Karen L. Edwards, RCS COO
Solar Installations in the U.S. Hit 2 Million Mark
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Solar in the U.S. is on the rise with installations expected to double again by 2023. A new report shows that there are now two million solar installations in the U.S. The two million number was reached only three years after the installations first reached 1 ...
Our Contractors Top the List of Most Popular Blogs This April
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. April followed the trend of crazy weather patterns with much of the country underwater and experiencing storms and heavy rains. Many of you took those down days to catch up on the latest news in the industry through ...
A Day in the Life of a WTI/Tremco Technician
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. In this series, we’ve been learning more about the people who work at Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc and Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance. So far, we’ve learned that the company has a great culture of caring and people who work there tend to thrive. Let’s see what ...
Lowe’s Takes Big Step to End the Skills Gap
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Lowe’s just launched a workforce development program to educate young people on careers in trades like construction. Generation T, or Gen T, is a consortium of 60 member organizations including manufacturers, schools and other stakeholders who are trying to end the skills gap. Lowe’s Skilled Trades ...
Contractor Convos Featuring Tre Rudig of Core Contractors
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Host Ryan Groth interviews Tre in this edition of Contractor Convos about Core Contractor’s Denver impact with their “Core-munity Outreach.” Tre Rudig manages marketing and brand positioning with Core Contractors in Denver, Colorado. He sat down with Ryan Groth of Sales Transformation Group to talk about ...
NAHB Survey Cites Worker Shortages Remain Elevated
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI) survey for the third quarter of 2018 showed that 59 percent of roofers reported shortages of workers. In a recently released National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI) survey from 2018, roofing ...
Job-site Safety Conversations a Focus Following Notre Dame Fire
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. NRCA Director of Enterprise Risk Management spoke to the Chicago-Sun Times in the wake of the fire. Dietz tells the newspaper that while standards might vary in France, safety is a concern on every job site in the U.S. “It’s at the forefront of their minds,” ...
Point – Counterpoint: To Require Licensing or Not?
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The debate has been around for a long time. Should states require licensing of roofing contractors? With storm season upon us, we’ve been seeing more news coverages of homeowners being ripped off or swindled by a storm-chasing, unlicensed contractor. Some states are trying to take action ...
How an Idea at a Homebuilders Association Meeting Grew into a Statewide Skilled Trades Initiative
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Iowa Skilled Trades was started in 2017 to address the labor shortage and encourage youth to consider a career in the trades. We love learning about new initiatives that will have a positive impact on the future of the roofing industry so when RoofersCoffeeShop® partner, Vickie ...
Coffee Time with ARMA’s Executive Vice President Reed Hitchcock
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Grab your cup of coffee and hear what Reed had to say about ARMA and the challenges and opportunities facing the asphalt roofing industry. We had the chance to talk with Reed Hitchcock, the executive vice president of the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA), to learn ...
