The Occupational Safety and Health Administration considers electrical safety to be a focused inspection item for all compliance officers. The OSHA Institute mandates that its electrical regulations be included in the construction (Subpart S) and general industry (Subpart K) training modules for the 10-hour and 30-hour Outreach Training Programs. MSHA also mandates electrical safety training in its eight-hour Outreach Training.
Imagine opening your door and finding a fully licensed, well-spoken, sales-minded roofing sales professional, job application in hand, eager to make life easy for you. Or perhaps you’ll discover a personable customer service expert who doubles as an accounting wizard and just happens to be looking for a job.
The most visible of all roof-related problems is moisture intrusion into the facility -- i.e., the roof leak. Roof leaks do not necessarily indicate total roof system failure. They indicate that there is a failure point within the system. That failure point must be corrected prior to extensive damage to the roof as a system. The extent of the damage to the components of the system caused by the leak will have a greater bearing on the overall system failure.
Pseudo-holidays such as Columbus Day and Presidents Day give respite to those of us who live in traffic-clogged metropolitan areas. Millions of motorists experience the giddy feeling of doing the speed limit to and from work for a change.
The successful construction of a low-slope roof system requires adherence to proper application methods. A roofing contractor can enhance the probability of success by administering assurance methods that can be followed by project managers (foremen, superintendents, etc.). There are certain criteria that are required for the proper application of all low-slope roof systems. Best practice methods can be employed to ensure that these application methods are followed on a continual basis throughout the course of the project.
Everyone wants to earn more money. That’s a given in any walk of life. So, what do you do when one of your employees tells you they need to make more money or they will look for other employment?
Of all the things one may find in a successful roofing contractor’s toolkit, a pool of well-trained and motivated workers would always be considered one of the most treasured. Being armed with great technical expertise and having a fantastic client base is not worth much if you cannot execute the work.
This issue of Roofing Contractor officially marks our 25th anniversary. While we are thrilled to reach this new height, we recognize that we have a job to do. No matter our age or past accomplishments, we are only as good as our most recent publication, Web posting, webinar or conference.
"It looks like you have a sound, productive sales system. When you follow the system, you provide better service to your customers and create more and bigger sales. So, what's the challenge?" I asked.
Year after year, company after company, industry after industry, I keep hearing business owners tell me the biggest problem they have is finding good employees. I don't have any magical solutions to offer, but a little common sense might clarify some rules of the game.
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