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Earlier this week, the White House announced a National Initiative to Advance Building Codes which will modernize building codes, improve climate resilience, and reduce energy costs. It is a major commitment by the Biden-Harris Administration in addition to the legislation that… Read More

MINNEAPOLIS — Back in 2017, Allina Health Mercy Hospital had a problem. The Minnesota health care location had simply run out of space. The solution involved relocating and enlarging the main entrance, reconfiguring the hospital’s interior and adding a parking… Read More

ERA has joined with other roofing industry associations to provide guidance to the General Services Administrations’ Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings on the GSA’s recent recommendations from the GSA Green Building Advisory Committee (GBAC) on federal building decarbonization. The position… Read More

The Q1 2022 Market Index Survey for Reroofing shows increasing customer inquiries and increasing project contracts. Respondents include both roofing contractors and roof consultants with the vast majority of respondents doing business on both steep-slope and low-slope roofs; about 15%… Read More

ERA staff joined with more than two-hundred other members of the roofing community this past Wednesday, climbing Capitol Hill to deliver direct messages to members of Congress about the needs of the construction business. Roofing Day was organized by NRCA,… Read More

Once again this year, ERA is proud to be a sponsor of NRCA’s Roofing Day in DC, to be held, in person, on April 5-6. If you have participated in the past, you know that this is a terrific opportunity… Read More

A leading coalition of roofing associations is continuing the Quarterly Market Index Surveys, designed to provide a barometer of the industry’s business conditions. The one-of-a-kind poll follows a successful effort last year, drawing on the views of contractors and roof… Read More

Located in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, Oak View Elementary is home to about 550 students in Kindergarten through fifth grade. Oak View Elementary’s mission is to provide a positive, safe learning environment where students can become more independent and… Read More

ERA has joined with the NRCA and other stakeholders to sign on to a letter from the Building Resilience Advocacy Coalition (BRAC) which urges Congress prioritize hard infrastructure legislation. This is important because the vote will be separate from the… Read More

In mid-September, members of the roofing industry participated in a meeting with representatives of the General Services Administration to better understand various GSA policy concepts for addressing embodied carbon of construction projects and building products. In recent months, GSA’s Green… Read More