Lauren White, Editor
Lunching and learning with RT3
By Lauren White. Tractile is transforming the roofing industry one solar tile at a time. The Roofing Technology Think Tank (RT3) gathered together Tuesday afternoon of International Roofing Expo (IRE) week with some new friends from Tractile. Based out of Australia, the owner and inventor of Tractile, Jason Perkins, and Lloyd Alcorn ...
Can roofers save the world?
By Howard Wiig, Hawaii State Energy Office. The answer may surprise you. Energy-efficient roofs play an important role in reaching energy goals. Roofers can't save the whole world, but roofers working on 150°F roofs know better than anyone that the world is getting hotter, and that we can do our part by ...
Can roofers save the world?
By Howard Wiig, Hawaii State Energy Office. The answer may surprise you. Energy-efficient roofs play an important role in reaching energy goals. Roofers can't save the whole world, but roofers working on 150°F roofs know better than anyone that the world is getting hotter, and that we can do our part by ...
Everybody comes together for SkillsUSA
By Lauren White. Competitors and industry professionals from across the country are joining forces to usher in the next generation of roofers, starting with SkillsUSA. Roofing made a statement at SkillsUSA 2024. And while this year’s event has already come and gone, people like Rick Damato and John Esbenshade are ...
Snow place like home: Santiam Pass Ski Lodge gets a cool makeover
By Lauren White. Workers restore the historic Santiam Pass Ski Lodge, bringing it back to its original 1940s charm for future winter adventurers. Summer is in full swing and ski resorts are now a mountain biker’s delight, but across the highway from Hoodoo Ski Area in Central Oregon, phase two ...
Snow place like home: Santiam Pass Ski Lodge gets a cool makeover
By Lauren White. Workers restore the historic Santiam Pass Ski Lodge, bringing it back to its original 1940s charm for future winter adventurers. Summer is in full swing and ski resorts are now a mountain biker’s delight, but across the highway from Hoodoo Ski Area in Central Oregon, phase two ...
We need you! Help us discover what’s trending in roofing!
By Lauren White. Take the 2024 Trends Survey and help us uncover key industry insights on business practices, sustainability, subcrews and more! The 2024 RoofersCoffeeShop® Trends Survey is now open! Do you know what that means? It means we need your input! In its seventh year, the Trends Survey asks ...
Roofers take field trips too!
By Lauren White. We took a trip to explore the roofing community in our own backyard. We take planes, trains and automobiles to travel the country for tradeshows, annual meetings, customer visits and grand openings. And we decided it was time to take a field trip in our own backyard ...
Got Skills? These students sure do!
By Lauren White. SkillsUSA 2024 proved that the world is in skilled hands with the next generation of tradespeople entering the workforce. 6,647 students. 115 national competitions. Over 200 SkillsUSA TECHSPO exhibitors. 1.79 million square feet of competition area. Welcome to SkillsUSA 2024! Having trained, studied and competed all year, the best ...
Exploring our nation’s capital one memorial at a time
We walked up, down and around Washington, D.C. learning about its architecture, restoration and the people and wars that built our nation. Editor’s note: The following is a transcript of a conversation the Coffee Shop crew had after the 2024 architectural tour after Roofing Day 2024. James Ellsworth: We started ...
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