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March/April 2020 Vol. 11 No.2 THE INDUSTRY’S VOICE Striking Transformation + The Cannon — Houston, Texas More Business & Industrial Projects Î BUSINESS SENSE Hiring and Recruiting Strategies Î SPECIAL REPORT Replacing Metal Decking Î THE HUTCHINSON FILES Resilient Roof Drain Design CIRCLE NO. 1 / RoofingMagazine.com DYNA-GUARD® IT IS TIME FOR A DYNA-GUARD® Snow Retention System installed on a metal roof. CHANGING OF THE GUARD ® DYNA-GUARD is a snow reten- EXCITING DYNA-GUARD tion system designed to be NEW installed on metal roofs. We are ITEMS discontinuing the line of and related products. 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COVER STORY STRIKING TRANSFORMATION Insulated metal panels provide aesthetics, durability for Houston renovation project. VOL. 11, NO. 2 Is published bimonthly by HRT Publishing LLC, 4711 Hope Valley Road, Box 202, Durham, NC 27707. Telephone (919) 593-5318. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Roofing, 4711 Hope Valley Road, Box 202, Durham, NC 27707. Roofing is published six times per year: January/February, March/April, May/June, July/August, September/October and November/December. The magazine is written for the building professional concerned with RoofingMagazine.com the design, specification and application of roofing. Issues with bonus distribution at national, regional, state and local roofing and construction conventions and trade shows occur regularly throughout the year. RoofingMagazine.com I Roofing 7 MARCH / APRIL 2020 | VOL. 11 NO. 2 COLUMNS DEPARTMENTS 10 I RAISE THE ROOF 12 I CONTRIBUTORS Innovative products help industry cope with labor shortage. 14 I NEW & NOTABLE 34 I BUSINESS SENSE 18 I NEWS FROM THE NRCA Landing a big fish can bring on unexpected problems. 38 I CONSTRUCTION LAW 20 I TECH TOOLS Creating a company that embraces diversity and I inclusion. 22 EVENTS 42 I HIRING & RECRUITING 24 I MATERIALS & GADGETS How to attract, hire and keep qualified workers. 30 I ROOFERS’ CHOICE 48 I TECH POINT Coated glass facers bring performance advantages 90 I AD DIRECTORY to polyiso insulation. 54 I THE HUTCHINSON FILES Designing roof drains to survive and perform in severe storms. ON THE 58 I SAFETY COVER OSHA’s top 10 violations. A 70-year-old manufacturing 86 I COMMUNITY SERVICE facility in West Houston was The Roofing Alliance helps make a little girl’s dream transformed into The Cannon, come true. an entrepreneurial hub, office complex and event space. 88 I SAFETY Reflecting on your life can change your safety mindset. Photo: Metl-Span 8 Roofing I MARCH . APRIL 2020 IT’S NOT AN ELEPHANT, IT’S A MAMMOTH. WWW.SOPREMA.US | 800.356.3521 What is the elephant in your room? Mold hidden in the walls? Water leaking from the ceiling? Water infiltrating the foundation? SOPREMA delivers the power of the mammoth, providing full building envelope solutions to keep those elephants out of any building––schools, hospitals, manufacturing and beyond. SOPREMA DELIVERS THE POWER OF THE MAMMOTH, A FULL BUILDING ENVELOPE OF PROTECTION UNMATCHED IN THE INDUSTRY. PUT THE MAMMOTH TO WORK FOR YOU. Ad Name INTRODUCING ECO₃ GRANULE SURFACED MEMBRANES SPECIALIZED COATING ABSORBS NOx GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT ARE WASHED AWAY BY RAIN, DECREASING THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT For more information on how to create healthier communities, visit http://info.soprema.us/eco3granules CIRCLE NO. 6 / RoofingMagazine.com RAISE THE ROOF Find us on WRITTEN BY CHRIS KING MARCH / APRIL 2020 VOL. 11 NO. 2 MAGAZINE STAFF PUBLISHER BARRETT HAHN $CTTGVV"4QQƒPI/CIC\KPGEQO EDITOR IN CHIEF CHRIS KING %JTKU"4QQƒPI/CIC\KPGEQO WEBSITE EDITOR STEPHANIE CYCCONE What’s New? 821($75+0'55&'8'.12/'06 JOHN RIESTER here’s a running joke I have with a couple of other trade journal- ,QJP"4QQƒPI/CIC\KPGEQO ists about how the most common sentence uttered at industry trade /'&+#5#.'5 shows is “What’s new?” The joke isn’t that funny, but it is true. I found DAN BURKE myself asking that question a lot at the recent International Roofing Expo &CP"$WTMG/GFKC)TQWREQO (IRE) in Dallas, and I saw a lot of people brighten up as ADVISORY BOARD they started to show me their company’s latest offerings. ANDY BAKER For me, the sheer number of new $#-'4411(+0)%1 products being introduced at the show was the most striking thing about this CHUCK HOWARD, P.E. year’s IRE. The event set records for /'6#.411(%1057.6#065 attendance and the size of the show THOMAS W. HUTCHINSON, floor, but it was the new products I AIA, FRCI, RRC, CSI, RRP will remember most. *76%*+0510&'5+)0)4172.6& Almost every asphalt shingle man- ufacturer has introduced new developments in the past year, including new poly- MIKE TENOEVER mers that increase strength, hail resistance and flexibility, even in cold weather. %'0674;5.#6' New developments also include larger and more durable nailing zones. Roof membrane manufacturers have continued to develop new features designed to 4QQƒPIYGNEQOGUNGVVGTUVQ make their products easier and more efficient to install. Underlayments are more VJGGFKVQT.GVVGTUOWUVDG durable, less prone to tearing, and offer better traction. Tools and equipment are UKIPGFCPFKPENWFGCTGVWTP being updated to make them simpler and easier to use. CFFTGUUGOCKNCPFVGNGRJQPG The manufacturers are clearly aiming to address roofing contractors’ key pain PWODGT4QQƒPITGUGTXGUVJGTKIJVVQ points, which include the current labor shortage. In fact, at the IRE the term “labor GFKVNGVVGTUHQTENCTKV[CPFNGPIVJ5GPF shortage” might have been uttered almost as often as “What’s new?” NGVVGTUVQ%JTKU"4QQƒPI/CIC\KPGEQO Products that are easier to install mean that there is less likelihood of making mistakes. The learning curve is also reduced, so a new employee in the field can If you enjoyed reading this issue, be trained and brought up to speed more quickly. In an era marked by tight labor, please consider submitting promoting someone from field laborer to installer more quickly can be crucial. something for the next one. Let’s We’ll continue to update readers on new product developments in the pages of talk about ideas! Call Chris King Roofing as the year goes on. At press time, the COVID-19 coronavirus is currently at (248) 376-5115; email him at making headlines, and it is possible a pandemic will be the next force to affect FKULV#URRʱQJPDJD]LQHFRP; post the economy. Right now, the future is uncertain. a comment on our website; and/ Sometimes there isn’t a clear answer to the question, “What’s new?” or Facebook and tweet us. This PDJD]LQHɶDQG\RXUSHHUVɶDUH counting on you! 10 Roofing I MARCH . APRIL 2020 AdAd NameName CIRCLE NO. 7 / RoofingMagazine.com CONTRIBUTORS |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Diane Helbig is a Marci Britt is an Tiara Searcy is the Marcin Pazera, Ph.D., is leadership and business attorney at Cotney content and digital the Technical Director development advisor Construction Law who marketing manager for for Polyisocyanurate and the author of practices primarily in #VNCU4QQƒPI+Pū*KTKPI Insulation Succeed Without labor and employment & Recruiting,” page 42, Manufacturers ‘Selling.’ In “Business law. In “Construction she offers strategies Association (PIMA). Sense,” page 34, she Law,” page 38, she for attracting, hiring, In “Tech Point,” page explores the business outlines steps and retaining workers in 48, he details the challenges posed by companies can take to an era marked by labor different types, classes, landing large clients. help foster a workplace shortages.