Record heat continues to engulf many regions of the country, and roofers remain hard at work. In July, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released the official wording of its new heat injury and illness standard for workers in both indoor and outdoor settings. The regulatory agency began working on the guidelines in 2021 and…
A team of roofers in the United Kingdom had quite the startle on Monday after discovering a live scorpion hiding in a box of slate tiles while working on a reroof job at Derriford Hospital in the seaside city of Plymouth along the southeast coast of England. Jamie Cooke, principal of Ocean City Roofing, said…
The roofing industry has its group of “lifers” — roofers that started young, often in the family business, and despite the ups and downs of running a roofing enterprise, can’t imagine doing anything else professionally. Kevin Froeter could be their president. As he approaches five decades in the industry, the owner and president of Sterling…
Roofers and Waterproofers Local 2, the local representing commercial roofers in St. Louis, in coordination with its international, the United Union of Roofers Waterproofers and Allied Workers, recently partnered with GAF Roofing Academy to provide roofing and safety training to 33 applicants seeking a career in the commercial roofing industry. The story, which originally appeared…
Editor’s Note: Gauging the pulse of the roofing industry annually continues to be a challenge as roofers adapt to a rapidly changing marketplace. In addition to the survey circulated last fall that laid the foundation for the 2024 Roofing Report, RC also sought out the opinions of leaders from all segments of the industry. As…
Editor’s Note: Gauging the pulse of the roofing industry annually continues to be a challenge as roofers adapt to a rapidly changing marketplace. In addition to the survey circulated last fall that laid the foundation for the 2024 Roofing Report, RC also sought out the opinions of leaders from all segments of the industry. As…
Editor’s Note: Gauging the pulse of the roofing industry annually continues to be a challenge as roofers adapt to a rapidly changing marketplace. In addition to the survey circulated last fall that laid the foundation for the 2024 Roofing Report, RC also sought out the opinions of leaders from all segments of the industry. As…
Roofers deal with challenges on every job: Installing a watertight roofing system requires attention to every detail, from exhaust penetrations and skylights to snow retention and gutters. No matter how good you are at providing your customers with a watertight roofing – or reroofing – system, installing, connecting and disconnecting a lightning protection system is…
It’s impressive what roofers do — professionally. Day in and day out, they’re hard at work managing people, tracking and meeting deadlines, and navigating an ever-evolving economic landscape where the conceptual simplicity of their work — providing shelter — is deemed essential but regularly underestimated and often underappreciated. That barely scrapes the surface of a…
