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ERA member Firestone Building Products, a global leader in the EPDM marketplace, has been acquired by LafargeHolcim, a French-Swiss multinational company that manufactures building materials. This acquisition positions Firestone to accelerate its already strong growth in the as a provider… Read More

ERA has signed onto a letter to congressional leadership encouraging congress to ensure that future federal infrastructure investments at minimum adhere to current building codes and standards. The letter currently has more than 60 signers representing state/local, emergency response, housing,… Read More

Diversity + Inclusion: Understanding How Bias can Affect Your Business Thanks to our sponsor Johns Manville! June 4 Noon – 1 p.m. CDT   Price: FREE to all roofing industry professionals This highly interactive training session will help you identify personal… Read More

Settling the long-running dispute between the parties that school construction is a state and local responsibility, the American Jobs Plan includes  $100 billion in funds for public school upgrades and construction, with $50 billion to be provided through direct grants… Read More

Five warehouse buildings constructed in the early 1900s were renovated into mixed-use space in 1980. The complex was topped with a new roof system in 2020. Photos: Central Roofing Company In the trendy North Loop section of Minneapolis, the Warehouse… Read More

Washington, D.C. – The EPDM Roofing Association (ERA) has joined with more than 30 other leading construction industry associations to support a bill that would simplify and shorten the current depreciation period for buildings that incorporate energy efficient measures.  The… Read More

NRCA supports federal tax policy that leads to greater economic growth within the roofing industry and is advocating for bipartisan legislation, the Energy Efficient Qualified Improvement Property (E-QUIP) Act, that will incentivize energy-efficiency investments in commercial and multifamily buildings. Almost… Read More

Legislation that ERA leadership helped to draft in the last Congress, the Disaster Savings and Resilient Construction Act , was just re-introduced in this Congress. This bipartisan piece of legislation would provide federal grant funding for up to $25,000 on… Read More

This is an Interim Update and it will be monitored quarterly and updated on an annual basis. ERA VOC State Regulations Chart 2021 v2  

WASHINGTON, DC, March 1, 2021 – Jennifer Ford-Smith, Director of  Product Management and Marketing |Roofing Systems at Johns Manville, has been named the new chair of the EPDM Roofing Association (ERA) by the group’s board of directors. She replaces David… Read More