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GAF Energy plans to build a state-of-the-art solar roofing testing facility in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories — with support from the U.S. Department of Energy — to enhance understanding of solar shingles' benefits for heating and air conditioning efficiency.

The Roofing Alliance, the philanthropic arm of the National Roofing Contractors Association, announced a three-year, $150,000 grant to promote roofing in SkillsUSA, a national organization supporting technical career education. 

An upstate New York roofing contractor was sentenced for attempting to cover up an employee's death by moving the victim and instructing others to clean the scene to hide the lack of workers’ compensation insurance.

Town & Country Industries, a division of ABC Supply Co., acquired the assets of Mobile-based Aluminum Products Wholesale LLC.

NanoTech has unveiled a "groundbreaking Next Generation Cool Roof Coating" that reduces energy use by 200-300%, extends roof life by 10-plus years, and costs less than $1/sq. ft.

The Davis Memorial Foundation, under the Western States Roofing Contractors Association, announced the 10 students who will share a $50,000 grant for 2024-25.

An Idaho resident captured CCTV footage of a cougar on her roof, initially mistaking the noise for a raccoon; she was relieved to find her chickens unharmed.

The Home Depot, the nation’s largest home improvement retailer, finalized its $18.25 billion acquisition of SRS Distribution, enhancing its position in the building materials industry and expanding its market by an estimated $50 billion. 

Federal authorities raided a roofing contractor’s company in Mitchell, S.D., for the second time, seizing firearms and ammunition; the owner, age 44, faces multiple federal and state charges from a December 2023 raid uncovering 125 firearms and drugs.

The Roofing Alliance announced its 2024-2025 Board of Trustees: Reed Gooding of GSM Roofing is now president and Greg Hudson of Georgia-Pacific Gypsum is vice president; Beacon’s Greg Bloom is the immediate past president.