By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. April was an interesting month for the roofing industry. We were deemed an essential business in most of the U.S. and Canada with the exception of a few states, that halted all construction work. While safety is always ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Chris is the first winner from Canada and was excited to be the lucky winner. Congratulations to Chris Dodds, the owner of Woodchuck Bros Construction in Ontario Canada. He is a recent winner of the General Coatings giveaway. We had the chance to speak with Chris ...
CCG brings the expertise of industry veterans to any roofing contractor who wants to improve their organization. RoofersCoffeeShop, the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business is pleased to welcome Cotney Consulting Group. Cotney Consulting Group (CCG) is comprised of a group of deeply experienced roofing ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in its Employment Situation Summary that construction employment fell by 975,000 in April and that 691,000 of those were specialty trade contractors. The Associated General Contractors (AGC) released a survey that shows, in combination with data from construction technology ...
By Heidi J. Ellsworth RoofersCoffeeShop partner McElroy Metal’s VP Marketing shares industry information on live forum May 13, 2020, at 1:00 pm eastern. METALCONLive! is an online weekly business-boosting broadcast that connects metal industry professionals with metal construction company owners, contractors, fabricators, suppliers and experts to share strategies that enable the industry ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The roofing industry has given Paula opportunities for growth and advancement. Sutter Roofing Human Resources Supervisor Paula Laza-Moreno told me on a recent phone call that roofing found her. “I got into roofing because the previous HR director was looking for a bilingual assistant,” explains Paula. ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Your distributor partners provide a connection to the pulse of the industry. Times are a little different with businesses operating under social distancing guidelines and health precautions at the top of our minds. Not to mention that storm season is upon us and we are just ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The roof will sit atop the new Seattle Center which will be home to the city’s new NHL team. Called an engineering marvel by Seattle’s K5 News, the 44-million-pound roof was lifted up by 72 temporary steel columns so that workers could excavate tens of thousands ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Melissa Dunson and Kim Eckerman of TAMKO joined RCS Partner Heidi J. Ellsworth from their respective home offices to discuss how to be successful when selling remotely. With so many of us working from home and maintaining our social distance, selling roof repairs and replacements is ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. General Coatings is giving away one optical comparator each week to a lucky winner. At RCS, we love to meet members of our online community. Just as no two roofs are the same, you could say that applies to our friends at RoofersCoffeeShop®. No matter who ...