Parallel Products is a leader in the sustainability industry, the ethanol industry and in green energy production — a one-stop sustainability shop. Many of its clients are subject to zero-landfill policies, so Parallel Products repurposes and recycles common materials. It’s only appropriate, then, that the company would seek out ways to power its operations with…
Roofing is once again one of the top three deadliest civilian occupations, with workplace fatalities increasing by 7.8% in 2022, according to the latest data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its annual “Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Summary,” which tracks the previous year’s fatal workplace injuries and their causes. According to the report,…
Collecting payments is a tricky balancing act of respecting your customers’ situations while also managing your own operations. Add the holiday season to the mix and it’s likely your struggles will only multiply. But there are ways to navigate holiday schedules and payments while not looking like a Grinch. Roofing Contractor Group Publisher Jill Bloom…
Hundreds of roofing contractors and industry professionals from around the country returned to the Omni Frisco at the Star just outside Dallas for Roofing Contractor’s 19th annual Best of Success conference last month. The unique, two-day conference returned to the site of the Dallas Cowboys headquarters with a lineup of speakers and special events geared…
The very nature of Roofing Contractor’s Top 100 list means not every roofing company can be included, so those that do join belong to an elite group made up of contractors from around the nation. Not only does the annual list highlight successful contractors in both the commercial and residential sectors, it serves as a…
Broadwing Capital Management LLC, a Dallas-based private equity firm, announced it has partnered with Ed and Deb Campany by making a growth investment in Campany Roof Maintenance LLC, one of the largest providers of essential roofing services in Florida. Based in West Palm Beach, Campany provides roof maintenance, repair, and replacement services for condominium and…
A research paper published on Tuesday in the academic journal Device offers an alluring prospect to the roofing industry: an adaptive roof tile, which, when deployed in arrays on roofs, can lower heating bills in winter and cooling bills in summer without the need for electronics. The paper’s authors, UC Santa Barbara researchers Charlie Xiao,…
A study conducted by Spanish and Algerian researchers concluded that cool roof coatings can improve the performance of bifacial photovoltaic solar systems on roofs. Published in the December 2023 edition of Journal of Building Engineering, the study is one of the few to look at the effects reflective roofing surfaces have on solar panels that create…
Jayne RollasonNational Product ManagerPolyglass The supply chain issues impacting the roofing industry following the COVID-19 pandemic have eased and though record inflation still persists, it has started to slow. While economic uncertainty is rarely good news for roofers, there is an opportunity for contractors looking to capitalize on perceived fears of stalled capital expenditures by…
With increasingly warming temperatures during the summer months, urban cities like Chicago need to arm decision-makers and communities with information about strategies to help keep their residents cool. One strategy involves something all buildings already have: a roof. A recent study helps confirm what many roofing contractors are likely already aware of: Certain roofing materials…
