Trent Cotney - RCS Influencer
How to Instill a Culture of Safety Through Your Safety Manuals
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Trent Cotney offers expert insight into updating safety manuals and what it telegraphs to your employees and OSHA inspector. Within the industry, May is a month that places an emphasis on roofing safety. Continue your dedication to safety and embrace the best practices for ...
New Florida Law Impacts Roofing Contractors
The new law states that insurers cannot deny coverage for roofs that are less than 15 years old. By Trent Cotney. Property insurance premium hikes. Canceled policies. Failing insurance companies. You can barely read the news in Florida these days without hearing those phrases. In response to growing concerns related to homeowners’ insurance ...
The Number One OSHA Initiative Affecting Your Business
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Safety Stand-Down week may be over, but talking about fall safety is a year-round topic. Learn from the experts how to prevent falls and increase safety. RoofersCoffeesShop® celebrates the 2022 National Safety Stand-Down with a Coffee Conversations episode that is all about safety and OSHA ...
OSHA: Know Your Rights
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Trent Cotney discusses OSHA and the rights contractors must know in this upcoming RLW. With the Read, Listen, Watch® (RLW) initiative, RoofersCoffeeShop® has made it easier than ever for members of the roofing and construction industries to learn how they want, when they want. Whether ...
Coffee Conversations - OSHA! The Top Five Things to Watch in 2022 - PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of an live interview with Trent Cotney of Adams and Reese, Ed Hausknecht of Tremco, and Frank Marino of Safety Check Incorporated. You can read the interview below, listen to the podcast here, or watch the webinar. Heidi Ellsworth: We're ready to go. Hello. Good ...
Registration is Open for the 2022 Western Roofing Expo!
This year's Western Roofing Expo will be at the Paris Las Vegas, September 24 - 26. Early Bird registration* is currently open for the 2022 Western Roofing Expo! Roofers, learn how to modernize your business, address labor shortages and implement technology to maximize your profits! Network with your local distributor and ...
How 2021 Changed the Industry
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Manufacturers, distributors and service providers talk about how businesses adapted to 2021 and highlights of the past year. Karen Edwards, RCS COO, meets with experts for a LIVE Coffee Conversation, sponsored by SRS Distribution, to discuss how 2021 changed the roofing industry. These ...
Have a Plan in Place Before Working With Family
RCS Influencer Trent Cotney says that having a complete succession plan makes working with family easier. My advice would be to make sure you have a succession plan in place. Often, generational businesses fail to have sufficient corporate documents and maintenance to discuss the transition. I would take the time ...
Top February Stories: Apps for Business, Supply Issues and People
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. In looking at our most popular articles for the month of February, we saw that technology and more specifically, apps for your business, was the topic that had the most interest from our readers. ...
Part-time Work as a Reasonable Accommodation?
By Trent Cotney. The results of a recent case before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are of interest to all employers regarding when termination is justified and when you need to make other accommodations If you are an employer, you know how crucial it is to understand your employees’ ...
