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National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA)
New EPDM Training Now Available!
The EPDM training you have been waiting for has arrived! NRCA’s latest TRAC package—EPDM Roof Membrane Installation—provides new and inexperienced workers with the knowledge necessary to work on an EPDM roof system installation crew. Your TRAC package purchase includes: · More than 30 hours of online ...
New EPDM Training Now Available!
The EPDM training you have been waiting for has arrived! NRCA’s latest TRAC package—EPDM Roof Membrane Installation—provides new and inexperienced workers with the knowledge necessary to work on an EPDM roof system installation crew. Your TRAC package purchase includes: · More than 30 hours of online ...
Employees or Independent Contractors? Why You Should Reassess Your Subs
By Gary Thill, International Roofing Expo (IRE). Misclassifying employees as independent contractors when they are legally your employees comes with serious penalties to your company. There is a lot of confusion regarding whether or not part-time or temporary workers should be classified as employees or independent contractors, but this ...
Joint Rule is Issued to Supplement H-2B Visa Cap
By NRCA. Supplemental visas available only to U.S. businesses which attest that they will likely suffer irreparable harm without the ability to employ all the H-2B workers requested in their petition. U.S. Customs and Immigration Services announced July 23 that employers can file H-2B petitions for returning workers under the fiscal ...
Roofing Alliance Seeking Nominations for MVP and Gold Circle Awards
The awards spotlight roofing industry professionals committed to the industry and excellence in roofing. The Roofing Alliance, celebrating 25 years as the foundation of the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA), has opened the nomination period for its 2021-22 Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Gold Circle Awards. The two programs spotlight and ...
6 Workplace Myths, Debunked
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Misconceptions that no longer hold true in the modern workspace. When it comes to the American workplace, we carry some strange myths about how to build a hyper-productive workspace. There is a lot of well-intentioned business advice that has circulated offices and cubicles over ...
Trade Association Coalition Announces Findings from Quarterly Market Index Survey for Reroofing
The survey takes the pulse of the reroofing industry on a quarterly basis and serves as a regular barometer of the industry’s business conditions. In July, more than 300 respondents in the U.S. and Canada shared their perspectives on the current state of the reroofing industry by completing the most recent ...
Why You Should Aim for Fire Safe Roof Materials Over Fireproof Protection
By Zach Stopyro for DaVinci Roofscapes. Fireproof roofing materials don’t guarantee a fireproof home, but gaining a fire safe roof is possible. There is no such thing as a fireproof roof. While it is a pleasing idea to think that fireproof roof shingles would completely protect your home, a roof ...
How Roofing Professionals are Managing Ongoing Supply Chain Issues
By Gary Thill, International Roofing Expo (IRE). Roofers prove their resiliency in face of “ongoing and relentless” shortages. The most recent data from the National Roofing Contractors Assocation (NRCA) combined with an IRE Business Update Flash Poll proves what we all know: roofing contractors can weather most anything. Roofers seem ...
Why Are You Here? – Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times
By Piers Dormeyer, President – Construction & Utilities. “Why are you here?” As the group of 15 or so roofing industry vets circle up to start the day, Cori Vernam poses this question. Cori is a senior marketing manager at Antis Roofing who coordinated this event in Mountain Center, California. ...
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