Roofing Contractor, along with a host of other nameless and faceless individuals (presumably persons representing all segments of the roofing industry), was invited to an online teleconference put on by some folks with FM Global and FM Approvals.
If you've ever wondered how much money employees at other companies are making, rest assured you're not alone. At Roofing Contractor, we wanted to gauge the compensation packages for various positions in the roofing industry, so we conducted the 2006 Salary and Benefits Survey.
Metal roofing is making inroads with residential customers by imitating popular profiles. While standing seam profiles have made significant gains in sloped roofing, there are strong preferences among consumers for roofs that look like wood, slate or tile, but have different attributes.
As the first school in New Jersey and the second independent school in the country to earn Gold Certification in the U. S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, the Willow School in Gladstone, N.J., features many green attributes including a Follansbee TCS II® roof installed by Strober Roofing Metal Works, Ringoes, N.J.
Celadon in Panama City Beach, Fla., was one of the first high-rise condominiums to be designed after the 2004 Florida building codes took effect. The 220-foot-tall structure has 193 one-, two- and three-bedroom units, and it is just yards away from the Atlantic Ocean.
There are many advantages to running a single-lock standing seam profile through your roll-forming machine. The single-lock profile is clean looking because the ribs are tight. It is efficient, consuming only 3 inches of material for 1-inch-tall ribs (and 4 inches for 11⁄2-inch-tall ribs).
Marquee projects are a double-edged sword. Sure, high-profile jobs look great in the company's portfolio, but any mistakes made in the spotlight are magnified a thousand-fold.
Faced with the inevitable consideration of installing a new flat roof on one of his company's plants in Akron, Ohio, Paul Michalec, president and CEO of the Ruscoe Co., decided to avoid a tear-off and a new installation.
When a consortium of major commercial roofing manufacturers, contractors and industry associations announced the launch of the SpecRight program at the 2006 International Roofing Expo in Las Vegas, the industry took notice.
Consumers and business owners remain concerned about high energy costs and are in search of innovative and cost-effective tools and methods for improving energy performance.
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