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NWIR (National Women in Roofing)
METALCON 2019 Success in the Steel City
By METALCON. New to the show floor this year was CONTECH, an interactive and innovative hub showcasing the hottest trends in construction technology. Known as the “Steel City,” Pittsburgh proved to be a natural fit for the metal construction industry’s largest international event this past month sponsored by locally based, long-time ...
Women who Support Women are More Successful
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The roofing industry is a place where more women are doing just that – supporting each other. Traditionally, women have tended to compete with each other for career advancement and for attaining leadership roles. Perhaps this was due to the notion that there are only so ...
Registration Has Opened for the Third Annual National Women in Roofing Day 2020
NWIR Day 2020’s theme is “Driving Your Success” and is an all-day conference for women in roofing scheduled for February 2, 2020. National Women in Roofing (NWIR), a national organization focused on the empowerment of women within the roofing industry, has opened registration for 2020 NWIR Day being held in Dallas, ...
5 Tips for Recruiting Women into Roofing
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Recruiting women into the roofing industry is a hot topic, but not much guidance has been given as to how to recruit them. The number of women working in the trades in 2018 was the highest in 20 years, according to ForConstructionPros.com, yet women still only ...
Save the Date for NWIR Day
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Join other professional women in the roofing industry February 2, 2020 for a full day of learning, networking, and activities! The third annual National Women in Roofing (NWIR) Day is taking place February 2, 2020! Will you be there? This one-day conference is packed with information, ...
The Science of Innovation: Moving the Roofing Industry Forward
By Duro-Last®. These four women are making strides in R&D at Duro-Last. According to the National Science Board’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2018 report, women make up half of the total U.S. college-educated workforce but only 28% of the science and engineering workforce. When evaluating these numbers within the roofing industry, that ...
Top October Stories: People, Projects and Technology
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. RoofersCoffeeShop is about community. It’s the people who make up this community that we love to hear about and meet. That was pretty evident in looking at what the most popular articles were last month. Leading the list was ...
Meet Mandy McIntyre of 1st Choice Roofing
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The search for her ‘true calling’ led to a career in roofing. In 2013, Mandy McIntyre was working as an office manager for a landscaping and snow removal company and she was miserable with her job. She couldn’t stand working there anymore so she decided to ...
National Women in Roofing Announce Scholarships to Attend the 2020 International Roofing Expo© and NWIR Day
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The organization announced the scholarship for roofing contractors based on its goals of mentoring, education, networking and recruitment. National Women in Roofing Day is slated for Sunday, February 2, 2020 in Dallas, Texas, prior to the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) Convention and the International Roofing ...
NWIR October Message from the Chair
This month’s message from the chair was actually a message from the NWIR executive committee. The executive committee members were together in Denver, Colorado working on their strategic plan for the coming year. You can watch the video here to meet the committee or scroll down to read the transcript below. Ellen ...
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