We have some educational opportunities for everyone. Whether you want to earn continuing education credits, or just want to learn, have we got a great line-up for you! Do you know what a green roof is? What about living walls? Maybe you've heard about a "Live Roof", but you were afraid to ask what it is. Here's your chance to learn about all of these. Check out our amazing "Green May" schedule: NWiR Education Committee and [...]
The Education Committee has been working hard to pull together Q2 technical content. To kick things off, April will feature “All Things Asphalt”! Please visit the Technical Education page for a list of resources specific to steep slope and low-slope roofing. We will also be offering a Tech Talk on April 21st on the Basics of Asphalt Shingles. The registration link for that event is located here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkcumvpjkuH9zEZZernwRxg-5J9d9bygZU April 14th will be the first meeting to [...]
The Education Committee has embarked on an initiative to provide members with easy access to resources in and outside of NWiR for technical education. Topics will include areas such as metal roofing and metal edging, asphaltic systems and products, single-ply materials, fluid applied roofing, etc. Stay tuned to the NWiR newsletter and social media for monthly updates with upcoming topics! The theme for the month of March is March Metal Madness. We are highlighting educational information [...]
The Education Committee would like to talk about resilience. Financial, emotional, technician and professional resilience! The word started to replace other words which had dominated our conversations over the last 11 months. Words like: pandemic, unprecedented, remote, and exhausted to name a few. We know that simply turning the calendar doesn't guarantee that struggles are behind us. Instead we focus on how we will continue, in the face of future challenges and changes with resilience. We [...]
Update from the Books & Bubbly Book Club: The NWIR book club just wrapped up the first book reading, closing out 2020 with a successful launch of a collaborative effort between NWIR & WIRE. Our first book selection; Untamed by Glennon Doyle was broken into two discussions. The first book club meeting was November 12, 2020 and the final meeting was on December 20, 2020. Both calls were co-hosted by Stephanie Davis from WIRE and Maureen [...]
