Thea Dudley will lead a four-hour METALCON workshop, Blueprint for Back Office Success, on October 21 in Las Vegas, teaching contractors how to strengthen credit, collections, and cash flow management. With a hands-on approach, Dudley and her co-instructors will help participants build practical policies and overcome common roadblocks like invoicing delays and reluctance to ask for payment.

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk will headline the Win the Storm conference alongside roofing industry executives who've built companies worth hundreds of millions. In this exclusive podcast chat with RC, conference owner Josey Parks shares how he assembled speakers, including Nehal Kaiser, who sold his company Blue Hammer Roofing to private equity in four years, and Steve Little of National Roofing Partners. The August 20-22 Dallas event features 30+ specialized panels on scaling strategies.

Hear Parks explain his speaker selection here.

With severe storms already generating a lot of roofing work across the country, pre planning has turned out to be a key difference for contractors that can maximize the opportunity. Steve Slepcevic, CEO of Strategic Response Partners, said a critical

Many times, roofing contractors don’t even have a system in place to handle and manage the high volume of calls generated by a severe-weather event.

“A lot of times I see contractors that are just caught off guard in these severe storms … and they’re like ‘ how was out-of-town, national group that doesn’t have a daily presence here taking all these big accounts from us?’” he said.



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Construction attorney Trent Cotney outlines key tax benefits and workforce development provisions in a new federal bill, along with recent OSHA enforcement changes that offer significant relief and opportunities for contractors.

Jill Bloom sits down with AI experts Anna Anderson, CEO of Art Unlimited, and Josey Parks, CEO of Roof Fix and Think Unlimited, to explore artificial intelligence's revolutionary impact on the construction industry.

In this exclusive episode, GAF’s Mike Thomas and IBHS FORTIFIED’s Fred Malik break down the unique partnership launched earlier this year to level up roofing contractors for the next frontier of roof resiliency. Listen to the full conversation now.

Many of tariffs announced earlier this year by the Trump Administration are set to take place this month and there are some indications that a comprehensive deal with China could be in the works. RC Legal Insights Expert Trent Cotney, partner with Adams & Reese, explains the recent news and potential impact on roofing contractors and other skilled tradespeople.

“You’re going to see more and more trade deals, similar to what we saw with the (United Kingdom) just a few weeks ago … and the chaotic nature that we saw at the beginning of Q2 I think is going to start dying down,” Cotney said.

Listen to the full conversation here.