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Podcast Ep 213: ROI on Remodeling: Design for Yourself, Not for Resale

Aug 16, 2024Facilitate Administratorcomes, first, home, mind, remodeling, that, thing, when, your

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God, Lobster, and the Price of a Roof

Jul 25, 2024Facilitate Administratorattention, caught, first, headline, reporter’s, short, this, True, what, word

The headline is what first caught this reporter’s attention. True to its word, the short essay that followed contained, in part, a message meant for residential roofing contractors; its thrust may also resonate with the broader roofing industry. Working in the newsroom means keeping our antennae up for stories like this, written by Beverly Stoddard,…

Contractors Steeled as 1M Texans Under Hurricane Threat

Jul 8, 2024Facilitate Administrator2024, already, Beryl, destruction, first, hurricane, named, season, storm, wrought

Beryl, the first named storm of the 2024 hurricane season, has already wrought destruction from the Caribbean to the Yucatan Peninsula and, according to officials at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, is expected to hit the Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane sometime early Monday morning. The center said Beryl would likely land…

Contest Crowns Champions of Commercial Roofing at 2024 SkillsUSA

Jul 3, 2024Facilitate AdministratorAtlanta, Contractor, cover, first, learned, magazine, planned, Roofing, that, when

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,…

Meet Vanessa Medina of FirstGenHouse

May 28, 2024Facilitate Administratoranticipate, because, didn’t, first, ladder, more, obstacles, project, research, shelf

Do more research and anticipate obstacles. My first big project was a ladder shelf and because I didn’t have a collection of powertools, I got everything precut at my local Home Depot. I made a total of 8 trips IN TWO DAYS! Since then, I’ve learned how important it is to write down a plan,…

Retirement ‘2.0’: A Final Note from Rick Damato

Apr 10, 2024Facilitate Administrator“If, American, believe, century, educator, first, mid19th, Palmer, said, Thomas

I believe it was Thomas Palmer, an American educator in the mid-19th century, who said, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” And I just thought retiring was so much fun I would do it twice. My first retirement came at the end of 2016 when I exited a 32-year run in the…

First Onsite Property Restoration Acquires Commercial Contractor All Restoration Solutions

Apr 10, 2024Facilitate AdministratorAmerica’s, disaster, first, largest, North, Onsite, property, Recovery, Restoration

First Onsite Property Restoration, one of North America’s largest disaster recovery and restoration providers for commercial enterprises, has acquired All Restoration Solutions [ARS]. This acquisition is part of First Onsite’s approach to expand on critical services and timely responses. The financial terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed. With three locations in Georgia and one…

Roofing Industry Reacts to Home Depot – SRS Distribution Deal

Apr 10, 2024Facilitate Administrator2024, acquisitions, continued, first, industry, mergers, pace, quarter, Roofing, through

The pace of mergers and acquisitions in the roofing industry continued through the first quarter of 2024 and culminated with the major news that Home Depot purchased SRS Distribution. The $18.25 billion deal sent a seismic ripple effect of reaction industrywide. Craig Webb is president of Webb Analytics, a research and consulting ﬁrm that reports…

Young Guns Taking Strides

Mar 24, 2024Facilitate Administrator2024, close, comes, first, I’m, importance, quarter, reminded, Roofing, timing

As the first quarter of 2024 comes to a close, I’m reminded of the importance of timing in the roofing industry. Sure, capturing the right moment, the right set of circumstances and turning them to an asset is an advantage any business owner would want in any field. But in roofing, being in the right…

Roofing’s Fearless Visionary

Feb 14, 2024Facilitate Administratorfeatured, first, Guns, handful, Josey, Parks, passionate, pursuit, Year’s, Young

Ten years ago, RC featured Josey Parks as one of the first handful of Young Guns for his passionate pursuit of perfection as a roofing contractor and his ability to think big. Even then, when much of the roofing industry was slowly transitioning from paper to a digital profession, Parks, at age 25, stood out…