While it is not routine for me to use this space to tell you about other editorial features in the magazine, I just cannot contain my enthusiasm over our annual State of the Industry Report. The process of preparing this report began months ago and involved many folks, not only from the Roofing Contractorstaff, but a number of other roofing industry professionals. The team at BNP Market Research conducted and tabulated the survey of roofing contractors that formed the basis of the report, which you will find on page 72 of this issue.
Roofing contractors are, by their nature, optimistic entrepreneurs. If not, they would not be in this business. But it was very encouraging to see that roofing contractors largely believe that the business in 2012 will improve, at least as far as sales go. The recession that has officially been over for nearly three years is being followed by such a long and slow recovery that finding optimism has been tough. Guess I just love good news, even if it is in the form of an opinion. And a majority of the roofing contractors we surveyed anticipate a year-over-year increase in sales in 2012.