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New Roofing Technology Is Changing the Game

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
July 9, 2014
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The leading topic for this month’s issue is New Technology.
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Maintaining Margins: How Roofing Contractors Can Renovate Their Bottom Lines

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
June 4, 2014
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Our topics this month include repair, restoration and renovation.
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Roof Maintenance Proposals Should Include Safety Upgrades

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
May 16, 2014
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Safety has always been a concern in the roofing industry.
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Trash Talk: Recycling and the Roofing Industry

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
April 7, 2014
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I am from the generation that introduced the world to hippies and Greenpeace.
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Editor's Note: What's in Your Toolbox?

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
March 11, 2014
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This month’s product focus is on “Tools and Equipment” — always one of my favorites.
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Unintended Consequences of New Building Products and Systems

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
February 7, 2014
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I  have always been a fan of Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion.
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Worker Safety in 2014

Happy New Year!
Rick Damato
Rick Damato
January 1, 2014
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Instead of waxing poetic about the year just ended or going on about what may happen in the year to come, I am going to limit this to one topic: worker safety.
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Give Your Roofing Business the Gift of a Great Leader

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
December 4, 2013
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Don’t be a Scrooge this year. Make a change. Give your roofing business a gift in celebration of the holiday season: a better leader.
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Editor's Note: Thirty Lessons Learned in Thirty Years with Roofing Contractor

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
November 11, 2013
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It was around this time 30 years ago when I submitted my first feature article to Roofer Magazine.
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Editor's Note: What Goes Around Comes Around

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
October 4, 2013
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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.
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