Cass Jacoby
4 Reasons to Restore Rather Than Replace Your Building’s Roof
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. What to consider if you are weighing your options between replacing a roof or restoring it. Here are the top four reasons to consider restoring your building’s roof rather than replacing it. 1 – Cost-effectiveness Complete roof replacements are expensive. Between the labor and material ...
Talk About a Roof in Ship Shape!
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Italy’s national pavilion for the Dubai World Expo redefines sustainable architectural events by constructing roof from seaworthy boats. Italy’s national pavilion being constructed for the Dubai World Expo features three boats on top, which literally make up the roof. Designed by a team of ...
Prepare to Be Safe This Winter
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. OSHA has released winter weather guidelines so you can best prepare to be cold weather ready. With winter weather comes slippery surfaces, strong winds and environmental cold. During this time employers need to pay extra attention to preventing illness, injury or fatalities and work ...
Top November Stories: Solar and More Solar, Roofing Trends and Investing in Production
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) this past month. In looking at our most popular articles for the month of November, green roofs and solar energy showed up a few times on the list. It’s a trend that is becoming more common and more ...
Sign up for Roofing Surplus Today
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Create an account for Roofing Surplus and start selling and buying roofing supplies. Roofing Surplus connects buyers with suppliers in an easy-to-use, digital marketplace for contractors, distributors and manufacturers to buy and sell their commercial and residential roofing supplies and equipment to other contractors. ...
How to Transition from Asphalt to Composite Materials
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. We take a hard look at composite roofing as a way to build your business in this RLW. RoofersCoffeeShop® has made it easier than ever for members of the roofing and construction industries to learn how they want, when they want, where they want with ...
How to Build a Bullet-proof Budget
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Why “what gets measured gets managed” is your new budgeting philosophy. Let's be honest, making money is the fun part of your business. There is no shame in striving for a healthy profit margin that lets you reinvest in your business and your staff ...
NWiR Helps Bring Christmas to Anisa’s Place
By Cass Jacoby. NWiR Oregon Council helped Santa bring gifts to six deserving girls this year. In February 2020, the National Women in Roofing (NWIR) Oregon chapter teamed up with A Village for One to put a roof on Anisa’s Place. A Village for One is an organization that helps ...
NWiR Helps Bring Christmas to Anisa’s Place
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. NWiR Oregon Council helped Santa bring gifts to six deserving girls this year. In February 2020, the National Women in Roofing (NWIR) Oregon chapter teamed up with A Village for One to put a roof on Anisa’s Place. A Village for One is an organization ...
The Solar Roof That Makes Every Shingle a Solar Panel
By Cass Jacoby. New type of solar roof is backed by Tesla, the electric car maker, and looks like any other normal roof. Jake Hermeling is one of the first in Central Oregon to have a Tesla solar roof built on a house, but you would never be able ...
