By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Mike Mancheno’s company sets up a GoFundMe for his only son. Madsen Roofing & Waterproofing lost a valuable person. Mike Mancheno, 57, was the victim of an automobile accident in Fair Oaks, California. “He wasn’t just a parent, he was Dylan’s best friend,” wrote Rosemary ...
Rapid growth is driving the expansion of the team. Texas Traditions Roofing, a family owned, residential and commercial roofing company serving Central Texas, announced that the company’s rapid growth has led to the need for a promotion and the hiring of additional team members. Michael Pickel was promoted from Estimator to Director ...
As discussed in the study Roofing Accessories, "The roofing industry – like many other construction trades – faces a shortage of skilled workers." The main factors contributing to the shortage include: older roofers aging out of the profession younger generations showing less inclination to enter traditionally blue-collar careers government policies that have made it ...
James Murton started Murton Roofing in 1976 with two of his brothers and focused on commercial properties. Murton’s daughter told the Miami Herald, that Murton, who died at 64 on August 2 from liver cancer, is behind a major part of some of South Florida’s most familiar buildings. Among the recognizable ...
By Lauren White. All-American Roofing repairs dangerous roof for free. 88-year-old Charles Hogue was conned out of thousands of dollars for a sub-par roof repair. And he’s not the only one. The Collins family out of Osceola were going “...door-to-door across Missouri preying on the elderly,” and taking advantage of them, ...
By Lauren White. Two children are rescued from a burning building by heroic roofers. A fire devastated the Courtyard Apartments in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Construction workers were installing a new roof on the building adjacent to the apartments that caught fire. Working in the right place at the right time, ...
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 ...
By Lauren White. Monique Cooper’s unique journey to finding her calling in roofing. Walking around in work boots and primer stained jeans, Monique Cooper has come a long way from being a pharmacy technician. As mentioned in The Journeyman Roofer magazine, she had a difficult time starting her career in ...
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 ...
METALCON’s commitment to the industry goes far beyond exhibits. The show not only offers one on one interactions with exhibitors, but also offers opportunities to learn from industry experts.The METALCON team is excited to announce this year’s “line-up” for the PPG Theatre, sponsored by PPG which is headquartered in the host ...