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METALFOCUS® Safety Program Seeks to Reduce Risk and Improve Your Company
By METALCON. New 10-course metal safety program goes the extra mile beyond OSHA-10 safety training to help your metal business thrive. Safety is a priority across the industry but is especially important when it comes to working with metal. Nothing sends the message to your employees, customers and insurance company that you ...
Tremco’s Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. Once Again Awarded E&I Contract for Roofing & Building Envelope Services
WTI was first named as the national contract holder for this category in 2011. Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance is proud to announce that Weatherproofing Technologies Inc., (WTI), its affiliated construction services company, has once again been awarded the E&I Cooperative Services (E&I) contract in the category of Roofing Systems, Exterior ...
Roofing Market Remains Hopeful in Face of COVID
By Gary Thill for International Roofing Expo (IRE). Recent roofing market surveys' show that roofing professionals are already recovering from the pandemic. The pandemic has seemingly put everything on hold, with most industries predicted not to make a comeback until 2022. Yet, the NRCA’s most recent Market Survey for Reroofing ...
2021 “Love Your Roof” Week: 7 Tips for Homeowners to Better Care for Their Roof
MRA dedicates the week of March 22 as the time to give roofs the love and attention they deserve. There’s no doubt about it: a home’s roof performs an invaluable service. When kept in tiptop shape, it protects, makes a home perform better, saves energy and increases curb appeal and home ...
Roofing Companies May Qualify for Funding in Support of Training and Internships
By Rod Petrick, NRCA Chairman of the Board. NRCA advocated successfully for expanding funding for the Perkins Act. Take action to see if you qualify. As workforce shortages and the COVID-19 pandemic continue to plague our industry, I encourage you to take advantage of new opportunities available through the ...
METALCON Introduces New Advisory Council
Metal Construction Industry Experts Shape New &Enriched Programming METALCON, the metal construction industry’s only global event for metal construction and design products, introduces its first advisory council to help shape the future of METALCON, ensuring it represents all factions of the metal construction industry and its major attendee groups. ...
MRA Launches Best Residential Metal Roofing Project Competition for 2021
Open to U.S. and Canadian homeowners and the trades, the search is on for outstanding metal roofing projects The Metal Roofing Alliance (MRA) has kicked off its 2021 Best Residential Metal Roofing Project quarterly competition and this year, the opportunity to enter is open to both the trades and homeowners. Designed to ...
Ahead of the Curve: Green Knight® Lands Top Honors in MRA Best Residential Metal Roofing Competition
The incredible design of the roofs featured in this project highlight the benefits of metal roofing. Green Knight Metal Roofing in Austin, Texas has landed top honors in the Metal Roofing Alliance’s (MRA) 2020 Best Residential Metal Roofing quarterly competition for a challenging, environmentally-friendly roofing project that features a custom, ultra-modern ...
Study Finds Construction Workers Have the Highest Positivity Rates of COVID-19
By National Roofing Contractors Association. Learn why construction workers are among the highest in positively tested, asymptomatic Coronavirus cases. According to Construction Dive, construction workers have the highest positivity rates for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases out of any occupation. These results were found after tracking more than 730,000 COVID-19 tests and ...
Less Availability of Building Materials Emerges as Significant Pandemic Challenge for Contractors
71% of commercial construction contractors face at least one material shortage. More contractors are facing a shortage of building materials as the pandemic continues, according to new fourth quarter data from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (Index). This quarter, 41% of contractors say less availability of building products ...
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