Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor
The South Pole, NY Air National Guard and Duro-Last® Roofing Systems
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Those are three things that you might not associate with the other, but they do have something roofing-related tying them together. Captain Jessica Algier, pilot for the 139th Airlift Squadron with the New York National Guard, was recently deployed to provide support to the National Science ...
U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final OT Rule
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that will make 1.3 million Americans eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In a press release issued September 24, Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Patrick Pizzella said that this is the ...
App Aims to Reduce Injuries and Save Lives
By Karen L. Edwards, RT3 Using videos and images, the app notes health and safety issues related to a specific building’s design. A Professor at Glasgow Caledonian University in the UK, Billy Hare, has developed an app geared toward architects and designers to help them improve the health and safety of construction ...
Contract Provisions for Roofers
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Free e-Book from Cotney Construction Law provides important information about project contracts. Hilary Morgan, Partner at Cotney Construction Law, has authored a new e-book that details contract provisions that can make or break a roofing contractor’s business. Often contracts are long, boring and several pages long. ...
Giving Back, Education and Safety Were all Popular Topics in August
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. Each month we take a look at the most popular articles from the previous month. August was a really busy roofing month but there’s always time for a quick check-in with the Coffee Shop to see what’s going ...
A Day in the Life of the Business Operations Team at Tremco and WTI
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. We continue our series of interviewing team members working at Tremco and Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. (WTI) by visiting with the Business Operations team. If you haven’t noticed yet, the employees at Tremco and WTI really love their jobs! Let’s see what a day in the life ...
Three-year Study IDs Top 5 States for Hail Losses
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) recently released the results of its three-year study to determine the top states with the largest hail losses. The NICB study involved a review of claims data from ISO ClaimSearch® which showed that there were just over 2.8 million hail ...
Are Rooftop Farms the Future?
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Rooftop in Paris to feature 150,000 square feet of vegetables. A Paris-based urban farming company, Agropolis, designed the rooftop farm that will sit on top of a redesigned entertainment complex, according to an article in Fast Company. While rooftop farms do exist in the U.S. ...
What’s it Like Being a Dispatcher at Tremco WTI?
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. A dispatcher that works from home isn’t something that you see often in the roofing industry. At Tremco’s Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. (WTI) dispatchers working from home is the norm. The last few months we’ve been talking to people in different positions at WTI to learn more ...
RCS Influencer Ken Kelly to Fly Emergency Supplies to Bahamas
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Abaco in the Bahamas was hit hard by Hurricane Dorian and here is how you can help. Many of you know Ken Kelly as the President of Kelly Roofing in Naples, Florida. What you may not know about Ken is that he is a licensed pilot ...
