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Roofing leads the way as wages create pressure for construction
By Heidi J. Ellsworth. Labor shortages, rising wages and culture-driven retention are reshaping the roofing workforce. The construction labor market is shifting once again, and this time, roofing is at the center of the story. Recent insights from Zack Fritz and Dr. Anirban Basu of Sage Economics highlight a clear trend: wage ...
Top March articles: Tackling workforce development business management
By Emma Peterson. Check out what The Coffee Shops™ readers are clicking on. It’s hard to even believe that it’s already April. If your March has been anything like ours has been at The Coffee Shops™, it has been very busy! So, to help our readers keep track of everything ...
Rebuilding roofs and hope
By Emma Peterson. Four roofing projects across the U.S. show the power of compassion, service and community. As the cost of living continues to increase, many homeowners struggle to gather funds for large home projects, like a reroof. This is especially true for our more vulnerable neighbors, such as ...
EPDM Roofing Association Appoints Amrize R&D leader Dev Barpanda as board chair
Barpanda brings more than two decades of leadership experience to the EPDM Roofing Association. The EPDM Roofing Association (ERA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dev Barpanda, vice president of research and development at Amrize Building Envelope, as chair of the ERA Board of Directors. Barpanda succeeds Nick Parent, director ...
4 programas comunitarios de retechado
Por Emma Peterson, traducido por Alberto Torres. En todo el país, comunidades y techadores están uniéndose para proteger a sus vecinos de los elementos. Un techo es una parte crucial para proteger tu hogar y a tu familia, pero también es una inversión costosa, a veces fuera del alcance de ...
Roofing industry coalition defeats Mississippi attempt to ban low-slope roofing on public buildings
Coalition unites to protect roofing diversity and to defend sound building science. A broad coalition of roofing industry organizations has successfully defeated Mississippi House Bill 1730, legislation that would have imposed a mandatory minimum 3:12 roof slope on all new public buildings constructed in the state. The measure, which passed ...
The HCR Group strengthens preventative maintenance capabilities with acquisition of Warren Roof Care Services
The Santa Rosa-based commercial roofing leader brings advanced roof asset management and customer communication tools to The HCR Group Platform. The HCR Group, a leading commercial roofing platform operating across the Western U.S., today announced the acquisition of Warren Roof Care Services (Warren RoofCare), a highly respected commercial roofing company headquartered ...
A new safety frontier
By Emma Peterson. Denver Riggleman dives into how AI can be a lifesaving tool — and why improper use could expose sensitive business data. When we talk about AI, most conversations focus on the type of business management tasks it can manage. What is often overlooked is how AI ...
Rebuilding roofs and hope
By Emma Peterson. Four roofing projects across the U.S. show the power of compassion, service and community. As the cost of living continues to increase, many homeowners struggle to gather funds for large home projects, like a reroof. This is especially true for our more vulnerable neighbors, such as ...
Challenges and opportunities in ICI Construction in 2026
Annual OCS poll reveals quiet contractor confidence amid trade uncertainty, escalating material costs, financing concerns and continued labour market imbalances. Ontario’s non-residential building contractors remain resilient in the face of a turbulent and uncertain marketplace, according to the Ontario Construction Secretariat’s annual Contractor Survey. Two-thirds of the contractors who participated in ...
