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How you can master the subcontractor process
By Evelyn Witterholt. In this upcoming episode of Read, Listen, Watch, we’ll hear from industry experts about how to best navigate subcontractor relationships. Nearly every roofing contractor utilizes subcontractors for their roofing jobs. But the subcontracting process is not an easy one and navigating the risks of these relationships can ...
Top March articles: Print-coated metal panels, legal rulings and charitable causes.
By Anna Lockhart. Here’s what’s been trending on the RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) this past March. In the month of March, our readers stayed busy reading articles about the latest roofing updates from all corners of the industry. One of our top articles for the month showcased the latest collection of ...
A key piece to helping solve the labor shortage puzzle
By Jonny Suchor. How the Labor Central App aims to help resolve the roofing industry's skilled labor shortage and keep workers safe. For years, the roofing industry has faced a significant labor shortage and continues to work through this issue. In a recent Coffee Conversations, Shining a Light on the ...
NRCA encourages roofing professionals to register for virtual legal conference
LEGALCon Virtual 2024 invites industry professionals to a comprehensive legal and technical conference. The National Roofing Contractors Association’s Legal Resource Center is inviting roofing industry professionals to register for its virtual conference, LEGALCon Virtual 2024, which will be held March 26-27. During the virtual conference, NRCA will provide four sessions about topics ...
District Court Judge Declares CTA Unconstitutional
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requirements and how to comply with them. If you are like many small businesses across the nation, you have spent the last several months learning about the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requirements and how to comply with them. However, on Friday, March 1, U.S. District Court ...
How a good subcontractor is crucial to a successful project
RCS Influencer Trent Cotney says a subcontractor's ability to demonstrate responsibility for their own safety is key to a successful project. Editor's note: The following is a transcript of a conversation between Megan Ellsworth, our multimedia manager, and Trent Cotney, partner of Adams and Reese. You can listen to the interview ...
A deep dive into BI strategies
By Jonny Suchor. Understanding the role of business intelligence in roofing from the experts themselves. In a recent RLW, Heidi J. Ellsworth hosted an insightful dialogue with experts from different facets of the roofing industry to discuss business intelligence (BI). The crew included Eugene Zukowski from Jobba, John Kenney ...
RoofersCoffeeShop® Announces 2024 Influencers for its Coffee Shop Communities
RCS Influencers celebrates its eighth year of giving back to the industries it serves. RoofersCoffeeShop, the award-winning website where the industry meets for technology, information and everyday business, announces the 2024 Coffee Shop Influencers for RoofersCoffeeShop, MetalCoffeeShop™ and CoatingsCoffeeShop™. Each month these Influencers respond to a topic ...
Beneath the surface: Exploring the complexities of subcontractor crews, child labor and safety in roofing
By Dani Sheehan. How does immigration reform relate to the roofing industry’s labor shortage? Understand the connection and dive into the darker aspects of the challenges faced by roofing contractors in this Coffee Conversations. By now, the roofing industry’s labor shortage is not new information, but have you thought about ...
What made it to the top? 2023 MetalCoffeeShop in review
By Dani Sheehan. The beginning of the year brings forward momentum as we make plans for resolutions and goals, but let’s take a moment to celebrate last year’s progress by reviewing our top metal content in 2023! There is never a lack of information on the Coffee Shops! We collected ...
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