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We do webinars each month and this month we got another great one.

A large portion of my job deals with material testing, building forensics and quality assurance of exterior building applications. In this role I am quite often faced with the responsibility of notifying contractors that their work is unacceptable.

Residential and commercial roofers no doubt are ready to answer the challenge when Hurricane Irene hit over the weekend from North Carolina to Maine.

We presented a great webinar this week titled “Fall Protection: Ensuring Safety on the Jobsite.”  

Got questions about OSHA’s new enforcement guidelines for residential construction? Then tune into this month’s Roofing Contractor webinar titled “Ensuring Safety on the Jobsite.”  

The 2012 International Roofing Expo doesn’t takes place until February in Orlando, but a recent “Space Draw” for the show actually shows us signs of recovery in the roofing industry.

I was a bit surprised to find that roofing was the topic of this Sunday’s “Doonesbury” comic strip. In it, Mike Doonesbury is chatting with his friend Bernie about “cool roof” initiatives.

Johns Manville (JM), a Berkshire Hathaway company, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony at its new EPDM manufacturing facility in Milan, Ohio. This is a great story for the roofing industry, and I was on hand to cover the news for Roofing Contractor.

BNP Media recently announced a modest partnership with Mike Rowe Works Trades Hub website.