Guest Blog
GAF Celebrates 2019 President's Club Award Winners
Presented annually, the GAF President’s Club Award celebrates exemplary efforts in high-quality service and leadership in the roofing industry across North America. GAF, a Standard Industries company and the largest roofing and waterproofing manufacturer in North America, announced the winners of the 2019 President’s Club Awards, recognizing the most elite residential ...
Letter From the National Women in Roofing Co-Chairs
By:Jennifer Stone, Johns Manville & Renee Bales, KPost Company; NWiR Co-Chairs. Renae and I have done a lot of reflecting these last few months on the incredible progress of NWIR across the country. All the work the women in the roofing industry participate in to elevate our trade is constantly astounding. There ...
Should Your Child Consider a Career in a Trade?
By Erica Sweeney, Originally published in Next Avenue. Trade jobs are widely available, often high-paying and training usually comes with no student debt. Although the price of college is soaring and a fouryear degree isn’t the guarantee of financial security it once was, 70% of parents surveyed by the National Center for ...
Thirteen Iconic Rooftop Movie Scenes
By IKO. The rooftop is a place to spy, fight, fall in love and revel in freedom. At least, that is how roofs are depicted in movies. Rooftop scenes have been consistently popular at least since the 1960s, with the rooftop scenes in “Vertigo” (1958), “Mary Poppins” (1964), “The Italian Job” (1969) ...
Making It Rain in a Labor Drought
By Mardee Billingsley, Tremco. How partnerships and employee development can change your employment forecast Whether you have experienced dwindling employment applications, a lack of management-level talent, and/or delayed or canceled work yourself, you’ve likely already felt the widening shortage of skilled workers in some capacity. With more students being pushed to pursue ...
COVID-19 and Roofing Pt 2: 3 Ways Your Business Can Keep It Positive
By Equipter. People across the U.S. are coming together to help one another during the coronavirus epidemic. Businesses are helping other businesses, the government is working to keep the people’s best interests at heart, and citizens are uniting to maintain calm. What is your roofing business doing to help your customers keep ...
Roofing Contractors Deemed Essential
By Will Lorenz, General Coatings. The important role you play as a roofing contractor. These are challenging and uncertain times for everyone. Fortunately, according to a recent memorandum (IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORKERS DURING COVID-19 RESPONSE) by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, roofing contractors are essential workers because “supports ...
Tips Amid COVID-19 Uncertainty: What To Do For Yourself And Your Workers.
By Marco Industries. Marco knows that roofing contractors have two primary work-related concerns in the coming months: cash flow and safety on the jobsite. While this is new territory for everyone, government agencies and industry associations are working hard to provide helpful information and meaningful aid to help our industry through these ...
5 Step Guide to Starting a Successful Roofing Company
By Job Nimbus. If you’re ready to take that next step of starting your own roofing company, there’s a lot more you’ll need to learn besides how to fix a roof. Successful businesses involve a lot of preparation, organization, knowledge, skill and more. The more successful your business becomes, the more responsibility ...
Spring Cleaning Safety
By Michael Pratt, OSEA, NWIR Education Committee. Now that daylight savings time has passed, just like the days, everyone’s to-do list has grown longer with the addition of Spring cleaning. Working from home has its own set of challenges and potential risks. At work, you ensure that you and your employees have ...
