Industry Updates - January 2024
Tue, Jan 09, 2024
ICP Names New Senior Vice President of Sales
ICP Group has named Jason Fretz, a building and construction industry sales leader with more than 20 years of experience, as its new Vice President of Sales for Roofing & Waterproofing Retail and Dist... Read More
Wind Speeds
Tue, Jan 09, 2024
Riku Ylipelkonen, Owner, Standard Building Advisors and FRSA Technical Advisor
Living in Florida, one gets a good handle on the wind speeds associated with hurricanes and other wind events but did you know that “wind speed” is not always... Read More
Strategies for Navigating Risks in Roofing
Tue, Jan 09, 2024
John Kenney, CPRC, CEO, Cotney Consulting
In the construction industry, roofing stands out as a field laden with unique challenges and risks. From the heights at which workers operate to the unpredictability of the weather, roofing contractors must ... Read More
Concerns About the Proposed OSHA Walkaround Rule
Tue, Jan 09, 2024
Trent Cotney, Partner, Adams and Reese LLP
As you may have heard, in August 2023 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a new rule titled Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process. It would amend 29 CFR § 1... Read More
2023 FRSA Year in Review
Sun, Oct 15, 2023
Lisa Pate, FRSA Executive Director
FRSA’s fiscal year has just ended and it has been another incredibly successful year for the Association. I used to comment that each year we had just completed was one of the busiest ever – now I reali... Read More
Mental Health Safety - January 2023
Fri, Jan 20, 2023
Mental health and illness have become a hot topic in the media in recent years. Mental illness affects people in all stages of life: every race, ethnicity, industry, occupation and age. Many people recognize they are experiencing an overwhelming amou... Read More
Managing a Successful Roofing Company, Part Two - January 2023
Wed, Jan 18, 2023
Last month, in part one, we covered three of the five recurring and industry-wide risk elements to potential profit or failure for a roofing contractor. These included increased project size, unfamiliarity with new geographic locations and new and un... Read More
