June 2014

Rich Nugent has been elected NRCA's 2014-15 president. He has goals to reach 4,500 NRCA members all while keeping up with the changing roofing industry landscape. His strong business perspective and positive spirit set him up to be a successful leader.

Each year, The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress' MVP Task Force chooses Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award winners to be recognized for making extraordinary contributions to the roofing industry and community. Professional Roofing and OMG Roofing Products choose one of the MVP winners to be presented with the Best of the Best Award. Professional Roofing checked in with past Best of the Best winners to see where they are now.

The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, N.J. features an iconic campus—it has even been recognized as a National Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places. Bregenzer Brothers Inc., Hopewell, N.J., helped map out a five-year plan to replace the slate and copper roof systems on 13 of the campus’ buildings.

The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety's FORTIFIED Home™ Program is a cost-effective means to significantly improve homes' resistances to damage from specific regional natural hazards, such as hurricanes, wind-driven rain and hailstorms. The program helps provide uniform, voluntary sets of standards to bring elements of existing homes up to or exceed current code requirements.

Horizontal lifelines offer greater flexibility for fall protection for rooftops and other locations with potential fall risks. The lifelines protect multiple workers per system, allow greater freedom of movement than single-point anchorages and are offered in a variety of configurations. Horizontal lifeline systems provide continuous fall protection while permitting lateral movement.