Guest Blog
2020 Home Trends: Recession-Resistant Renovations
By Metal Roofing Alliance. MRA offers three keys to home improvement investments during economic uncertainty. With talk of recession looming, homeowners are re-evaluating home renovation projects that may make the most sense—and dollars—in an uncertain economy. While concerned homeowners tend to pull back on extras and luxury upgrades when times get tougher, experts ...
Three Key Questions About OSHA Inspections
By Anthony David Tilton, Cotney Construction Law. OSHA will investigate a jobsite for a number of reasons. A representative from OSHA will show up if an employee has issued a complaint against you, if there is a recent fatality, or if there is an imminent threat they have identified. The dangers of ...
Three Benefits of Project Task Tracking
By Sarah Smith, JobNimbus. Project task tracking provides a number of benefits to help improve your company’s project management. If you or your employees have ever faced problems with task execution, recording changes, missing deadlines or over-working, project task tracking could be the right solution. In the workplace, it’s easy to get side-tracked ...
Flu Season- Are You Prepared?
By Safety Operation Services. Every year from late fall to early spring, the influenza virus causes illness and potentially major disruption to our everyday life. The flu is not a cold or gastroenteritis (“stomach flu”). Influenza is serious business. The CDC estimates in the United States, between 12,000 and 56,000 deaths ...
METALCON and Pittsburgh. Must-Sees for Them Both!
By Marco Industries. Pittsburgh is known as “Steel City” … so it’s a natural setting for METALCON 2019, the industry’s largest international event for metal construction products, technologies and solutions. There will be plenty to see at the show, including proven metal roofing solutions in the Marco Weather-Tite™ System at booth ...
Safety is Priority #1 for Advanced Roofing Inc.
By Advanced Roofing. Advanced Roofing is leading the way in construction safety. At Advanced Roofing, Inc. (ARI), safety is our top priority. In today’s world, news travels faster than ever before due to the Internet and social media–good news and bad news. And the last thing we want is for a client ...
Sports Icons and Metal Roofing Experts. See Them Both at METALCON 2019.
By Marco Industries. If you’re in metal construction, you won’t want to miss METALCON 2019, the industry’s largest international event for metal construction products, technologies and solutions. The show covers much more than metal roofing, and it provides invaluable information as well as access to top manufacturers (like your friends here ...
RT3 Members Explore the Innovative World of 3M
By Karen L. Edwards, RT3. RT3 Members participated in breakout sessions to discuss some of the roofing industry issues that 3M might be able to help solve. Words aren’t going to do this event justice. There were so many incredible things we learned about 3M while touring their World of Innovation Center ...
What You Should Know About Coating Foam Roofs
By Western Colloid. Foam roofs are popular on low-slope roofs for many reasons, including the additional insulation they provide. Foam roofs do require some ongoing maintenance but the featured benefit is that they provide an additional layer of insulation. Plus, certain foam roof products are even ENERGY STAR®-rated, which can help reduce ...
Free Construction Degree Program
By Amie Grant, WTI. Participants in the RISE program earn associates or bachelor degrees with no strings attached. As we bid farewell to summer and embark on a new school year, I thought this would be a great time to give an update on our Construction Management degree program, which is part ...
