The launch of a new decade in commercial roofing started out bright. Companies of all sizes were reporting backlogs of work following another busy storm season and booming construction markets across the country. The outlook for roofing contractors across the landscape, with few exceptions, was very strong for the first 10 weeks of the year. But a harsh reality set in mid-March as the COVID-19 pandemic took a foothold on both coasts and washed across the United States in horrific fashion.
Tobiasson was a building science researcher and adviser to the NRCA. He received the Roofing Alliance’s William C. Cullen Fellowship Award for research regarding venting steep-slope, compact roof systems.
Prior to joining Hanley Wood | Meyers Research, James Adams spent several years in various engineering and leadership roles across diverse private, government, and military organizations.
New report provides state-of-the-art tactics to create resilient roofs and details legislative advances that fund efforts to protect built environments from cataclysmic natural events.
The shipment of asphalt shingles and modified bitumen are down in the first quarter of 2020, but there is an uptick in the shipments of built-up-roofs.
The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association's latest report shows a rise in BUR, but drops in both shingle and modified bitumen shipments in the U.S. and Canada.
