January 2026 Blog Archive

Property Tax Relief, AI Regulation Emerge as Top Issues for '26 Legislative Sessions Tue, Jan 06, 2026 Chris Dawson, Attorney, GrayRobinson and FRSA Legislative Counsel - January 2026 Four major property tax proposals advanced through the House State Affairs Committee in early December, signaling the House’s leading approaches to statewide tax ... Read More

Best Practices for Roofing Collections Tue, Jan 06, 2026 Trent Cotney, Partner, Adams & Reese, LLP and FRSA General Counsel - January 2026 Effective collections are the backbone of financial stability for any roofing contractor and in Florida’s highly competitive and hurricane‑driven market, the... Read More

Weathering a Tough 2025: Why a High- Performance Business Plan is the Key to Winning 2026 Mon, Jan 05, 2026 Gary A. Cohen, Executive Vice President, Certified Contractors Network (CCN) - January 2026 For many roofing contractors across Florida, 2025 was a challenging year. Market conditions felt tight. Competition intensified. Lead quality and volume fluc... Read More

Set New Hires Up for Success with an Effective Onboarding Program Mon, Jan 05, 2026 Seay Management Consultants - January 2026 A well-structured onboarding program is crucial for employee retention because it helps new hires feel welcome, informed and engaged from day one. Employers benefit from offering effective onboarding progra... Read More

FRSA-PAC – The Voice of Florida’s Roofing Industry in Tallahassee Mon, Jan 05, 2026 Mike Reed, FRSA Controller - January 2026 The FRSA Political Action Committee (PAC) has played an important role in the roofing industry’s political activities since it was created by a group of loyal volunteers at a 1979 FRSA committee meetin... Read More

2026: Familiar and Emerging Challenges Mon, Jan 05, 2026 Mike Silvers, CPRC, Owner, Silvers Systems Inc. and FRSA Technical Director - January 2026 I wrote my first column as FRSA’s Technical Director in January of 2018. It was titled " These Are Exciting Times for Our Industry." It discussed not on... Read More

The Future of Roof Estimating: Where AI Helps and Where Human Insight Still Matters Most Mon, Jan 05, 2026 John Kenney, CPRC, CEO, Cotney Consulting Group - January 2026 Roof estimating has always been a mix of numbers, field knowledge and instincts that come only from years of real work experience. Long before software entered the picture, strong estima... Read More