Briefings

Manufacturer news

GAF wins awards for commercials

GAF, Wayne, N.J., has won two 2014 W3 Awards for its television commercials starring Jesse the Jack Russell Terrier. Awarded by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, the W3 Awards honor outstanding websites, online marketing, mobile sites/apps, Web videos and social content. More than 4,000 entries were received, and GAF won a Gold Award and Best in Show Award, honoring only the top 1 percent of all work submitted.

In addition, GAF installed a new EverGuard Extreme® TPO roof system on its future headquarters in Parsipanny, N.J. During the tear-off, all the ballast, 660 cubic yards of expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene insulation and 130,000 square feet of EPDM were recycled. GAF also used the reroofing project as an opportunity to make a training video about how to properly remove and prepare commercial roofing materials for recycling. GAF plans to move its headquarters to Parsippany, N.J., in early 2015.

Contractor news

Columbia Roofing acquires company

Columbia Roofing & Sheet Metal, Tualatin, Ore., has acquired Long Beach, Calif.-based Long Beach Roofing Inc., a 77-year-old roofing company.

The acquisition will complement Columbia Roofing & Sheet Metal's services that include commercial roofing; roof system maintenance; sheet metal fabrication and installation; steep-slope roofing; safety product installation; and seismic upgrades and installation while adding residential services and roof system options such as fiberglass shingles, wood shakes, tile, polymer-modified bitumen, single-ply and built-up roofing.

Flynn America expands U.S. business

Flynn America LP, Toronto, has entered into a letter of intent with Control Roofing & Sheet Metal Corp., Baltimore, to combine operations in the U.S. The partnership will help Flynn America expand its construction business in the U.S., provide Control Roofing & Sheet Metal with opportunities to accelerate its growth and allow the companies to share best practices. The partnership is expected to generate $600 million in annual revenue from 26 operations in North America.

Up the ladder

Malarkey Roofing Products has named Virginia Fereday commercial sales representative for northern California and John Rabung manager for northern U.S.

The industry online

IKO Industries has made the residential roofing section of its website, www.iko.com, available in Spanish. The new section provides Spanish-speaking homeowners, installers, contractors and others involved in the roofing business with the same level of product information other visitors to the site enjoy. In addition to English and Spanish, product information also is available in French.

Malarkey Roofing Products has redesigned its website, www.malarkeyroofing.com. Homepage navigation buttons now allow users one-click access to a shingle design center and purchase locations, as well as recent news. The new warranty center has a streamlined submission process, and low-slope product information now is available in individual product listings and roof system requirements.


Events

January

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Roofing Industry Fall Protection from A to Z
NRCA
Fairfax, Va.
Contact: NRCA's Customer Service Department
(866) ASK-NRCA (275-6722) or info@nrca.net
www.nrca.net

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Roofing Industry Fall Protection from A to Z in Spanish
NRCA
Fairfax, Va.
Contact: NRCA's Customer Service Department
(866) ASK-NRCA (275-6722) or info@nrca.net
www.nrca.net

22-23
32nd Annual CRCA Trade Show & Seminars
Chicago Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA)
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
Contact: CRCA's Customer Service Department
(708) 449-3340 or info@crca.org
www.crca.og

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Roofing Industry Fall Protection from A to Z in Spanish
NRCA
Chicago
Contact: NRCA's Customer Service Department
(866) ASK-NRCA (275-6722) or info@nrca.net
www.nrca.net

More From This Issue

  • Adapt or perish

    Roof coating manufacturers must realize environmental pressures will persist, and they will be expected to reduce base volatile organic compound (VOC) levels in their products. The ever-changing regulatory landscape tests the abilities of roof coatings formulators to recreate and often reinvent products to meet regulations, forcing them to adapt to change, slowly move to other offerings or go out of business. Those that are successful will survive, but they will again be expected to reduce base VOC levels in their products.

  • Preserving Buffalo's skyline

    Grove Roofing Services Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., completed a two-year, multiphase reroofing project for Buffalo’s Erie Community College. The project included asphalt shingle, Spanish-barrel clay tile and polymer-modified bitumen roof system installations while overcoming several challenges such as the beginning of the college's fall semester and the rapidly approaching winter. For its work, Grove Roofing Services received an NRCA Gold Circle Awards honorable mention and a Preservation Award from Preservation Buffalo Niagara.

  • A novel approach

    The primary delivery methods for new construction projects in the U.S. include design-bid-build, design-build and construction manager at risk, but these methods may not always be the best choice. Integrated product delivery (IPD) has been touted by its promoters as an industry-changing method of construction delivery that reduces costs, cuts waste, increases efficiency, promotes innovation and eliminates costly disputes between primary construction participants. All construction industry participants should become familiar with the IPD process.

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