros Construction in Ontario Canada. He is a recent winner of the General Coatings giveaway. We had the chance to speak with Chris ...
Roofing Road Trips with Heidi Welcome Estimating Edge’s Adam Oaks
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Best of breed concept and open API’s are important considerations for contractors when choosing software. In this episode of Roofing Road Trips with Heidi, she is joined by Roofing Technology Think Tank member Adam Oaks from Estimating Edge to talk technology and software. One of the ...
SOPREMA Simplifies SOPRASMART Line
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The company announced name changes to improve the understanding of the products in the marketplace. In a recent announcement, SOPREMA said that in their continued efforts to improve their product lines for customers, they decided to simplify their SOPRASMART laminated boards line. They report that the ...
Professional Design Services Available in TremLock® Visualizer
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Whether you choose to do it yourself or use the help of a professional designer, this visualizer can change your metal roof-and-wall game. For roofing contractors working with building owners, it can be really hard to imagine what a roof or wall style or color will ...
975,000 Construction Jobs Lost in April 2020
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in its Employment Situation Summary that construction employment fell by 975,000 in April and that 691,000 of those were specialty trade contractors. The Associated General Contractors (AGC) released a survey that shows, in combination with data from construction technology ...
Roofing Road Trips with Heidi Welcomes the TAMKO Marketing Team
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The conversation covers what is happening in the industry in the midst of this pandemic and tools for helping contractors continue to sell virtually. In this episode of Roofing Road Trips with Heidi, Heidi is joined by Kim Eckerman and Melissa Dunson, leaders of the marketing ...
She Didn’t Choose Roofing; it Chose Her
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The roofing industry has given Paula opportunities for growth and advancement. Sutter Roofing Human Resources Supervisor Paula Laza-Moreno told me on a recent phone call that roofing found her. “I got into roofing because the previous HR director was looking for a bilingual assistant,” explains Paula. ...
Distributor Relationships are Essential for your Business
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Your distributor partners provide a connection to the pulse of the industry. Times are a little different with businesses operating under social distancing guidelines and health precautions at the top of our minds. Not to mention that storm season is upon us and we are just ...
44-million Pound Floating Roof a Massive Undertaking
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The roof will sit atop the new Seattle Center which will be home to the city’s new NHL team. Called an engineering marvel by Seattle’s K5 News, the 44-million-pound roof was lifted up by 72 temporary steel columns so that workers could excavate tens of thousands ...
