Roofing Contractor magazine is the No. 1 information source in the roofing industry when it comes to new products, industry news, people news, company profiles, contractor features, and cutting-edge advertising. But in this day of economic woes we are faced with criminals who want to literally steal away all the good things contractors have accomplished.
The phone rings, and a frantic customer’s on the other line: the roof may not be on fire, but it is leaking. Now what? How you handle a callback might be the difference between success and failure in the roofing industry.
The prep work is completed, the shingles are being nailed on, and the only thing left is applying the roofing accessories to finish the job. But that raises the question: Which accessories are best?
Kimberly Brown is a contractor. But not many people understand how this New York roofer has successfully managed her company for 14 years in a cutthroat, male-dominated industry.
Jeanne Sheehy of the Tile Roofing Institute in Chicago is gushing green these days having announced the launch of one of the tile roofing industry’s first-ever “Go Green with Tile” campaigns. The idea is to help educate and inform design/building professionals and homeowners about the environmental green benefits of concrete and clay tile roofs.
Texas Roof Management Inc.received the Golden Hammer Award for two recent projects: The Mosaic and the Gables Uptown Tower in Dallas. The Golden Hammer Awards - presented by the North Texas Roofing Contractors Association - are given to companies who perform outstanding reroofing projects in both commercial and residential applications.
The Book-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit is undergoing a massive $176 million renovation project that, when finished, will evoke memories of how the Motown landmark looked when it first opened in 1924.
Marc Hesse of Cornice & Slate in Ferndale, Mich., received the contract to reroof the flat roof on the Book-Cadillac Hotel, and the company is also rebuilding three rectangular, stepped pyramidal copper towers that adorn the top of the hotel.
Metro Health Hospital Foundation in Grand Rapids, Mich., has hired Sustainable Research Group (SRG) to conduct a three-year study of the green roof system and engineered bioswales in the parking lot at its new hospital in Wyoming, Mich.
Metro Health Hospital Foundation in Grand Rapids, Mich., has hired Sustainable Research Group (SRG) to conduct a three-year study of the green roof system and engineered bioswales in the parking lot at its new hospital in Wyoming, Mich.
When Hamilton Anderson Associates of Detroit designed the Detroit School of Arts, the firm believed that sustainability of the project would lead to LEED certification.