Lauren White, Editor
Women Positively Influence the Roofing Industry
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Wil-Mar’s Marianne Sumter encourages women to support each other in the industry and stay current with trends in technology. The roofing industry continues to be male-dominated with women making up only 0.5 percent of roofing professionals in the industry. With that being said, women are pushing ...
Megaprojects are Risky Yet Lucrative
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. While more and more megaprojects are awarded and being planned, there are multiple drawbacks to these projects. There’s an increase of owners and developers who are choosing to complete a large collection of construction projects instead of focusing on separate projects. These megaprojects take a significant ...
Deserving Student Awarded $5,000 Scholarship
By Lauren White, HJE Consulting. Jacob James is the newest 2020-21 Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarship recipient. Jacob James has been awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarship Program for the 2020-21 school year. James is the stepson of Raymond Orman, the quality assurance and field trainer at ...
Roofing Contractors Respond to Damage From Derecho
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. After a derecho left a path of destruction in several midwestern states, roofing companies are helping repair and replace roofs. Derecho, meaning “straight” in Spanish, is a long-lived, powerful thunderstorm with straight-line winds that wreaks havoc on everything in its way. On August 10, 2020 a ...
Opportunities to Advance, Grow and Move are Constant at WTI
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. With a love of the outdoors and getting his hands dirty, Jimmy Coleman found his ideal position as a field foreman. Jimmy Coleman, the current WTI field foreman in Kentucky, got his start in roofing in 1993. He is now in his 18th season at WTI ...
It’s Eco-Friendly, It’s High-Quality, It’s Ecotorch®!
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Designed with the environment in mind, Ecotorch® gives tires a new purpose and will result in fewer callbacks. The next generation of torch-applied SBS modified bitumen roofing membrane is here - Ecotorch®. The most environmentally friendly roofing material on the market, Ecotorch® gives discarded passenger tires ...
Taking Resilience Seriously
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Become FORTIFIED certified and ensure homes and buildings are built to withstand all that Mother Nature throws at them. On a 90-acre parcel of land in South Carolina is a state-of-the-art research facility complete with 105 fans that simulate wind speeds up to 130 mph and a ...
Avoiding and Limiting E-Verify Liability
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Learn more about the ways contractors can prevent unwanted liability. “The E-Verify rule for federal contractors can be a deal breaker for many contractors. The requirements imposed on contractors can expose them to liability with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through its enforcement arm, ...
Beautifying Solar Panels
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. A revolutionary technology allows images to be displayed on solar panel surfaces without reducing power output. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic and the economic shutdown, solar panel installation was at an all time high. A report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) found that in ...
Veteran Owned, Woman Owned and Family Owned, OORAH!
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. A country boy from Wyoming is the proud owner of Mason City Roofing and the winner of the Answer Me This! question. Roofing company owner, Marine veteran, family man and dedicated community member, Ernie Martinez is the recipient of the RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) Box of Love! This ...
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