Lauren White, RCS Editor
2022 Was a Whopper, Here’s What Was Trending in Roofing
By Lauren White. While there were some highs and lows this year, from material availability to labor recruitment and retention, the 2022 RCS Trends Report shares the greatest needs and challenges contractors are facing. 2022 was a year of shortages, surprises and frustration at times, but it challenged us to ...
Excellence Abounds Within and Atop This Children’s Hospital
By Lauren White. Following irreparable storm damage to their roof, this children’s hospital sought a roofing solution that would stand up to the challenges of Mother Nature. After a storm swept through the Midwest and caused extensive damage to the roof of Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ...
Empowering. Inspiring. Inaugural.
By Lauren White. The first-ever PNWIR event did not disappoint! Amidst power poses, product demos, networking opportunities and expert advice from industry professionals, the first-ever Pacific Northwest National Women in Roofing Day (PNWIR) was something else. The kickoff to PNWIR Day was a networking event and dinner. McKay Daniels, ...
Afghanistan Veteran and Single Dad Gets New Roof
By Lauren White. After purchasing a fixer upper, this single father and retired army veteran was surprised with a free new roof. For 20 years, Keith Sahm served in the U.S. Army. After an IED explosion in Afghanistan, Keith was medically retired due to injuries he endured. For ...
Top June Articles: Fall Protection, Metal Roofing and Employee Appreciation
By Evelyn Witterholt. Here’s what’s been trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. This past June, some of our most popular articles were all about metal roofing! Our number one article focused on rib rollers, a prominent feature on metal roofing panels. And everyone couldn’t get enough of our METALCON article ...
This One’s for the Girls!
By Lauren White, RCS Editor. Let’s Build, a week-long summer camp, introduces young girls to the world of possibilities offered by the trades. Let’s Build Construction Camp for Girls is coming to Ohio! From June 27 to July 1, girls ages 12-16 will congregate at the Mahoning County Career ...
Top May Stories: Metal Roofing, Hurricane Season and Workplace Wellness
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. Looking back at the most popular articles for the month of May, three of the top ten are all about metal roofing! The popularity of metal roofs is rising exponentially in the industry, so much so that ...
Introducing the AskARoofer Podcast!
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. In the first-ever AskARoofer podcast we meet with Editor Lauren White as she teaches us what makes the website so special. In this inaugural AskARoofer Podcast Megan Ellsworth and Alice Reynolds interview Lauren White about RoofersCoffeeShop®’s sister site AskARoofer. Lauren White is ...
Making Roofing Sexy
By Lauren White, RCS Editor. Advice and tips from the experts themselves on how to make the roofing industry appealing to the next generations of roofers. Even though it was an early start to the day, the Roofing Technology Think Tank (RT3) panel at the 2022 International Roofing Expo, “Casting ...
A New Roof for Youth
By Lauren White, RCS Editor. When a facility that serves youth experiencing homelessness needed a new roof, the industry stepped up to the plate. Washington County in Oregon is the second most populous county in the state, and has 2,754 houseless students, according to HomePlate Youth Services, the only drop-in ...
