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The Coffee Shops™ Announce 2025 Influencers
Our Influencers program celebrates its ninth year of giving back to the industries it serves. The Coffee Shops™, the award-winning websites where the industries meet for technology, information and everyday business, announces the 2025 Influencers for RoofersCoffeeShop (RCS), MetalCoffeeShop® (MCS), CoatingsCoffeeShop® (CCS) and RCS en Español. Each month, ...
IFD Young Roofer Competition 2024: Celebrating the roofers of tomorrow
By Heidi J. Ellsworth. The competition hosted top talents from eleven countries who showcased their skills in facades, flat roofing, pitched roofing and metal roofing. Innsbruck, Austria, hosted the 2024 International Federation of Roofing Trades (IFD) Young Roofer Competition and RoofersCoffeeShop® was there. This year was especially significant as the United ...
Committing to roofers' well-being
By Jesse Sanchez. Effective training transforms roofing safety, elevating standards in one of America’s most dangerous professions. In this episode of Roofing Road Trips®, safety director Joe Redd of The Durable Slate Company shares his journey from IT to becoming an advocate for job-site safety. Reflecting on his ...
Preparing to compete on the world stage
By Dani Sheehan. Bridging the gap between American and European roofing practices, see how the U.S. teams are refining their skills and pushing through challenges ahead of the IFD World Championship. For the first time, the U.S. will take the stage in Austria this November at the International Federation for ...
Top September stories: Mergers and acquisitions, the Olympics and Spanish-only content
By Dani Sheehan. Extra! Extra! Read all about it – don't miss these most read articles on CoatingsCoffeeShop™ last month. The National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) announced a new membership category available exclusively in Spanish. This is just one of their ongoing efforts to improve their support and better serve ...
The Olympics may be over, but there’s still a USA team to support on the global stage!
By Emma Peterson. This November, IFD will be hosting the 29th World Championship of Young Roofers and Team USA needs your support! The International Federation of Roofing Professionals is hosting their World Championship of Young Roofers and their 72nd Congress this year in Austria, from November 13 to 15, 2024. ...
Exploring our nation’s capital one memorial at a time
We walked up, down and around Washington, D.C. learning about its architecture, restoration and the people and wars that built our nation. Editor’s note: The following is a transcript of a conversation the Coffee Shop crew had after the 2024 architectural tour after Roofing Day 2024. James Ellsworth: We started ...
Top June Articles: Fall Protection, Metal Roofing and Employee Appreciation
By Evelyn Witterholt. Here’s what’s been trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. This past June, some of our most popular articles were all about metal roofing! Our number one article focused on rib rollers, a prominent feature on metal roofing panels. And everyone couldn’t get enough of our METALCON article ...
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