On Thursday, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South—a 12-story condo building in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Fla.—suffered a catastrophic failure. The partial collapse of the building killed 98 people and injured many more. Although the full causes of… Read More
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Industry Survey on Re-Roofing Business Activity Needs Info from Contractors and Consultants
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
ERA urges Congress prioritize hard infrastructure legislation
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
GSA Green Building Advisory Committee Updates
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
Industry Professionals Encouraged to Share Insights for Quarterly Market Index
Industry Professionals Encouraged to Share Insights for Quarterly Market Index Roofing Coalition Launches Large Scale Survey of Industry Washington, D.C. – October 4, 2021 A leading coalition of roofing associations is launching a second annual series of Quarterly Market Index… Read More
Non-Tax Provisions in Congressional Legislation to Benefit the Buildings Industry
ERA is actively engaged in several coalitions working for various provisions in Congressional legislation that will benefit the buildings industry and support economic recovery. Among these are non-tax provisions recently approved by the House Energy & Commerce Committee and the… Read More
NRCA releases EPDM training package
NRCA has made available a new Training for Roof Application Careers package—EPDM Roof Membrane Installation, which provides new and inexperienced workers with the knowledge necessary to work on an EPDM roof system installation crew. More information here.
Resilience And The Built Environment
Record setting heat, catastrophic wildfires, heavy downpours, longer droughts, and more frequent hurricanes: the headlines so far this year have provided relentless coverage of devastating weather throughout the United States. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as… Read More
Education Sessions Overview at the IRE 2021
ERA staff attended the International Roofing Expo recently; while attendance seemed down in the expo hall, there were some great education sessions that provide good information for roofing contractors and others in the roofing industry. I’d like to highlight a… Read More