Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor
Beacon Webinar Series Offers a Training Opportunity for Your Team
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Take advantage of live and on-demand webinars. With lunch and learns and trade shows on sabbatical, learning opportunities have been popping up online for their ability to educate remotely and safely. Beacon Building Supply recently launched a webinar series that offers both live sessions and the ...
Learning, Earning CEUs and a Chance for Prizes – What More Could You Want?
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. SOPREMA’s webinars offer the opportunity for all of these things with their AIA-approved webinars. Earning credentials in roofing demonstrates to customers your expertise and understanding of all things roofing. It is not just a once and done deal. In order to maintain those credentials, you must ...
Play Golf with PGA TOUR Pro Cameron Champ
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. SRS Distribution’s partnership with one of the most powerful hitters on the PGA TOUR is giving you the chance to win a round of golf with Cameron Champ. Now through July 31, SRS is inviting contractors to ‘Experience the Power of Roof Hub’ for a ...
Answer Me This! Wants Your Opinions
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Check back weekly to participate and win fun prizes! We love fun things at RoofersCoffeeShop® and we are excited about our newest activity called Answer Me This! The fun weekly question game is sponsored by the ‘Construction Solutions’ campaign provided by Gibraltar Building Accessories and is ...
Roofing Road Trips with Heidi Welcomes Duro-Last’s Tim Hart and Dan Ervin
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. In this Roofing Road Trips podcast, RCS Partner Heidi J. Ellsworth is joined by Duro-Last Vice President Tim Hart and Director of National Accounts Dan Ervin. As you may have heard, Duro-Last was able to quickly shift gears in their manufacturing facility to begin making much-needed ...
NOAA Predicts Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Forecasters at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have released their 2020 hurricane season predictions. With a confidence level at 70 percent, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting 13 – 19 named storms this season with six to 10 of those becoming hurricanes with winds of ...
A Closer Look at One of the Oldest Green Roofs in North America
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Scheduled for demolition after 22 years, the green roof provided a unique chance to study its performance. The Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) in Toronto installed a green roof in 1998 that was considered revolutionary at the time. For years, the roof was a testament to ...
S2: E27 Roofing Road Trips with Heidi Welcomes Tremco’s Chris Cooper and Ashley Cooper
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. This RRT episode is all about using technology on the rooftop. Chris Cooper, southern Indiana Tremco foreman, and Ashley Cooper (no relation), Tremco product manager for Knovi Monitoring Technology and its SmartDrain product join Heidi to talk about how this cool rooftop technology works and the ...
A Smart Solution for Flat Residential Roofs
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Are you offering spray foam roofing solutions to residential customers? You might be missing an opportunity. Spray foam roofing, SPF, or coated foamed roofing, provides an energy-efficient, long-lasting waterproof solution for flat residential roofs. They are excellent new and recover roof systems installed by spraying a ...
Roofing Road Trips with Heidi Welcomes Sherwin Williams’ Mark MacDonald
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Mark shares with Heidi how Sherwin-Williams is innovating and digitizing the metal roofing market. When you think of the metal roofing market, do you associate that with innovation? Sherwin-Williams does and Sales and Marketing Manager Mark MacDonald shares with Heidi just what the company is doing ...
