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Local Nonprofit and Roofing Contractors Replace Gutter Guards for Ohio Veteran
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. Korean War-era veteran Robert Snider is thanked for his service with brand new gutter guards. For Robert Snider, a Korean War-era veteran, cleaning the gutters on his roof had become more than just an inconvenient task. He was actually given medical orders not to do ...
We are so honored to be recognized as an industry innovator by the MRCA!
We are so honored to be recognized as an industry innovator by the MRCA for our Coffee Conversations series! Coffee Conversations opens up conversations about what is top of mind for roofing contractors and the overall roofing industry right now! They feature relevant and engaging conversations with industry leaders. Whether ...
Hospital Roof Garden Improves Patient Care
By Cass Jacoby. Hospital installs eight raised garden beds on roof as part of initiative to provide food to patients and relive resident stress. Resident Deanna Huffman starts her typical afternoon shift for the Allegheny General Hospital sweeping around the garden beds and pruning the tomatoes. It might seem odd ...
New Report: Labor Shortage Weakens Housing Supply and Affordability
Home building industry needs thousands more skilled workers to meet demand. A lack of skilled construction labor is a key limiting factor for improving housing inventory and affordability, according to a new report by the Home Builders Institute (HBI). Additionally, the report cautions that the required number of construction workers to ...
Famously Steep Church Roof in Redding, California Gets Replaced
By Cass Jacoby. After sustaining damage from a hailstorm, the First Presbyterian Church on Placer Street finds a solution to steep roof pitch problems in RestoreMasters Contracting LLC. A reroof of a church usually isn’t newsworthy, but the First Presbyterian Church on Placer Street in Redding is extremely ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® President Named in 2021 Top Women in Media
Heidi J. Ellsworth was an honoree in the Changemaker category. RoofersCoffeeShop®, the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business, announced that Heidi J. Ellsworth was named in Folio: and AdMonsters’ 2021 class of Top Women in Media as a Changemaker. Each year, an elite ...
Why a Career in Roofing is Great for Veterans
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. RoofersCoffeeShop® and TAMKO Building Products team up to honor military veterans who found a new home in roofing. The initiative to hear from veterans about their journeys into the roofing industry was created by TAMKO and RoofersCoffeeShop® in November 2020, and continues today with ...
Could 3D Printed Houses be the Solution to Material and Labor Shortages?
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. 3D-printed barracks on Texas military base offer hope for this technology’s potential to provide faster builds with significant cost and labor savings. You can truly 3D print almost anything. Recently, ICON, an Austin-based construction technology company, claims they have created the largest 3D-printed structure ...
Air Conditioners for the Age of Climate Change
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Scientists leverage radiative cooling to naturally reduce the amount of electricity and greenhouse gasses emitted through air conditioning. This year record temperatures hit the U.S. As the planet warms, and as climate change gets more severe, more people will be looking to beat ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® Welcomes 3M
3M offers a breath of fresh air to our communities of contractors and property owners. RoofersCoffeeShop, the award-winning place where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business, is pleased to welcome 3M into its community for contractors and home and building owners on its sister site, AskARoofer. 3M ...
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