Articles by Bryan Gottlieb

ServiceTitan, the SaaS enterprise tool for trade companies, unveiled AI-powered upgrades at its annual conference, Pantheon 2024, in Orlando, Fla. Updates include a virtual assistant and sales tools designed to help contractors optimize business operations and improve customer service.

An inquest in the U.K. is looking into a bizarre and tragic accident where a patient left his hospital room, gained access to the roof—and then fell through—landing in the facility’s industrial oven. 

James Emerson of ReNew Roofing was sentenced to 25 years, 15 years of which will be spent in state prison, after pleading guilty to a Class-D felony of Child Enticement.

Texas-based IB Roof Systems, founded in 1978 by Larry Stanley and now led by his son Jason, announced it would be acquired by Kingspan Group, the Irish conglomerate, marking Kingspan’s first entry into the U.S. single-ply roofing market.

Ruben Gonzalez, principal at Ais Construction, was asked to provide a reroof bid in Detroit at the request of a friend but delivered a miracle to the man’s neighbor instead. 

Longmont police sought public help identifying two thieves who allegedly stole roofing materials from an ABC Supply branch on September 8 through the news desk at KDVR-TV in Denver.

A contractor accidentally drilled into the roof of NYC’s Queens-Midtown Tunnel, causing water to breach the southbound tube and leading to hours of traffic chaos during the US Open.

Personal property insurers are alarmed by a surge in roof damage claims due to increased extreme weather events, inflation, and fraud, impacting roofers and policyholders alike, as premiums continue rising nationwide.

A Michigan man was ejected from his truck during a fiery crash in Saginaw, landing on a home's roof; he was hospitalized in critical but stable condition, with the incident still under investigation.

Northeast Contracting Corporation, a commercial roofing firm based in Lorton, Va., completed a significant equity recapitalization with RCap Equity Partners, supported by Monroe Capital and NECC's existing shareholders.