Ken Kelly, long-time president of Kelly Roofing and industry innovator is calling it quits.

The 2019 Residential Roofing Contractor of the Year is retiring after three decades of success, and reflects on why now is the right time in this exclusive conversation with RC Group Publisher Jill Bloom. Kelly said he’s happy to be going out “on top,” and grateful to be able to build his family business while also looking to improve the industry.

Listen to the full conversation here.

It’s been a busy storm season already for roofing contractors in markets across the country, and record heat is raising concerns about what typical hurricane season will look like. Crisis response and safety consultant Steve Sepcevic says roofing contractors need to prepare now, and ask how do they set up communication plans with their team?

“The communication has to come with the intelligence,” said Slepcevic CEO of Strategic Response Partners in a recent chat with RC. “Ask yourself, ‘What type of system are you using to convey your plans?’ It’s important on what type of communication systems your team is using to outline this plan. Make sure phones are charged; SAT phones are important. It doesn’t do any good to have a plan if you can’t get in touch with your subs.”

Very few roofing contractors have a plan like that ready, according to Slepcevic. To have satellite phones is an inexpensive alternative and it greatly helps contractors to communicate internally to one another.

Listen for more of Slepcevic’s tips on how to communicate during the next big storm.

In this Legal Insights podcast, Adams and Reese Partner Trent Cotney examines the sticky situation of when subcontractors need payments from a general contractor who has filed bankruptcy. He also discusses what contractors should know if they wish to pursue projects in the public sphere.

The 10DLC policy will affect how roofing contractors can send out mass text messages to its customers. In this episode “Dear Anna,” find out what steps to take to register your business so your texts reach your customers.

Members of the Roofing Technology Think Tank (RT3) are on the cutting edge, exploring what the roofing industry needs for future success. Check out what Wendy Marvin, founder & CEO of Matrix Roofing, and Jeremy Dickmann, CEO, of Apollo Primm Commercial Roofing, shared with RC about the state of technology in roofing and what roofing contractors should be looking out for next.

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Technology is pushing the roofing industry to evolve fast, and with that comes risk when it comes to data security. In this brief episode recorded from the 101st FRSA Expo in Florida, RC Legal Insights expert Trent Cotney explains the importance of cybersecurity and how it all starts with an audit of what critical information contractors and storing, and who has access to it.

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In this episode of “Dear Anna,” Art Unlimited CEO Anna Anderson explains the new Google Analytics platform, GA4, and how it can improve your marketing.

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In this Legal Insights, Trent Cotney, partner at Adams and Reese, discusses the state of the roofing industry’s workforce shortage and how contractors should navigate hiring sub-labor to get the work done.

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RC catches up with Young Gun Joe Jolicoeur, executive vice president of roof services for New England-based Greenwood Industries, to learn more about his approach to success in roofing and being a total teammate.

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Hurricane season is officially here and if each of the past two years have been any indication, it’s just a matter of time before roofing contractors will be counted on to help the response to extreme weather events.

RC Legal Insights expert Trent Cotney breaks down what roofing contractors should be doing now to make this storm season a successful one in this brief episode.