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According to recent statistics, women make up only 10.9% of the workforce in the construction industry. At Duro-Last®, diversity and inclusion are key elements of our company culture, and we are proud to participate in organizations that promote and explore the value that women bring to traditionally male-dominated industries like roofing. In honor of National Women in Construction Week, held March 6th – 12th, we asked women throughout our organization to share their thoughts on establishing [...]

I started in the roofing industry in August 2014 as a Territory Manager in the Atlanta, GA market. In 2017-2018 I joined the National Women in Roofing (NWIR) Council in Atlanta, GA and led the education pillar. As a Latina in roofing, I found so much support from other women in the industry and made relationships that still stand today. I encourage all women in the roofing industry to join National Women in Roofing and if [...]

Adams and Reese LLP has recently announced the expansion of its nationally-ranked construction practice with the combination of Tampa, Florida-based Cotney Construction Law LLP, a full-service legal and consulting firm serving the construction and infrastructure industries with 16 attorneys and professionals located across the United States. These additions join Adams and Reese's current roster of 58 construction attorneys and takes the group to 75, now one of the largest construction practices in the country. The combined [...]

NWiR SHE BUILDS April 30th - 9 AM Rebuilding Together South Sound, She Builds program features community revitalization projects that provide critical home repairs for women in need. NWiR Seattle will be partnering up again to complete a full roof replacement and yard clean-up for a single mother and grandmother in the south sound area. Thank you to Beacon & Pabco for your material donations for this year's full roof replacement! Please use the link to [...]

May 19th at 7 PM EST - A Man Called Ove: A Novel, by Fredrik Backman About the Book: Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him “the bitter neighbor from hell.” But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered [...]

April 21st at 7 PM EST - Midnight Library, by Matt Haig About the Book: Between life and death, there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything differently, if you had the chance to undo your regrets? Use [...]

Ladies of Summit Point Roofing wearing "Women Belong in Roofing" sweatshirts in celebration of International Women's Day & Women in Construction Week 2022.

BEACON RECOGNIZES FEMALE ROOFING PROFESSIONALS Opens Nominations for North American Female Roofing Professional of the Year Herndon, Va.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 8, 2022—In honor of International Women’s Day, Beacon (Nasdaq: BECN) announced today the launch of its second annual North American Female Roofing Professional of the Year contest, shining a spotlight on women in the roofing industry across the U.S. and Canada. Beacon encourages the public to nominate a female roofing professional who has exuded excellence, faced adversity, [...]

A testament to a life well-lived is when a person can live to be nearly 95-years-old and the world still thinks you were gone too soon. With the 2021 year-end passing of longtime TAMKO Chairman Emerita Ethelmae Humphreys, called “the matriarch of the roofing industry” with nearly three quarters of a century in the industry, the roofing industry lost a longtime pillar from the generation that made roofing what it is today, especially for women in [...]

Sunday, January 30, 2022, New Orleans, LA: THE 5TH ANNUAL NATIONAL WOMEN IN ROOFING CONFERENCE CONCLUDED A SUCCESSFUL 2022 SESSION WITH THE WORLD AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE WORLD AWARD (Woman of Outstanding Roofing Leadership Distinction) HONORS WOMEN IN THE ROOFING INDUSTRY WHO ARE NOT ONLY OUTSTANDING LEADERS IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE, BUT IN THEIR PERSONAL COMMUNITY AS WELL. IN 2021 THE WORLD AWARD WAS EXPANDED TO RECOGNIZE RISING TALENT (WOMEN UNDER THE AGE OF 40 OR THOSE [...]