Guest Blog
5 Tips to Radically Raise Your Profit Potential
By Equipter. Experience the benefits of these productivity boosters. Working smarter instead of harder is a simple and common figure of speech. But there’s a reason for that. Working smarter can drastically raise your profits. This article is packed with advice and tech tools to help you boost your bottom line. 1. Do ...
The Must-Knows of Material Warranties for Residential Properties
By Mark Franciosi, GCP Applied Technologies. Don’t let your warranties get pushed to the bottom of the list. Warranties often consist of overwhelming, long and difficult to read documents. However, they also provide peace of mind and are important reassurances in case something goes wrong in a construction ...
Filling in the Gaps
By Anna Anderson, NWIR. Our experience this year at NWIR Day 2020 was so exciting. Tremco and WTI were honored to share our efforts in building for the future and expanding diversity in our field staffing during the general session. With only 10tenminutes to share our story, we feel like we left ...
A Storm Contractor’s Steps to Success
By Justin Finneran, CertainTeed. Storm season is unfortunate for homeowners, but lucrative for contractors. Hail storms, tornadoes, hurricanes and other disasters are the last thing home and business owners want to experience in their neighborhoods. However, these natural disasters are unavoidable. Insurance restoration contractors, also known as storm contractors, focus on repairing ...
Roof Coating and Installation 101
By John Kenny, Cotney Consulting Group. Learn the ins and outs of roof installation and coatings from their history with the Egyptians to tips on proper installation. History of coatings Coatings are one of the oldest forms of waterproofing in the roofing and construction industry. While many consider coatings a recent technological endeavor, ...
10 Reasons to Opt for a Metal Roof Retrofit
By Ken Gieseke, McElroy Metal. What to consider when choosing between removing or retrofitting an existing roof. Building owners have two options when faced with replacing a commercial roof. The first option is to remove and replace the existing roof. The second option is to choose a retrofit solution. When making ...
ATAS Shows Continued Support for Women in the Industry
By Anna Anderson, National Women in Roofing. ATAS is dedicated to empowering young women to pursue careers in construction through educational opportunities. A leading manufacturer in metal roofing, wall cladding, ceilings, perimeter edge metal and accessories, ATAS International, Inc has proven themselves to be a strong advocate for women in ...
The Crucial Role of a Trusted Advisor
By Steve Kuhel, FiberTite Senior Product Manager. Resilience and durability are the most valuable components of a long-lasting roofing system. Architects bring a building owner’s vision into reality. They design building codes, oversee projects and construction, and most importantly, work to ensure that the owner’s mental picture for a commercial space is ...
Understanding the Importance of Underlayments
By Ken Gieseke, McElroy Metal. Underlayments are equally important to performance as the topmost layer of a roof. It is only natural that the average person thinks about the top or finished layer of the roof when asked about roofing products. This is understandable, as it is the final layer ...
How to Start (or Grow) a True Service Department (part 1 & 2)
Learn better and smarter ways to work. By Greg Hayne, Roof Management. Part 1- Common mistakes that paralyze you This is the first in a multi-part series on “How to start or grow a true service department.” The ideas, concepts, fundamentals and tools that will be presented have come from our work helping ...
