By Karen L. Edwards, RT3 Using videos and images, the app notes health and safety issues related to a specific building’s design. A Professor at Glasgow Caledonian University in the UK, Billy Hare, has developed an app geared toward architects and designers to help them improve the health and safety of construction ...
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner Looking at the important questions to ask when selecting roofing software. The question is – are you asking the right questions about potential roofing software? Every day contractors encounter companies selling the next best thing to grow their roofing business. Sure, it can sound great, ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RT3. The Roof Rover is a robotic roof inspection device weighing just six pounds that keeps workers safely on the ground during inspections. When Mike Slawinski was living in Atlanta, a friend of his asked him to help do some roof inspections. Mike wasn’t a fan of heights ...
By RT3. The board supports the RT3 mission working to successfully accomplish its objectives to educate and advance the adoption of technology within the roofing industry. Roofing Technology Think Tank (RT3), a group of progressive roofing professionals focused on technology solutions for the roofing industry, announced the 2019 – 2020 Board ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RT3 Think Tank. The robotics will help the company with the struggle to find a large enough labor pool for their projects in remote areas. Built Robotics, a company specializing in making robotic construction equipment, announced that it has partnered with construction firm Mortenson to use their earthmoving ...
The new award seeks to recognize a roofing contractor who has contributed to the advancement of the roofing industry. Roofing Technology Think Tank (RT3), a group of progressive roofing professionals focused on technology solutions for the roofing industry, announced the launch of its first award program to recognize the Innovator of ...
By Karen L. Edwards for Roofing Technology Think Tank (RT3). It is forecast that more than 7,000 construction robots will be in use on sites to handle a variety of construction tasks and demolition work. Construction work has traditionally been a very labor-intensive job. Increasing speed and productivity meant adding additional workers. ...
By Ryan Bogert, RT3 Member. Each and every person in the room was passionate about technology and making the industry a better place. I recently had the opportunity to attend my first meeting with the RT3 group, at the OMG facilities in Agawam, MA. As someone who has been involved with the ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The industry is getting excited about technologies that can keep workers safer, but contractors should be prepared to make sure they are protecting the data and privacy of workers. The team here at the Coffee Shop recently attended the 2019 International Roofing Expo that was held ...
The group’s activities featured a meetup at Vanderbilt and moderating a contractor technology panel. Members of the Roofing Technology Think Tank (RT3) traveled to Nashville, Tennessee for the 2019 International Roofing Expo (IRE). They began the week by attending a live meetup held at Vanderbilt University and hosted by professor Larry ...