There are some roofing contractors that made the most of the "pause" — voluntary or not — caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to re-evaluate their business and decide how to move forward. And then there's Travis Hawkins.
For more than two decades, Hawkins learned the roofing trade first-hand from his father, Dale, at Tri-County Roofing, which has kept households and businesses dry for nearly 40 years in and around Charleston, S.C. While succession planning for him to take on a greater role leading the business with siblings, Shannon, and Christy Hawkins Poyner, was underway, the pandemic acted as an accelerator.