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Meet the Summit Sisters: A Roofing Crew Proving That a Woman’s Place is on the Roof
By Cass Jacoby. All female crew of roofers across Canada assemble to challenge notions of what a roofer looks like and call for better support and recruitment for women in the trades. When Michele Vindum's house needed a new roof, she had a couple of deal breakers. The roofing team ...
Power Home Remodeling Donates a Record-breaking 366,000 Items to Non-profits Across the Country
Employees of national home remodeler give back during the holidays through the company's sixth annual 'Power Of Giving' program. Power Home Remodeling ("Power"), a Fortune 100 Best Company to Work For, donated over 366,000 goods ranging from food to personal care items and provided over 1,200 volunteer hours to deserving non-profits ...
Roofing Industry Campaign “Don’t Fraud My Texas” Recognized With Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Award
Thrive PR won the PRSA Dallas Pegasus Award of Honor for Most Effective Campaign for its strategic communications work and launch of the roofing industry initiative. Thrive PR, a Dallas/Fort Worth-based strategic communications and creative agency that has worked with many roofing companies and associations during its nearly 20 years in ...
The Future is Looking up at PDX
By Cass Jacoby. Planes flying overhead isn’t the only reason visitors at Portland international Airport are looking up. Soon, it will be the nine-acre wooden roof undulating above travelers. Portland Airport is getting a new wood roof! The project, which is expected to be installed by 2024, will replace the ...
Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace Could Save a Life
By Evelyn Witterholt. Discussing and providing mental health resources is necessary for all roofing and construction industry companies. Although conversations about workplace safety are constantly being had in the construction industry, these discussions tend to be about physical safety rather than mental safety. That’s why in a recent episode of ...
Psychological Safety in the Workplace
By Karen L. Cates, PhD In a psychologically safe workplace, employees feel confident that no one on their team will embarrass or punish anyone else for pointing out a mistake or asking a question In the past, I’ve written about the need to get into the mind and the heart of the ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® Announces Upgrade of AskARoofer™ Site
The new look is streamlined, easy to use and features pertinent information in a visually appealing way. RoofersCoffeeShop, celebrating 20 years as the award-winning website where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business announces a revamp of their sister site AskARoofer (AAR) to deliver an improved experience for ...
Community Comes Together to Gift Senior Citizen New Roof
By Alec Doniger. A resident in a mobile home park was nearly evicted, but the people of Clark County worked together to help her. Lynn, a senior citizen living in a mobile home, received a cease-and-desist notice from an attorney representing the trailer park she had been living in for ...
Navy Veteran Receives Free New Roof
By Alec Doniger. Ruth Foster-Lindsay, who has served in the Navy, was gifted a free new roof through a national veteran-focused program. Navy veteran, Ruth Foster-Lindsay, had a 20-year-old roof that was in serious need of replacement. Shingles had been beginning to fall off the roof and the wood ...
Hurricane Ian Exacerbates Strain on Construction Industry
By Cass Jacoby. We are only a few months out from the deadly hurricane that hit Florida earlier this year, but this storm is exacerbating already present issues within the industry. Supply chain issues, skyrocketing material prices, labor shortages and now... hurricane impacts. Roofing’s newest obstacle is the impact ...
