The launch of a new decade in commercial roofing started out bright. Companies of all sizes were reporting backlogs of work following another busy storm season and booming construction markets across the country. The outlook for roofing contractors across the landscape, with few exceptions, was very strong for the first 10 weeks of the year. But a harsh reality set in mid-March as the COVID-19 pandemic took a foothold on both coasts and washed across the United States in horrific fashion.
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.
Nine schools are vying for five final positions to compete at the 2020 International Roofing Expo on Feb. 5, 2020 in the Roofing Alliance's Construction Management Student Competition.