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Sherry Holmes of DIY Network Show: HOLMES Makes it Right to Deliver Keynote at NWIR Day

The second annual National Women in Roofing Day is set for Saturday, February 9, prior to the 2019 International Roofing Expo. Denver, Colorado - National Women in Roofing (NWIR), a national organization focused on the empowerment of women within the roofing industry, has announced that Sherry Holmes will be the keynote speaker at its second annual NWIR Day. Sherry is a contractor, part-time designer and weekend DIYer. She supports and mentors women in the skilled trades [...]

2018-11-27T12:09:54-07:00By |
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Women in the Roofing Industry: Statistics, Support & Achievement – IKO

How women are helping to advance the roofing profession. Women are getting more involved in the roofing industry every day. Now, you can find women at the top of roofing companies as CEOs and marketing directors, and in other leading roles. You’ll also find them pursuing roofing research, sales, distributing, consulting and manufacturing, and, of course, you’ll find them on the roof. Women make up only 0.5 percent of the roofing professionals in America. In Canada, [...]

2018-11-16T13:11:29-07:00By |
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Don’t Miss Our Diamond Sponsor Tremco’s Live Tremco Talks Webinar: December 6, 2018

Tremco Talks live webinars are offered quarterly and provide interesting, relevant and popular educational topics; roofing, sustainability, building envelope, restoration, rooftop safety, indoor building air quality, warranties, energy efficiencies, and much, much more! Have you ever thought about protecting and weatherproofing an entire building envelope by restoring it from the ground up but didn't know where to start? Join our live, 60-minute webinar “Restoration From The Ground Up: A system approach for façade restoration” on Thursday, [...]

2018-11-14T13:51:10-07:00By |
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Another reason to love the roofing industry – friendships are born when you least expect it!

Dana Castle didn’t know what to expect from her trip to the National Women in Roofing Day, but she sure didn’t expect this! GREEN LINK Engineering’s Sales and Business Development Coordinator, Dana Castle, was excited about attending the first National Women in Roofing Day prior to the 2018 International Roofing Expo in New Orleans. She knew it would be an opportunity to expand her knowledge, grow professionally and meet other women in the businesses. But, she [...]

2018-10-30T06:51:44-06:00By |
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Meet the Women at Springer-Peterson Roofing

(Photo: Left to right is Diana King, Kelli Anderson, Kim Anderson, Carla Mendez) Diana King joined Springer-Peterson Roofing as the Service Department Coordinator and was promoted to Service Department Manager in 2008.  She manages all aspects of the Service Department. Diana has over 20 years’ experience in customer service.  Diana just completed year term as President of TCRCA (Tri County Roofing Contractors Association) and currently serves as an active board member. She is an active board member [...]

2018-10-01T10:40:59-06:00By |
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Is your Fire Extinguisher in good order to protect you?

If you have been through Fire Extinguisher training you are familiar with the PASS method. The acronym stands for Pull, Aim Squeeze & Sweep. How do you know if your fire extinguisher is in good working order? First, in choosing the correct extinguisher make sure you chose the class that correlates with the type of potential fire you may encounter. There are five categories, they are as follows: Class A- ordinary combustible materials (paper,wood) Class B-flammable [...]

2018-09-29T08:25:04-06:00By |
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Building a Strong and Sustainable Business with Diversity

NWIR members to be featured on panel at METALCON The panel of industry-leading women roofing professionals will discuss the importance of gender and generational diversity in business.  Focusing on the need for strong communications, emotional intelligence and collaboration, the panel will focus on how to bring increased balance and emotional intelligence to the process of growing a strong and sustainable business. Panelists Heidi J. Ellsworth – RoofersCoffeeShop® Abigail Stone – Metalforming Renae Bales – KPOST Roofing [...]

2018-08-30T06:04:24-06:00By |
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How to Beat the Heat

Outdoor workers are at risk for heat exposure illness if they spend a significant part of their shift outdoors. If workers have significant time in the direct sunlight executing strenuous tasks for long periods of time or if the tasks at hand require heavy clothing (personal protective equipment) they are at even greater risk. Workers working outside should follow a work/rest schedule. If the rest period can’t be in air conditioning it should be in full [...]

2018-08-27T07:55:14-06:00By |
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Meet the Women of Quality Roofing

Quality Roofing, Inc. was established in Florida in 1994 and is a third generation licensed and state certified roofing and GC firm. They are qualified in all phases of commercial and residential roofing along with providing new construction, residential projects, roof repairs and roof assessment management programs. Susan Jenkins is the Marketing Director of Quality Roofing, Inc. She has been married to Rick Jenkins, President/Owner, for 22 years. Susan was born and raised in Tampa and [...]

2018-08-27T07:27:45-06:00By |
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NWIR Provides Sponsorship for The Women Roofers to Attend Girls Build Camp in Oregon

The goal of the trip was to learn about the program and establish a similar one in their impoverished community in North Carolina. Denver, Colorado (August 23, 2018) - National Women in Roofing (NWIR), a national organization focused on the empowerment of women within the roofing industry, announced that it provided funding for two members of the Women Roofers to attend a Girls Build camp this summer in Portland, Oregon. The Women Roofers of Rutherford County, [...]

2018-08-23T06:05:02-06:00By |
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