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Shirad Ali, vice president of Atlantic & Caribbean Roof Consulting and Testing in Florida, said successful communication comes down to having the contractor, consultant and owner on the same page.
Kelly Roofing, a family-owned business based in Naples, Fla., since 1972, is one of 12 companies that received a 2015 Visionary Award during the Microsoft Convergence conference in Atlanta.