Karen L. Edwards, RCS COO
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 ...
Roofing Road Trips with Heidi Welcome’s John DeRosa from SRS Distribution
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. John is director of contractor training and customer experience at SRS. RCS’s Heidi Ellsworth got the chance to virtually sit down with SRS’s John DeRosa. It’s obvious from the get-go that Heidi is one of John’s biggest fans. “Many times, I'm like, ‘Oh, John has a ...
Silicone to the Rescue for Leaky Assisted Living Roof
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Commonwealth Assisted Living in Abingdon, Virginia’s roof had been leaking for years. The building’s persistent leaky roof seemed to have no hope of repair. An engineer investigated the problem and looked at several options to repair it, but after structural and load-bearing tests, the only viable ...
