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Chinook Building Envelope Services
Avalon Bothell Commons: A GAF case study
By GAF. For this mixed-use community, Chinook Building Envelope Services needed a manufacturer that accommodated the large scope of the project and its different designs efficiently and effectively. Easing the paperwork burden for contractors The Avalon Bothell Commons in Washington is the next big residential and mixed-use community with more than 675 apartments, ...
Building redundancy and success with cross training
RCS Influencer Rae Fistonich says cross training leads to a more knowledgeable and versatile team. Cross training employees brings a work life balance and builds some redundancies that are needed for any company to be successful. No single person should have all the knowledge when it comes to productivity and functionality ...
Building legacies: Honoring Black History Month in the roofing industry
By Anna Lockhart. This special Coffee Conversations focuses on the achievements and impact Black roofing professionals have had on the industry, and how they will continue to in the future. In a special episode of Coffee Conversations®, sponsored by Johns Manville, guest speakers from across the industry gathered to ...
Honoring Black History Month in Roofing - PODCAST TRANSCRIPT
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of a live interview with Rae Fistonich of Chinook Building Envelope Services, Donavan Morgan from Roofs By Don, Erica Reed of Elite Construction Solutions and Derrick Hutchinson from USG. You can read the interview below or listen to the podcast. Heidi J Ellsworth: Welcome ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® Announces 2024 Influencers for its Coffee Shop Communities
RCS Influencers celebrates its eighth year of giving back to the industries it serves. RoofersCoffeeShop, the award-winning website where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business, announces the 2024 Coffee Shop Influencers for RoofersCoffeeShop, MetalCoffeeShop™ and CoatingsCoffeeShop™. Each month these Influencers respond to a topic ...
Turning a Business Into an Employee-owned Company
RCS Influencer Rae Fistonich outlines her company's transition into becoming an employee-owned company. I'm not sure how other companies are doing it but here at Chinook Building Envelope Services, six years ago our CEO, who doesn't have any children, started working on his succession plan by turning our company into an ...
Volunteers and Businesses Unite to Bring Tacoma Resident a New Roof and Lawn
By Anna Lockhart. This year’s She Builds project brought together an amazing crew of volunteers and businesses to gift a Tacoma resident new life for her home’s roof and lawn. She Builds, a National Women in Roofing (NWiR) group, is an inspiring group of women who come together ...
Top 20 Insights From Our 2022 RoofersCoffeeShop® Influencers
By Evelyn Witterholt. Our 2022 influencers gave us a lot of insight into roofing industry trends and helpful business advice. Each year, we here at RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) name a number of roofing professionals to be our RCS Influencers. These influencers come from all sectors of this industry, from contracting to ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® Announces 2023 Roofing Influencers
RCS Influencers celebrates its seventh year of giving back to the roofing industry. RoofersCoffeeShop, the award-winning website where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business, announces the 2023 RCS Roofing Influencers. Each month RCS Influencers respond to a topic that is hot in the roofing ...
Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
By Alec Doniger. Megan Keyes and Rae July give their perspectives on working with different walks of life in celebration of Black History Month. If we are to participate in the American workforce, we must acknowledge that racist ideologies have prevailed throughout history and that they continue to prevail ...
