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With Devastation Everywhere, We Search For What Worked Tue, Nov 06, 2018 Mike Silvers, CPRC, Silvers Systems Inc. & FRSA Director of Technical Services It's Saturday October 13. I'm driving East on State Road 22 between Wewahitchka (South of Blountstown) and Panama City. I'm here to learn what I can from the aftermat... Read More

Watching Your Profits Go Down the Drain? Contractually-Addressing Poor Drainage Tue, Nov 06, 2018 Trent Cotney, FRSA General Counsel I always say that contracts are like a will - no one wants to look at them until it's too late. Case law and statutes are constantly changing so it is important for roofing contractors to stay abreast of the latest... Read More

A Specialty Residential Roofing License Will Not Grow Our Workforce! Tue, Nov 06, 2018 Cam Fentriss, FRSA LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL What is one of our most important issues right now? You guessed right - it is workforce shortage. We needworkers. We need a short-term fix, and we also need a long-term fix. We need workers generally and we ne... Read More

Solar Market Update: Florida Finally on a Pathway to Achieve its Solar Potential Fri, Oct 19, 2018 Mike Antheil, President, Florida Solar Energy Industries Association Florida ranks third in the nation for rooftop solar potential, but all the way down at 12th in terms of cumulative solar capacity installed, according to the U.S. Solar Energy Indu... Read More

Understanding Piece Rate Compensation Wed, Sep 19, 2018 Attorneys Daniel Auerbach & Benjamin Briggs Most Florida roofing companies are covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as well as Florida’s corresponding state law incorporating the FLSA. Under the FLSA, employers may compe... Read More

Fastener Failure in a Metal Roofing World Wed, Sep 19, 2018 Magan Jenkins, Marketing Manager, StealthBond Calling all metal roofers and those ready to get started in metal roofing! Metal roofing is a growing industry with no end in sight. Many roofers who get into metal end up falling in love with the look a... Read More

Why Should Roofers Employ A Digital Guerrilla Marketing Strategy? Tue, Sep 18, 2018 Jonathan DeLeeuw, Vice President, Mr. Pipeline Internet Marketing How should a roofing business advertise in today’s market? Traditional methods for small business advertising such as newspapers, local radio and TV are rapidly losing their eff... Read More

A Changing Marketplace and Market Intelligence Fri, Sep 07, 2018 Lee Rust, Owner, Florida Corporate Finance Not long ago, I had a corporate client which was a relatively large manufacturers’ representative for a narrow line of large industrial products. For over two decades that company had prospered. For i... Read More

New Expensing Under Section 179 Mon, Aug 06, 2018 Jacqueline N. Feliciano, Attorney, Cotney Construction Law The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) brings exciting new developments for commercial roofing. Prior to the Act,improvements made to nonresidential roofs were not fully deduc... Read More

Discussion: Open/Expired Permits Mon, Aug 06, 2018 Cam Fentriss, FRSA LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL We have a monkey on our back. It’s called open or expired permits. This is a problem that needs a solution. Even if we cannot fix all the ways a permit can remain pending, I am pretty sure we can take a f... Read More

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