Colorado Roofing Association's Message from the President

By Jef Johnston, The Roofing Company and CRA President.

Beware out-of-state roofing contractors, upcoming events and the latest newsletter.

Well it’s November and the skies are clear and sunny up here in the mountains.  The temperature is supposed to get up to a blistering 40 degrees and the no snow forecast is looking snowless.  This time of year, every clear day is a prayer being answered by the roofing Gods.  Please, oh please, give me three more weeks of great weather! 

So on to roofing issues.  This month I have been dealing with a complaint that involves an out-of-state roofing contractor.  Many of you probably already know of this scam; the out-of-state contractor comes in during a hail storm and asks a Colorado roofing contractor if they can operate under your name.  They then offer that company a 10% commission on every job they sell.  I was approached 2 years ago by a Minnesota company and they boasted that I could make $150,000.00 to $200,000.00 in one hail season.  I told them no thank you!

The problem is if they do poor work, don’t pay vendors, don’t finish the job or just flat out leave the state with the customers money, you are left holding the bag.  All of these have happened to this customer and to a CRA member.  This is a common scam that happens every storm.  So, to all our members I warn you to stay clear of these types of partnerships.

I want to make a few announcements.  We just held our last membership lunch for 2019 on Nov 14.   Thanks to over 125 members for attending and to our sponsors for supporting the event.  We elected four new board members and received a lot of good information on “how a roofer can manage the SAFETY on a project, with employees and/or subs completing the work.”  Thanks to SFI Compliance for the great seminar.

If you are short on required CIU points here are some additional good opportunities to get caught up before the end of the year. 

• We are having a fundraiser on November 21st at the Thornton Top Golf.  We are still looking for sponsors and golf teams from CRA membership. This fundraiser is for money needed to fund our legislative work that we are doing with our coalition which consists of ASA Colorado, NUCA, RMSCA, AWCI and CRA.  We are looking at passing legislation this year which will help our entire industry.

• On Dec 4th, we have another Intro to Roofing 6-day class starting up at the CRA Training Center. 

• On Dec 5 & 6 we are sponsoring an OSHA 10-Hour class. Just $50 for members with food included.

• On Dec 11 we are bringing in Stephen Phillips for a legal update to include information on the most important contract provisions to check, noteworthy Colorado Case decisions that have occurred in the past 2-years and much more!

• On Dec 17-18 we will hold a Metal 2-Day advanced training at the CRA Training Center.

Get more details on all of these in the November newsletter.

Original article source: CRA