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
2013 Case Study The Hidden Cost of Time One Company Discovers That Efficiency Yields Far More Than Spare Change July 15, 2013 No Comments In early 2008, as growth continued but the economy squeezed margins, efficiency was a companywide priority for Tarlton. Read More
Top 10 Best Practices in Workers’ Comp Managing workers’ compensation issues can be complicated, expensive and time-consuming. Richard Alaniz July 15, 2013 No Comments Nearly 3 million workers were injured or became ill on the job in 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Read More
Why Contractors Don’t Know Their Numbers Measuring Up Monroe Porter June 4, 2013 No Comments The vast majority of problems contractors have are related to poor financial information.Read More