Two things to keep an eye on in the coming year are a new product rating system from the Cool Roof Rating Council and the implementation of the City of Chicago’s Energy Conservation Code.
When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if any one fall from it.
Each January, Roofing Contractor talks to industry leaders to get their perspective on the coming year. This year we focused our efforts on associations — of both contractors and manufacturers — to see what they had planned for the coming year and what they feel will challenge their members in 2003.
For more than 25 years, the partnership among the construction industry, churches, community groups, corporations, individuals, aspiring homeowners and Habitat for Humanity International has done a remarkable job of helping many to achieve this goal.
This article is a review of four innovative anchor point devices. They are all designed for different purposes on different roof styles, job conditions and materials.
While some contractors may think that they’re the only straight shooter in town, roofing abounds in examples of excellent corporate governance where profits and ethics work together.