Not long ago, at the 19th annual Best of Success conference in Dallas, Roofing Contractor continued its long-standing tradition of naming the residential and commercial roofing Contractors of the Year. It was an honor to present the awards to the leadership teams of Greenwood Industries and Bone Dry Roofing from a stage shared by so…
JLK Contracting, Inc. was tasked with roofing a new warehouse facility in Bethlehem, Penn., with several specifications. The large, 243,000-square-foot building is rectangular with a quarter-inch per-foot structural slope in each direction, gutters to run along two edges, and parapet walls on the shorter sides. The project began in the fall, raising the urgency for…
It’s a New Year and it’s time for RC to start its annual process of selecting two of the best roofing contractors in the country as the 2024 Contractors of the Year. Each year, dozens of companies of various sizes and roofing specialties submit details about why they stand out not just in their marketplace, but…
Highland Roofing Company announced Brandon Watson has joined its team as Raleigh project executive, where he will oversee Highland’s Raleigh production team on new construction and reroof projects throughout the Raleigh–Durham–Cary region in North Carolina, known as the Triangle. Watson has over 17 years of experience working on large projects in the construction and real…
Manufacturers Reserve Supply (MRS), a leading supplier of roofing and construction materials based in New Jersey, announced a strategic partnership with BRAVA Roof Tile, a renowned innovator in sustainable roofing solutions. This collaboration will bring the premium BRAVA Roof Tile products in stock at MRS, ensuring efficient shipping to meet the demands of the construction industry.…
The vents intended to move air through an attic are, frankly, a tiny part of a roofing project and a fraction of the overall cost of a roofing project. Still, Aaron Santas, CEO of RoofCoach, says an attic ventilation-focused culture inside a roofing company helps create the mindset of doing the entire roofing project right…
Rising material prices and labor costs aren’t the only thing roofing contractors will need to worry about due to economic conditions in 2024. The U.S. Department of Labor announced in a Jan. 11 news release that it will be increasing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2024.…
Roofing Contractor readers continued to show their desire for diverse and informative content over the past year. RC editors examined the top traffic draws published in 2023 to gauge what drew their interest the most. The following list of the year’s most popular videos focused on the current trends, technology and people making the roofing industry what…
IKO, one of the largest manufacturers in the roofing, waterproofing and insulation industry, announced last Thursday plans to construct a new manufacturing facility in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The new $45 million site will manufacture extruded polystyrene insulation, will employ about 30 people in the Brantford area, and will serve IKO customers throughout Canada and the…
Wholesale roofing and building products distributor ABC Supply Co. Inc. has promoted 12 of its leaders to branch manager positions at locations throughout the company in the third quarter of 2023. Below are the individuals ABC Supply promoted, listed in alphabetical order: Kyle Bailey has been named branch manager of the Elgin, Ill., location. He first joined ABC…
