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 Money is either made or lost in the operations division of any company. It’s often the most overlooked area of the roofing business.  

 I had an opportunity last month to participate in a webinar with a leading roof consultant who turned my idea of roof maintenance upside down 

 Along with underfunded corporate and public pensions, many union pensions are massively in the red. For employers who have union workers who participate in these types of multi-employer pension plans, the growing liability involved with withdrawing from pension funds presents a serious issue.  

 While I have written about complaints in the past, it continues to be an area of interest and concern. In  

In my role as a manager of facilities housing roofing and other building materials, one of the biggest pain points I encounter is finding reliable and flexible contractors — contractors of all kinds, ironically, except for roofing contractors, who typically work for my landlords.

 Tom Hanks in the movie “Forrest Gump” said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” 

 It has been my privilege to work in the roofing industry for more than 36 years, starting as an estimator in 1976.  

 While unemployment is at record highs, our customers constantly complain about the difficulty of finding good employees.

When a startling piece of news relating to the roof-contracting industry crosses my radar I have a tendency to jump on it, but it has taken me months to make a public mention on this topic.