The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress Announces 2018 Gold Circle Awards Winners

The Gold Circle Awards recognize outstanding workmanship, including unique roofing-related jobs, programs and services.

New Orleans—The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress has awarded five members of the Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress and the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) with the prestigious Gold Circle Award during NRCA's 131st Annual Convention held Feb. 6-8 in New Orleans. The award recognizes outstanding workmanship, including unique roofing-related jobs, programs and services.

The 2018 Gold Circle Awards were presented in the following categories:

Outstanding Workmanship: Low-slope

Winner – Klein Contracting Corp., Doraville, Ga., for AT&T Midtown Center, Atlanta Click here for photo and description.

Finalist – Nations Roof LLC, Rowlett, Texas, for Tyson® Foods Vienna Processing Facility, Vienna, Ga.

Outstanding Workmanship: Steep-slope

Winner – American Roofing & Metal Co. Inc., Louisville, Ky., and Steinrock Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc., Louisville, for Fayette County Courthouse, Lexington, Ky. Click here for photo and description.

Honorable Mention – Flynn Southwest LP, Commerce City, Colo., for University of Denver's Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering & Computer Science

Finalists – Charles F. Evans Co. Inc., Elmira, N.Y., for Bradford County Courthouse—Phase 1, Towanda, Pa.; Wagner Roofing Co., Hyattsville, Md., for Carter's Grove Plantation, Williamsburg, Va.

Innovative Solutions: New Construction

Winner – Flynn Southwest LP, Commerce City, Colo., for University of Denver's Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering & Computer Science Click here for photo and description.

Honorable Mention – Roofing Solutions LLC, Prairieville, La., for St. George Catholic Church, Baton Rouge, La.

Innovative Solutions: Reroofing

Winner – Wagner Roofing Co., Hyattsville, Md., for Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, Md. Click here for photo and description.

Honorable Mention -

American Roofing & Metal Co. Inc., Louisville, Ky., and Steinrock Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc., Louisville, for Fayette County Courthouse, Lexington, Ky.

Safety Preparedness and Performance

Winner – Wagner Roofing Co., Hyattsville, Md., for Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, Md. Click here for photo and description.

Finalists – Charles F. Evans Co. Inc. Elmira, N.Y., for Bradford County Courthouse—Phase 1, Towanda, Pa.; Douglass Colony Group Inc., Commerce City, Colo., for Colorado State Capitol, Denver

About the Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress was established within the National Roofing Foundation (NRF) to create an endowment fund to serve as a highly focused resource for the roofing industry and its customers. The Alliance's objectives are to conduct research and education projects that support high quality programs for roofing contractors; ensure timely and forward-thinking industry responses to major economic and technological issues; and enhance the long-term viability and attractiveness of the industry to roofing workers. The Alliance also reached out to the roofing community and its members and helps fund efforts dedicated to good works and charitable giving. More information about the Alliance is available at www.roofingindustryalliance.net.