By Cass Jacoby. Generous contractors replace a roof for a veteran in Corpus Christi, Texas who desperately needed it. The roof of veteran Juan Manrique’s home on the 1000 block of St. Mary’s Street had been leaking since Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Juan reports that he would have to rearrange his ...
By Karen Cates. Make safety more than a lesson, make it an emotional commitment. Important messages don’t really stick the first time you share them with your workers. Research has demonstrated that new information must be shared at least seven times for it to be fully processed and adopted. One roofing ...
By Karen L. Cates, PhD The roofing industry is no different than others with its good intentions around mentoring programs. Pairing a seasoned leader with a new or emerging manager, can result in a “student-teacher” relationship that is satisfying for both. Strong mentoring programs provide guidelines and structures to support mentors ...
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. A new bill proposed would provide $500 million in funding for green roof systems on U.S. schools. Back in March, Representative Nydia M. Velazquez introduced the Public School Green Rooftop Program, a bill that intends to allocate funding for green roofs on public schools. The ...
By Cass Jacoby. How a chance encounter at a gas station in White Cloud, Michigan became a brand-new roof for this Army veteran. Army veteran Jeannie Sconyers was waiting in the line at her local gas station when she was handed a flyer that was the key to a brand-new ...
By Lauren White, RCS Editor. From labor shortages to utilizing digital-based marketing, the latest RCS Trends Report sheds light on contractor needs and the challenges they’re facing. In the latest RCS Trends Report, 285 contractors weighed in from 39 different states. Respondents ranged from small to large companies with 86% ...
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of an live interview with Heidi Ellsworth, Trent Cotney, Chuck Chapman, Dave Lawlor, George Patterson and John Hellein. You can read the interview below, listen to the podcast here or watch the webinar. Heidi Ellsworth: Good morning everybody as you're joining. We're going to ...
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of an live interview with Mischa Fisher of Angi. You can read the interview below or listen to the podcast. Megan Ellsworth: Welcome to Roofing Road Trips with Heidi. Explore the roofing industry through the eyes of a long-term professional within the trade. Listen ...
Funds will support healing activities for children of fallen firefighters, military and law enforcement. BluSky Restoration Contractors, LLC, a leading national property restoration company in the U.S., today announced it raised $11,306 for Angels of America's Fallen in Colorado Springs, Colorado, through its annual Clays for Kids sporting clay fundraising tournament ...
By Cass Jacoby. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seismically upgrades its roof. Over a year and a half into the Salt Lake temple renovation project and the excavation on the temple's north side continues to go strong. The project is a virtual nonstop effort as tons ...