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Fires Forcing Worksite Shutdowns
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Many contractors are voluntarily shuttering worksites to protect workers’ health from the poor air quality. Air quality index (AQI) levels in places like Oregon are at hazardous and unhealthy levels in many parts of the state. This has many contractors shutting down work ...
Top August Stories: Roofing Innovations, Warranties and COVID
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. Our top story last month shared how SOPREMA teamed up with 3M to develop highly reflective granules for their SOPRALENE® SG and ELASTOPHENE® SG line of cap sheets that meet ENERGY STAR®, California Title 24, and ...
2020 in roofing
By Emma Peterson. From business survival to tech adoption, our RCS Influencers share how roofers adapted to the unprecedented challenges of 2020. Here at RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) we pride ourselves in being a space for the industry to meet and learn from one another’s experiences. A great example of this is ...
S2:E37 Roofing Road Trips with Heidi – Innovative Polymer Film Seals Storm Damaged Homes
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Listen in as Heidi learns about this invention that protects damaged structures for a year or more until permanent repairs can be made. In this episode of Roofing Road Trips, Heidi sits down with Matthew Lennox, the contractor and inventor behind Stormseal® to learn more about ...
Pacific Northwest Company Provides Free Roofs to Community Members in Need
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. The Halo Project is another way Guardian Roofing says thank you to loyal customers. Guardian Roofing owners Matt and Lori Swanson understand that their success is due to the community customers who keep coming back and the employees who continue to deliver amazing service. While ...
Meet John Rowland, Answer Me This! Winner
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Each week someone wins a prize for answering a question, next week’s winner could be you! One of our most popular giveaways is sponsored by Gibraltar Building Accessories as part of their ‘Construction Solutions’ campaign designed to supply feedback from contractors to help ...
Roofing Contractors Respond to Damage From Derecho
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. After a derecho left a path of destruction in several midwestern states, roofing companies are helping repair and replace roofs. Derecho, meaning “straight” in Spanish, is a long-lived, powerful thunderstorm with straight-line winds that wreaks havoc on everything in its way. On August 10, 2020 a ...
S2:E35 Roofing Road Trip- PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of an interview with Jack Gottesman, Marketing Services Manager with IKO Manufacturing. You can read the interview below or listen to the podcast here. Heidi Ellsworth: Hello and welcome to another Roofing Road Trips with Heidi. Today. I am here with David Workman of ...
Design Your Own Roofing Apprenticeship Program
By Merry Duggan, RCS Reporter. You can create a customized roofing apprenticeship plan that works for you. In a recent RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) article, roofing professionals were encouraged to take advantage of the labor availability created by the current COVID-19 pandemic. There are many young people unable to find work right ...
Develop Your Own Apprenticeship Program in Your Roofing Business
By Merry Duggan, RCS Reporter. The COVID-19 pandemic provides opportunity to capture potential talent. The on-going global COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge individuals, communities and businesses. Roofing companies are no exception to the effects of this unprecedented hardship. In many places, construction projects have had to scale back ...
