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Understanding OSHA’s Requirements for Silica Dust Safety on the Jobsite
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Key terms and methods all construction employers need to be aware of to properly meet OSHA’s crystalline silica safety standard. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule regulating occupational exposure to crystalline silica (silica dust) for the construction industry in 2016. ...
How to Add a Service Department into Your Business
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Join maintenance expert, John Kenney, and consultant, Lee Lipniskis, as they share the secrets behind building a successful roofing service and maintenance division. Cotney Consulting Group provides contractors with solutions from their more than 65 years of experience working in the industry. Consultants at Cotney ...
A Pep in Their Step
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. WTI program provides a free pair of quality work boots to their roofing professionals in the field. It’s no secret, roofing is a tough job. Workers often spend long hours on their feet, sometimes in uncomfortable climates, installing layer upon layer of roofing membrane. ...
Psychological Sales: The Anchoring Effect
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. What is the anchoring effect? And how can you use it to increase sales in your business? Cognitive psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky first discovered what they called the anchoring effect, or anchoring heuristic, back in the 1960s. It is among a collection ...
What Does Your Roof Restoration Plan Look Like?
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Prepare your business to meet the growing demands for long lasting re-roofing systems. Mike Swartzer, Director of Business Development for IB Roof Systems, recently discussed the future of roof restoration in this RoofersCoffeeShop® webinar. Mike’s been working with roofing contractors for years and ...
Finding Your Way Into Roofing
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. From selling skincare products to major roofing systems, Samantha shares her unique story and invites others to pursue a career in the roofing industry. On Season 3, Episode 24 of RoofersCoffeeShop® original podcast series, Roofing Road Trips, RCS multi-media manager, Megan Ellsworth, is joined ...
The Easy and Affordable Option for Slope Tapering
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Spray foam offers many advantages to contractors who work with commercial buildings. Contractors are drawn to spray foam roofing systems due to their financial and low-maintenance benefits, their great insulative properties, resistance to high winds, hail protection and their ability to be easily recoated ...
Estimating With Coach John
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Make your estimating business competitive with Cotney’s new estimating training and certification opportunity. Season 3, Episode 27 of Roofing Road Trips features John Kenney of Cotney Consulting Group and RCS President Heidi J. Ellsworth who discuss everything estimating and what Cotney Consulting Group can do ...
Help Customers See Every Project in 3D
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Beacon 3D+ transforms smartphone photos of any home into accurate measurements and a fully customizable 3D model. Over the past year, technology has become an essential component to running a successful roofing business and staying safe. With the added challenge of remote working and ...
How to Take Your Career (and the Industry) to the Next Level
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. NRCA’s ProCertification program provides contractors and field workers with the opportunity to prove their skills and professionalism. Season two, episode 17 of Coffee Conversation was sponsored by Johns Manville and featured Jared Ribble from the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) and Kelly Van Winkle ...
