When German Duarte and Stella Amador took the stage at the 94th Annual Convention and Florida Roofing & Sheet Metal Expo in Orlando last June, they did so with a high level of gratitude and an overwhelming sense of accomplishment.
The first of this two-part series will describe some key changes in federal regulations that may make it harder, more costly, and less efficient for roofing contractors and other employers to run their organizations.
Gina Farese, 27, handles the day to day operations at Marcor Construction, and has worked side by side with her father, Owner Gary Marzano, for the past 10 years.
Selling always came easy to Ed Dunlap. That much he knew — and held onto as a backup — if his plans for starting his own janitorial supply business fell through.
EPDM single-ply roofing membranes became increasingly popular in the 1970s as the price of asphalt-based roofs increased and the quality of available asphalt lowered.