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Severe damage by Hurricane Wilma forced the Northeast Dade Branch Library in Aventura, Fla. to close in October 2005.

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.

Roofing contractors need to be experts in their field to be successful; they also need to understand what property owners are looking for in roofing contractors and roofing systems.

It was 1985 and a major hail storm ravaged the communities in and around Lincoln, Neb. Mike Hansen and a friend, Steve Beigert, did very well that summer reroofing affected homes, and before long started their own roofing company, White Castle Roofing.

Augustine’s successful business that specializes in exterior home remodeling employs 400 non-union workers at seven separate locations.

The 2016 storm season is upon us and to roofing contractors that specialize in the area of storm restoration, it’s business as usual.