Best of Success Seminar: Look Like a Pro, Think Like a Pro — and Win Alicia McMahon December 4, 2013 No Comments The team of Bill Baley and Chuck Chapman provided keen insight to the Best of Success audience in its dialogue titled “Think Big: Establishing Processes and Procedures.”Read More
Best of Success Seminar: Get a Better Handle on Your Cash Flow Chris King December 4, 2013 No Comments Managing cash flow in a business is tough enough, but for companies in the construction field, it is even tougher.Read More
Measuring Up Does Your Ratio of Office Workers to Craftsmen Make Sense? Monroe Porter December 4, 2013 No Comments Inefficient firms with too much overhead risk pricing themselves out of the marketplace.Read More
ABC Supply Names 34 New Managing Partners October 21, 2013 No Comments ABC Supply Co. has promoted 34 branch managers from around the country to managing partner.Read More
NRLRC Releases NRLRC Contract Provisions Volume IV October 9, 2013 No Comments The National Roofing Legal Resource Center (NRLRC) has released NRLRC Contract Provisions Volume IV.Read More
Measuring Up Building a Workforce Takes Time People can be very frustrating to work with, but without employees, you are not a contractor. Monroe Porter October 4, 2013 No Comments I frequently receive questions from customers regarding the difficulty in building a workforce.Read More
Legally Speaking A Narrower Definition of Supervisor Provides Opportunities for Employers A recent Supreme Court decision promises to provide more clarity in harassment cases. Richard Alaniz October 4, 2013 No Comments On June 24, 2013, the United States Supreme Court narrowed the definition of who qualifies as a “supervisor” for the purposes of harassment cases.Read More
Editor's Note: Returning to Return on Investment Rick Damato September 12, 2013 No Comments Big investors are busy investing, and roofing contractors, big and small, should consider doing the same. Part two of last month's column.Read More
Editor's Note: The Best Investment You Can Make Rick Damato August 7, 2013 One Comment There have been more roofing and insulation plant openings over the past several years than we have seen in decades.Read More
Measuring Up Ninety Percent of Roofers Underbid the Job Bids based on unit costs might be easy to estimate, but that doesn’t mean they are accurate. Monroe Porter August 7, 2013 3 Comments Most contractors do not understand their overhead and arbitrarily price jobs by the number of squares rather than the time it takes to do the job.Read More