New York City’s Queens-Midtown Tunnel, the subterranean artery running beneath the East River was closed for several hours last week after a contractor mistakenly drilled a hole into the roof of the south tube. The hole allowed water to breach one of the two tubes midday on September 4, causing the Metropolitan Transit Authority to…
GAF Energy, a Standard Industries company, announced plans last week to build a new state-of-the-art solar roofing testing facility and launch a new round of Building Integrated Solar (BIPV) testing, partly thanks to a U.S. Department of Energy investment. In a June 18 news release, GAF said the project “…aims to develop, test, and validate…
The Roofing Alliance, the philanthropic arm of the National Roofing Contractors Association, announced last week that it would issue a three-year, $150,000 grant to help promote roofing within the SkillsUSA competition. SkillsUSA is a national organization serving teachers and high school and college students preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including construction,…
The New York State Inspector General’s office announced last week that Jeremiah Wiedemann, the owner of Wiedemann Sons Roofing in upstate Northampton, N.Y., was sentenced in connection with an attempted cover-up of an on-the-job employee death. According to the Inspector General’s office, on May 12, 2023, the Northville Police Department responded to a 911 call…
Dunes Point Capital, LP, a private equity firm based in suburban New York City, announced Tuesday it had launched Roofing Services Solutions, LLC and acquired Clermont, Fla.-based Nolands Roofing, Inc. as its first acquisition. Located about 22 miles west of Orland, Nolands is a provider of re-roofing and building exterior services to residential customers, Dunes…
In this fascinating case study, learn how S-5! products helped this New York orchard combine metal and solar roofing on approximately 42,000-square-feet of roofing space to create long-term sustainability and lower operating costs. The Project In 1984, as a senior at Cornell University studying pomology (fruit science) and economics, Chip Bailey founded KC Bailey Orchards, a…
