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Duro-Last® Supports National Women in Roofing Day
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The company not only donates toward the organization, it lends the expertise of its employees to this yearly event. The second annual National Women in Roofing Day is set for Saturday, February 9, 2019, just prior to the International Roofing Expo. A lot goes into planning ...
The Internet of Things in Construction
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The Internet of Things is just about everywhere, and it is going to be changing the way construction sites operate. I first heard the phrase, the Internet of Things (IoT), related to a new conference that was being planned. This was eight or nine years ago. ...
Greg Fantin of Rmax Named PIMA Chair During Association’s Annual Meeting
During its annual meeting, the Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association (PIMA) announced the election of Greg Fantin, Vice President - Marketing at Rmax, a division of the Sika Corporation, as chair of the Board of Directors. Greg’s two-year term began on November 14, 2018. He succeeds Helene Pierce of GAF, who has ...
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January Safety and Health Agenda for Roofing Professionals (SHARP) Materials now Available to MRCA Members
These materials are provided in both English and Spanish. The topics for January are: Ladders and Scaffolds (Monthly Meeting) Emergency Planning (Weekly Toolbox Talk) Basics on Rigging Equipment (Weekly Toolbox Talk) Hearing Protection (Weekly Toolbox Talk) Slips and Falls (Weekly Toolbox Talk) It is important to note that the SHARP materials provided are intended to provide you ...
Are You Listening to your Customers? You may need to be Diversifying your Business.
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner. Contractors should really consider the changing markets and think about offering more or different products and services in 2019. I had the pleasure of attending the 2018 METALCON Conference in Charlotte, NC. A great show and a great chance for me to really visit with ...
Monster end-of-year report shows that construction and trades topped the list for hiring in 2018
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The report also analyzed other stats such as the busiest days for job searches and what people are searching for. Website Monster.com is a leading source of job postings. As 2018 came to a close they decided to scour their data covering everything from top job ...
Western Colloid goes to China
By Heidi Ellsworth, RCS Partner. Western Colloid’s Tim Ford teaches roofing classes in Beijing, China. Earlier this year, Western Colloid’s Tim Ford received a call to teach a class. That is not very unusual for Ford who specializes in liquid-applied roofing installation training, but this class was in a very faraway ...
Q4 Commercial Construction Outlook - Focus on Technology
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Contractors believe that new technologies like drones, augmented reality, artificial intelligence will be useful for productivity and improved safety on jobsites Throughout the year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and USG Corporation survey contractors and release a quarterly report detailing their findings. In the recently published ...
Employee’s heroic actions help save a woman and her young children
A Tremco Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. employee’s quick thinking helped prevent what could have been a very tragic situation. The morning of November 20, 2018, Freddie Marin, a WTI Foreman in the West Central region was on his way to a job site in the Minneapolis area, when he noticed the car ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® is Proud to Welcome Roofing Contractors Association of Washington
RoofersCoffeeShop® believes in roofing contractors of all types and sizes, and especially in the associations that support them. We are proud to welcome Roofing Contractors Association of Washington (RCAW), who continue to show strong leadership in helping their contractors grow while working every day to promote the roofing industry in Washington. The ...
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