Karen L. Edwards, RCS COO
Enterprise Risk Management Case Study: Diamond Roofing
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. How a roofing contractor was able to navigate the challenge of family members and differing opinions to develop a successful ERM plan. At the recent NRCA Legal Resource Center meeting, NRCA Vice President Tom Shanahan explained what Enterprise Risk Management is and why it is so ...
RT3 Member John Kenney of Sutter Roofing presented at ENGAGE ’19
By Karen L. Edwards, RT3. Sutter Roofing shared how technology is key driver of their success. 100 construction professionals recently gathered at the third annual ENGAGE global customer conference in Seattle, Washington to share best practices for driving greater operational effectiveness, competitive differentiation and employee safety through the use of technology, specifically ...
Enterprise Risk Management for Your Roofing Business
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Every business should have a plan in place to mitigate the impact a potential incident could have on the company. At the recent NRCA Legal Resource Center, NRCA Vice President Tom Shanahan presented a session on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). He said that for a ...
Streamlining Estimating and Leveraging Technology on the Roof
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. After seeing a new technology at the International Roofing Expo, this company adapted it to fit their needs, improving estimating and eliminating errors. Have you ever heard of a Technology Innovation Specialist at a roofing company? Meet Lisa Garcia. She is that specialist at Tremco Roofing ...
Top September Stories: There was a lot of Giving Back
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. Once a month when I write about the most popular articles from the previous month, I start by taking another look at last month’s blog. Doing this each month demonstrates a definite pattern for me – anytime we ...
Contractors Share their KARNAK Stories
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. From emergency repair to reflective coatings, see how these RCS’ers are using KARNAK. A few months ago, we asked visitors to the Coffee Shop to tell us their KARNAK story. We want to know how they are using the products and how the products have helped ...
CertainTeed Demonstrates the Flexibility and Resiliency of its NorthGate® Shingle Line
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. RCS Partner Heidi J. Ellsworth toured the CertainTeed booth at the Western Roofing Expo this summer to learn what’s new. The Western Roofing Expo is packed with the latest products and innovations that roofing contractors want to know about. Maybe you missed this year’s show or ...
Confronting the Opioid Epidemic in the Roofing Industry
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Trent Cotney of Cotney Construction Law presented at the NRCA Legal Resource Center seminar about the opioid crisis in the roofing industry. We had the privilege of being part of the NRCA’s Legal Resource Center seminar in New York City to learn about issues affecting the ...
Roofing Drone Uses Nail Gun to Install Shingles
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Engineers successfully demonstrate autonomous roofing using a multicopter. After having to perform some repairs on her roof a few years ago, Ella Atkins, an aerospace engineering professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, decided to develop a roofing drone according to NewScientist.com. Atkins teamed up ...
The South Pole, NY Air National Guard and Duro-Last® Roofing Systems
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Those are three things that you might not associate with the other, but they do have something roofing-related tying them together. Captain Jessica Algier, pilot for the 139th Airlift Squadron with the New York National Guard, was recently deployed to provide support to the National Science ...
