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Cotney Offers Estimating Training Program
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Cotney professionals teach you the art of estimating in virtual training program. The Cotney Consulting Group can assist your company when it comes to cost estimates for projects, delivering customized training that is designed to help you meet your organization’s training goals. Cotney ...
Johns Manville BURSI Webinars
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Watch these 20-minute webinar videos to gain a better understanding of roofing systems. The Johns Manville Better Understanding of Roofing Systems Institute (BURSI) program has been offering customizable education programs designed to help train professionals since 1972. These online learning opportunities available for you ...
New ATAS Online Education Course
ATAS International has a new education course on Hanley Wood University. “Using Technologically Advanced Metal Building Products in LEED, Net Zero, and Passive Buildings” is approved by the AIA (for one LU/HSW) and GBCI (for one continuing education hour). Access the course here. This course appears in the June issue of ...
Visual Spray Foam Guides for Roofing Systems
By Colin Sheehan, RSC Reporter. Watch these informational videos and ensure your spray foam job is done correctly every time. In this how-to video series, General Coatings Manufacturing provides visual guides and step-by-step instructions for applying spray foam to a variety of roof drains, penetrations, decks, systems, slopes and ...
Polyglass Polyschool
Polyschool is an educational forum to teach roofing contractors, installers, sales, distributors, consultants, and architects more about what makes Polyglass products unique to the roofing industry. The sessions highlight best practices when installing, estimating, and selling Polyglass commercial and residential roofing products. Learn more!
5 Ways to Engage With Virtual Roofing Trade Shows
By Kathryn Brill, AccuLynx. Tips on how to approach online trade shows so you can take full advantage of the opportunities available. Usually, this time of the year for roofing professionals means packed exhibition halls and product demonstrations, but with the pandemic restrictions still in mind, many organizations within ...
The Canadian Government is Improving Access to Worker Training
By Canadian Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA). $72 million dollars goes to helping workers acquire necessary skills and resources. The Government of Canada’s Sectoral Initiatives Program’s already existing funding gained a significant $72 million dollar raise over the past three years. This federally run program works to fund sector-specific projects for ...
SOPREMA® Expert To Deliver Building Envelope Waterproofing Webinars in May
Jean-François Côté explores the influence of permeance on drying via hygrothermal modeling while highlighting the ASTM E96 standard and permeance testing. With the importance of understanding the impact of permeance on condensation in exterior wall assemblies, engineers, architects, consultants and other professionals in the building industry will have two opportunities this ...
Recruit Top Talent, Learn About Digital, Sharpen Your Sales Skills
By Michelle Miller, RCS Writer. Stay up to date on products, best practices and more with the 2021 SRS Webinar Series. Think about what you knew when you first started roofing, and what you knew then versus what you know now. Someone with decades of experience in roofing once ...
What is Galvanic Action and Corrosion?
By ATAS International. Inform yourself on these chemical processes that can occur between two conductive metals. To prevent accelerated corrosion, it is important to keep dissimilar metals insulated from each other. It is also wise to ensure metal is completely separated from water or wet conditions as water, especially ...
