Omnia Exterior Solutions Expands Midwest Footprint with New Partner, Central Roofing
Central Roofing of Mattoon, Ill., is the latest roofing contractor to join the growing family of companies under the Omnia Exterior Solutions umbrella.
Roofer Gets 15 Years in Prison for Child Enticement Conviction
Disturbing news out of the Badger State on Tuesday after a roofing contractor was sentenced on a conviction of child enticement stemming from charges filed against him in Washburn County, Wis., Circuit Court last March. Following a guilty plea in June, the court handed down a 25-year sentence to James Emerson, president of Rice Lake, Wis.-based ReNew…
Roofing Contractor Keeps Ohtani Home Run Ball Caught in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Roofing contractor Alfredo Martinez Garcia doesn’t wear a uniform for either the Los Angeles Dodgers or Angels baseball teams, but he quickly became one of the most famous individuals at Dodger Stadium during the cross-town rivalry series earlier this season. Garcia, owner of Arrow Construction, based in Lompoc, Calif., muscled his way…
Ventas de Verano: Puerta a Puerta
Estamos lanzando algo nuevo en Roofing Contractor: el boletín electrónico “Techos y Más”, dirigido a contratistas de techado Latinos que buscan mejorar sus habilidades. No hay mejor manera de iniciar nuestro boletín Techos y Más que volviendo a los pilares esenciales de nuestro negocio: las ventas puerta a puerta. Con más de 80.000 empresas contratistas…
Roofing Students Excel at SkillsUSA 2024 Competition
After learning Roofing Contractor planned to cover the 59th annual National Leadership & Skills Conference in Atlanta — commonly known as SkillsUSA — last June, I admittedly had no idea what I’d be attending. Considering the talent displayed throughout the week in practically every skilled trade, I’m embarrassed to acknowledge that oversight. From culinary arts…
Summer Selling: Door-to-Door
We are launching something new at Roofing Contractor: the “Techos y Mas” eNewsletter, geared for Latino roofing contractors looking to improve their craft. What better way to kick off our Techos y Mas newsletter than to return to the essential building blocks of our business: door-to-door sales? With over 80,000 roofing contractor businesses in the…
Bone Dry Roofing Names New COO, CFO to Leadership Team
Bone Dry Roofing, a residential and commercial roofing company and 2023 Residential Contractor of the Year, announced two new hires are joining its executive team. Tony Merlie is the company’s new chief financial officer, and Billy Smith joins as the company’s chief operating officer. Merlie and Smith round out the leadership team alongside owner and…
Contractor ‘Willfully’ Exposed His Children to Fall Hazard
Regrettably, news of a contractor being cited for negligence in protecting workers’ safety is a weekly occurrence. Still, the owner of a Liverpool, Pa., roofing company took that one step further: The Department of Labor says the owner risked the lives of two of his children. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened an…
Contractor Fined $61K, Cited by Labor Dept. in Employee Death
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is fining a construction contractor $61,065 in penalties after a 54-year-old laborer suffered a fatal fall while removing tar and stone from metal roof panels. According to a news release from OSHA, an investigation found that NOR-D LLC, a construction contractor in Johns Creek, Ga., failed to provide employees…
Contest Crowns Champions of Commercial Roofing at 2024 SkillsUSA
ATLANTA — When I first learned that Roofing Contractor magazine planned to cover the 59th annual National Leadership & Skills Conference in Atlanta, held the week of June 24 at the Georgia World Congress Center — and commonly known as SkillsUSA — I admit I hadn’t a clue what I would be attending. In hindsight,…