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My first exposure to the concept of recycling asphalt shingles goes back to the late 1970s, when a fellow named Joe set up a shingle-recycling business in South Florida.

With OSHA's new guidelines for fall protection, new safety methods need to be implemented.

Partnerships are not easy, whether they are marital or business relationships.

Big investors are busy investing, and roofing contractors, big and small, should consider doing the same. Part two of last month's column.

Most of us would enjoy having free tacos sent to our office, but Mayor Joseph Maturo in East Haven, Conn., got on the wrong side of the food chain.

There have been more roofing and insulation plant openings over the past several years than we have seen in decades.

In fiscal 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported that employees filed 2,787 whistleblower retaliation claims.

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.

Does your company’s website include a section on daylighting? If not, you may be missing out on one of the fastest-growing trends in both commercial and residential roofing.

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).