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Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor
Top September Stories: There was a lot of Giving Back
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. Once a month when I write about the most popular articles from the previous month, I start by taking another look at last month’s blog. Doing this each month demonstrates a definite pattern for me – anytime we ...
Contractors Share their KARNAK Stories
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. From emergency repair to reflective coatings, see how these RCS’ers are using KARNAK. A few months ago, we asked visitors to the Coffee Shop to tell us their KARNAK story. We want to know how they are using the products and how the products have helped ...
CertainTeed Demonstrates the Flexibility and Resiliency of its NorthGate® Shingle Line
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. RCS Partner Heidi J. Ellsworth toured the CertainTeed booth at the Western Roofing Expo this summer to learn what’s new. The Western Roofing Expo is packed with the latest products and innovations that roofing contractors want to know about. Maybe you missed this year’s show or ...
RT3 Members Explore the Innovative World of 3M
By Karen L. Edwards, RT3. RT3 Members participated in breakout sessions to discuss some of the roofing industry issues that 3M might be able to help solve. Words aren’t going to do this event justice. There were so many incredible things we learned about 3M while touring their World of Innovation Center ...
Confronting the Opioid Epidemic in the Roofing Industry
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Trent Cotney of Cotney Construction Law presented at the NRCA Legal Resource Center seminar about the opioid crisis in the roofing industry. We had the privilege of being part of the NRCA’s Legal Resource Center seminar in New York City to learn about issues affecting the ...
Roofing Drone Uses Nail Gun to Install Shingles
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Engineers successfully demonstrate autonomous roofing using a multicopter. After having to perform some repairs on her roof a few years ago, Ella Atkins, an aerospace engineering professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, decided to develop a roofing drone according to NewScientist.com. Atkins teamed up ...
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. ...
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