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RoofersCoffeeShop® Welcomes Gulf Coast Infrared
The company provides professional roof inspections, quality assurance services, roof asset managment and moisture surveys. RoofersCoffeeShop, the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information, and everyday business, is pleased to welcome Gulf Coast Infrared. Gulf Coast Infrared specializes in moisture surveys, roof inspections and roof asset management. The company’s ...
FEI Group Launches Exterior Contractor Alliance™
FEI Group™ (FEI), based in metro Atlanta, has just announced the formation of Exterior Contractor Alliance™ (ECA), marking their first move into the exterior residential trade contracting arena. Since 1998, FEI has assembled and managed national networks of the largest contractors in America in a variety of categories, including single-family flooring ...
Sean Motter Promoted to President of Fort Wayne Roofing, A Tecta America Company
National leader in commercial roofing announces a new president to the company. Tecta America, the nation's premier commercial roofing contractor, is proud to announce that Sean Motter will assume the position of Operating Unit President of Fort Wayne Roofing in Fort Wayne, Indiana as of May 1, 2020. Sean has been ...
Top April Stories: More Coronavirus Information and Education Opportunities for Contractors
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. April was an interesting month for the roofing industry. We were deemed an essential business in most of the U.S. and Canada with the exception of a few states, that halted all construction work. While safety is always ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® Welcomes Cotney Consulting Group
CCG brings the expertise of industry veterans to any roofing contractor who wants to improve their organization. RoofersCoffeeShop, the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business is pleased to welcome Cotney Consulting Group. Cotney Consulting Group (CCG) is comprised of a group of deeply experienced roofing ...
975,000 Construction Jobs Lost in April 2020
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in its Employment Situation Summary that construction employment fell by 975,000 in April and that 691,000 of those were specialty trade contractors. The Associated General Contractors (AGC) released a survey that shows, in combination with data from construction technology ...
44-million Pound Floating Roof a Massive Undertaking
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The roof will sit atop the new Seattle Center which will be home to the city’s new NHL team. Called an engineering marvel by Seattle’s K5 News, the 44-million-pound roof was lifted up by 72 temporary steel columns so that workers could excavate tens of thousands ...
7th Annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls Postponed Due to COVID-19
The event will be rescheduled this summer. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that it has postponed the 7th annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, originally scheduled for May 4-8, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Falls remain the leading cause of fatal ...
Keeping the Doors Open Part 3 - Essential or Nonessential, That is the Question
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Where do construction and roofing fall on the spectrum of essential and nonessential jobs nationwide and globally? Editor's note: Please refer to part one and part two of this series for the complete story. It started with schools closing, then bars and restaurants were only offering takeout or ...
Contractor Trying to Survive in City that Shutdown Construction
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. MSN recently shared a story that chronicled how San Francisco-based Lawson Roofing Co. is struggling amidst to COVID-19 pandemic. Lawson Roofing Co. is a 113-year old company that was started by former NRCA chair Frank Lawson, Jr.’s grandfather in 1907, the year after the infamous 1906 ...
