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RoofersCoffeeShop® Kicks off Fall 2020 Virtual Tour
Tour features visits with roofing industry association partners to deliver information and business resources designed to help contractors succeed during trying times. (Sisters, Oregon, September 22, 2020) - RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS), the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business, is kicking off its fall 2020 ...
Cotney Construction Law Attorneys to Speak at 2020 NRCA Legal Conference
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The National Roofing Contractors Association Virtual Legal Conference features nine legal, technical and business programs over three days this fall, October 13 – 15, 2020. NRCA is encouraging CEOs, owners, COOs, human resources professionals, safety directors, training directors, on-staff legal counsel, office managers ...
Connect With Roofing Professionals to Answer Your Metal Building Recover Questions
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. A video series and online forum is dedicated to answering your questions and sharing tips for metal roof recover projects. Do you have questions you need answered about metal roof recover? Maybe you have a technique that makes recovering a tall clip easier? Or do ...
Fires Forcing Worksite Shutdowns
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Many contractors are voluntarily shuttering worksites to protect workers’ health from the poor air quality. Air quality index (AQI) levels in places like Oregon are at hazardous and unhealthy levels in many parts of the state. This has many contractors shutting down work ...
Top August Stories: Roofing Innovations, Warranties and COVID
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. Our top story last month shared how SOPREMA teamed up with 3M to develop highly reflective granules for their SOPRALENE® SG and ELASTOPHENE® SG line of cap sheets that meet ENERGY STAR®, California Title 24, and ...
The Trade Show Component for IIBEC’s Virtual Symposium is Now FREE
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. IIBEC’s 2020 virtual symposium now features a free trade show alongside a slew of educated and innovative speakers. Register now for this year’s IIBEC Virtual Symposium on Building Enclosure coming up this month, September 22nd-24th, 2020. Not only will there be cutting-edge information on the ...
How Tremco/WTI’s Safety Team Created a Safety-First Culture
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Everyone in roofing understands the importance of safety but Tremco/WTI team members live and breathe it 24/7. Over the last few years, I have interviewed a lot of team members at Tremco and WTI and safety comes up in every single conversation. Every. Single. ...
2020 in roofing
By Emma Peterson. From business survival to tech adoption, our RCS Influencers share how roofers adapted to the unprecedented challenges of 2020. Here at RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) we pride ourselves in being a space for the industry to meet and learn from one another’s experiences. A great example of this is ...
Meet Appleton Supply
By Heidi J. Ellsworth. A rich history of family and respect. Here at RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS), we live and breathe roofing every day. It is an amazing job to be able to report on the people and companies that make our industry great. There are so many companies that have a ...
Women Positively Influence the Roofing Industry
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Wil-Mar’s Marianne Sumter encourages women to support each other in the industry and stay current with trends in technology. The roofing industry continues to be male-dominated with women making up only 0.5 percent of roofing professionals in the industry. With that being said, women are pushing ...



