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RC's Editorial Director provides a glimpse of what it was like to experience one of the world's largest roofing expos first-hand in Germany.
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Cover Boards: The One Roofing Product You Should be Using

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January 29, 2020
Underrated and underappreciated, coverboards can make a big difference for roofing contractors anywhere.
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Damato of the Day - 2010s: “It’s a Wrap”

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Rick Damato
December 26, 2019

The decade now passing was significant in many ways. Rick Damato looks back at how the 2010s impacted the roofing industry along with providing some predictions for the next decade.


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My Hero Wears a Dress

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Rick Damato
November 25, 2019
With the workforce shortage getting worse, we need to get women more involved in the roofing industry.
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Damato of the Day – SkillsUSA 2019 National Leadership and Skills Conference

August 23, 2019

Would it not be great if 50 years from now there were people working in the roofing trade who could proudly say they were national champion roofing competitors when they were in tech school?


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Damato of the Day: Talking Roofing (and More) in 2019 China, Part 3

May 17, 2019

We fly home from Beijing tomorrow. It is always good to visit our friends in China, but it will be good to be back home. 


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Damato of the Day: Talking Roofing in China in 2019, Part 2

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Rick Damato
May 15, 2019

Our meeting with the CEO of the China National Building Waterproofing Industry Association (CNBWIA), Mr. Zhu Dongqing, took place on the last day of China’s four-day long Workers Day (May Day) Holiday. 


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Damato of the Day: Visiting China to Talk Roofing in 2019

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Rick Damato
May 10, 2019

As this is being written I am on a bullet train (300 km/h) from Xi’an to Suzhou with my wife, traveling partner, and editorial assistant, Micki. This is our second trip to China together and my fifth.


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Damato of the Day: Treat Your Congressman Like a Person and Invite Them Over

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Rick Damato
April 23, 2019

Let’s take a quick look at a pair of events organized by the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA).


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In Memoriam

Damato of the Day – Remembering Morris Swope

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Rick Damato
April 2, 2019

Since the very beginning of my journey in the world of roofing I have encountered a small number of individuals who have, for one reason or another, made an indelible imprint on my life. Last week I received notice that one such individual had passed away; Morris Swope, founder of Tampa Roofing Company Inc., Tampa, Fla. 


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