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Lightning Awareness for Outside Workers
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. A lighting strike can severely injure or kill workers yet is if often overlooked as an occupational hazard. In the United States each year, cloud-to-ground lightning strikes occur 20 – 25 million times and over 300 people are struck by lightning. There have been an average ...
Service is Key to Happy Clients and Good Relationships
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. It takes a network of partners to provide consistent service and maintenance for customers with assets spread across the U.S. Our focus at the Coffee Shop for our influencers this month is service and maintenance. While our influencers have great insights from their individual companies, we ...
Things were Hot in July on RCS
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. It’s probably no surprise that two of our more popular articles last month were related to the heat! Working outside in the heat brings health and safety risks to crews and it’s critical to have a plan in ...
Elmer W. Davis, Inc. Recognized as Tremco 2018 Contractor of the Year
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The company has been providing commercial roofing services since 1936. Each year, Tremco recognizes projects and contractors for their quality installations. Last year, Elmer W. Davis, Inc., headquartered in Rochester, New York was recognized for their outstanding workmanship and superior installations of Tremco Roofing systems. The company ...
Cookout Shows Appreciation for Employees
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Tremco/WTI team members were able to take a break from the summer heat, network and enjoy a cookout hosted by their supervisor. We’ve shared many articles about the team at Tremco’s Weatherproofing Technologies Inc. (WTI) and the great culture that they have created at their company. ...
Keeping a Failing Roof Dry Through a Cold and Wet Iowa Winter
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Ernie Martinez turned to KARNAK Ultra 19 to do the seemingly impossible – and it did. When RoofersCoffeeShop® asked contractors to share their KARNAK stories with us, we received many great responses including this one from Ernie Martinez, owner of Iowa-based Mason City Roofing. I called ...
USGBC Seeks Input to Advance Future of LEED
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) created the LEED program 20 years ago to provide guidance and direction on the building of environmentally friendly, sustainable buildings. LEED guidelines are updated through a continuous improvement method that ensure the building sector continues to be more sustainable as ...
The Importance of Learning from Contractors
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. It’s not often that you hear about contractors training manufacturers but Sashco embraces it. The more common scenario is the other way around with contractors attending trainings on how to install specific manufacturer products. When we came across a Sashco Facebook post with photos of their ...
Podcast: Non-Traditional Plan Helps Contractors Manage Legal Costs
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Taking a cue from the software industry, legal subscription model helps contractors leverage legal services that are necessary to protect their interests and businesses. I had the chance to speak with Ken Kelly, President of Kelly Roofing and RCS Influencer, at the AEC BuildTech conference held ...
June Was All About People and Projects and New Offerings
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. Stories about people are always interesting to the readers here at RoofersCoffeeShop and that proved to be the case once again as we took a look at our most-read stories from the month of June. Coming in a ...
