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No More Waiving Deductibles for Roof Claims in Texas
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. If you’re working storms in Texas, waiving deductibles and free roofs are against the law starting September 1. Waiving deductibles for homeowners in Texas has been going on for many years. In fact, in 1989 a law was passed to end the practice, but it was ...
New Columbia Roofing & Sheet Metal GM, CFO was attracted to the ‘Columbia Roof Advantage’
Customer service and maintenance program lures new executive. Columbia Roofing & Sheet Metal, a leading specialty roofing contractor in the Pacific Northwest and Southern California, has named Michael Sheets as its General Manager and Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Sheets will take the helm of the 49-person company, managing ...
Antis Roofing Announces Two Executive Promotions
Aaron Antis and Susan DeGrassi to take on expanded responsibilities Aaron Antis and Susan DeGrassi, formerly Director of Cause, will take on expanded responsibilities with her promotion to Vice President, Administration and Cause and Aaron Antis, formerly Director of Sales for Antis Roofing has been promoted to Vice President, Sales and ...
Canada Policy Extends Residency to Migrant Workers
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. A recent parliamentary report on labor shortages in Toronto urged the government to take action to protect workers with precarious or no immigration status. Recognizing the economic contributions of its long-term resident construction workers in the face of a growing labor shortage, Canada passed a temporary ...
3M™ DBI-SALA® Twin-Leg Nano-Lok™ edge and Twin-Leg Nano-Lok™ Wrap Back Self-Retracting Lifelines Stop Use and Product Recall
In a fall and under certain conditions, the energy absorber of these devices may not properly deploy. On July 25, 2019, 3M Fall Protection announced an immediate stop use and product recall of the 3M™ DBI-SALA® Twin-Leg Nano-Lok™ edge and the Twin-Leg Nano-Lok™ Wrap Back Self-Retracting Lifeline. These Twin-Leg Nano-Loks ...
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 ...
GSM Great Roof Giveaway
By Lauren White. Local organizations are eligible to win a new roof or roof repairs. The Great Roof Giveaway is presented by GSM Roofing and The Gooding Group Foundation each year. This contest gives 501(c)(3) organizations in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, an opportunity to “win a new roof or receive roofing repairs ...
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 ...
Army Veteran Comes Home to a New Roof
By Lauren White. Three companies volunteer to build a roof on a Powder Springs home. Ted Hayes was surprised with a new roof on his home in Powder Springs, Georgia. “Hayes served 10 years in the Army as a telecommunications specialist,” FOX5 Atlanta reported. And he was in need of ...
