Articles by Rick Damato

What follows is a look back at some of the highlights and lowlights of this column in 2002.

A recent visit to Africa Roofing, a thatch roofing manufacturer and installer, provided an experience that was unique among all the others.

The best salespeople calling on roofing contractors today must be as sharp as ever to win the trust and respect necessary to begin or maintain a winning relationship.

East Coast Systems Inc. is a metal roof contracting firm in Jacksonville, Fla. Over its 13-year history, owner Frank Christian has shaped the company into one that puts on quality metal roofs as promised — and at a fair price.

We live and do our business in a nation of laws, so I encourage you, as business owners, to be active in the politics of your government.

I can remember standing in the office with several of the gentlemen with whom I work on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. And I made the comment, “This changes everything.”

Here are a few old-fashioned solutions that you may wish to consider to defend your position against these negative trends.

Perhaps in light of recent national and world events, it would be a good time for all of us to re-evaluate our own ethical standards.

Advancement in the evolution of gypsum in roofing occurred some 15 years ago with the introduction of Georgia-Pacific’s Dens-Deck.

Not so long ago, a firewall was something you had to saw-cut to install the flashing.