By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Forecasters at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have released their 2020 hurricane season predictions. With a confidence level at 70 percent, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting 13 – 19 named storms this season with six to 10 of those becoming hurricanes with winds of ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Scheduled for demolition after 22 years, the green roof provided a unique chance to study its performance. The Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) in Toronto installed a green roof in 1998 that was considered revolutionary at the time. For years, the roof was a testament to ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. May 2020 still had a small focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, but our visitors showed that they were clearly ready to move on to other things in roofing. We always love learning the stories of the people that ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. If you are not installing metal roofing for your customers, you are missing out on a great opportunity for your roofing business. It is probably no surprise that you can Make More with Metal, as our friends at Sherwin-Williams have been reminding us of the opportunities ...
North Texas Roofing Contractors Association advocates for consumers and roofing professionals. RoofersCoffeeShop, the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information, and everyday business, is pleased to welcome North Texas Roofing Contractors Association (NTRCA). NTRCA is the premier resource for professional roofing contractors and associates working and doing business in ...
The company has been a leading manufacturer of asphalt products since 1961. RoofersCoffeeShop, the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information, and everyday business, is pleased to welcome United Asphalts. United Asphalts focuses on the production of cost effective, durable, and safe asphalt products for the roofs of the ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The authors of this new report by Moody’s Analytics site three reasons why this economic downturn is different from any other. Construction delays are not new. Many new construction projects experience delays for any number of reasons, including weather, change orders, material delays, worker shortage and ...
Leap helps contractors sell more deals for more money by going digital. RoofersCoffeeShop, the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information, and everyday business, is pleased to welcome Leap. Leap is transforming the home services industry as the first-ever, end-to-end point of sale application digitizing every stage of the ...
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner. Construction Solutions sponsors Answer Me This… Have you seen the latest RoofersCoffeeShop promotion, Answer Me This…? “Answer Me This” is a quick ‘question of the week’ style quiz targeting contractors to gain feedback about their product needs and address potential improvements. Through their ...
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. The 2020 IIBEC International Trade Show and Expo is going virtual! For three days, June 12-14, 2020, International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants (IIBEC) is hosting exhibitors, educational sessions, a keynote speaker, and the CEO roundtable at their 2020 IIBEC International Trade Show and Expo. Although ...