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Efforts to increase urban shading in Phoenix, Arizona was highlighted in a recent edition of the Resilient Nation Roundup, a publication of FEMA’s Resilient Nation Partnership Network. As described in the e-newsletter, the Phoenix city council voted to partner with… Read More

Jared Blum, Washington Counsel for ERA, has been invited to participate in an event on August 5th entitled Buildings as a Solution to Urban Heat, hosted by The White House Council on Environmental Quality. As described in the meeting invitation,… Read More

An initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy, the Better Buildings Initiative drives leadership in energy innovation by partnering with leaders in the public and private sectors. The BBI seeks to make the nation’s homes, commercial buildings, and industrial plants… Read More

Bob Cantaley has spent almost 40 years in the construction industry, much of that time overseeing the installation of new and replacement roofs. Even after decades in the business, he says that each project still presents new challenges. “Every job… Read More

Roofing professionals are invited to join industry trade associations representing contractors, consultants and manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada in taking part in the new Quarterly Market Index Survey for Reroofing. The purpose of the survey is to take the… Read More

You may have recently seen the Action Alert from the National Roofing Contractors Association to “Urge Congress to co-sponsor H.R. 3897, the H-2B Returning Worker Exception Act.” As described by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the legislation proposes several key… Read More

ERA has joined with other building industry associations such as IBHS, the ICC, and the AIA to form the Building Resilient Action Coalition (BRAC). An outgrowth of the existing Resilient Building Coalition (RBC), the BRAC will coordinate advocacy activity among… Read More

MINNEAPOLIS — When members of the Masonic Fraternity of Lodge 98 laid the cornerstone for their building in 1922, they could hardly have dreamt what would happen to their location almost a century later. Now under full renovation, the buildings… Read More