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Manufacturer news

FiberTite® Roofing Systems forms alliance

Wooster, Ohio-based Seaman Corp.'s FiberTite Roofing Systems and New Castle Building Products, Norwalk, Conn., have formed a distribution alliance servicing the New York metropolitan and greater New England areas. The partnership's purpose is to increase distribution capacity and improve response efforts for FiberTite Roofing Systems customers.

Dealing directly through New Castle Building Products distribution centers, FiberTite Roofing Systems customers will benefit from prestocked inventory, available crane equipment for material delivery to a roof, guaranteed delivery date and time, and no less-than-truckload freight charges. Customers also will be able to deliver any size product—including insulation—on flatbed trucks.

Lapolla Industries announces summit results

Lapolla Industries Inc., Houston, has announced the results of its first Lapolla Global Summit held in Amsterdam April 14-16.

Foam and coating distributors representing 16 countries from Europe, the Middle East and South America attended the summit, which addressed material safety and handling, as well as environmental, marketing and sales strategy with the Lapolla Industries brand as the common global thread.

The summit was presented by Doug Kramer, Lapolla Industries' president and chief executive officer; Steve Williams, Lapolla Industries' technical director; David Ziluck, Lapolla Industries' vice president of international sales; and Ton Klomp of Netherlands-based Lapolla Europe.

GAF Materials donates to "Extreme Makeover"

GAF Materials Corp., Wayne, N.J., donated all roofing materials for a home featured in an episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" that aired May 1 on ABC. The Extreme Makeover team built the new house for Staff Sgt. Bill Dickinson and his family in Beaufort, S.C.

Dickinson's home features GAF Materials' Camelot® II Designer Shingles, which incorporate GAF Materials' Advanced Protection™ technology.

This was GAF Materials' fourth "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" project in the past six months.

Additionally, International Data Group's Computerworld Honors Program has recognized GAF Materials as a 2011 Laureate. The annual awards program honors visionary information technology applications promoting positive social, economic and educational change. Awards are given in categories such as business responsiveness, collaboration, environment, human services and innovation.

GAF Materials won the award for its Master Elite™ Certified Contractor Zone, a social networking website for GAF Materials' roofing contractor customers. GAF Materials launched the website to provide an easy-to-use collaboration tool to foster effective communication and facilitate information sharing and best practices among contractors.

The website allows contractors to include individual and company profiles, including photos of a company's completed projects, so potential customers can make educated hiring choices. It also allows contractors to participate in discussion forums regarding various topics, such as generating quality leads, reducing costs and increasing margins, and roof maintenance, or add their own forum topics. A section of the site lets contractors rate and review vendors and services they've used.

The Computerworld Honors awards were presented at the Annual Laureates Medal Ceremony & Gala Awards June 20 in Washington, D.C.

Carlisle SynTec appoints advisory board member

Jerry Collier, vice president of Collier Roofing, Nashville, Tenn., has been appointed to Carlisle, Pa.-based Carlisle SynTec Inc.'s inaugural Carlisle SynTec Perfection Council Advisory Board, the highest distinction in the company's Perfect 10 contractor quality recognition program.

As a Perfection Council member, Collier will be among a team of advisers helping Carlisle SynTec understand how best to support its contractor network.

Distributor news

Allied Building Products facility features solar products

Allied Building Products Corp., East Rutherford, N.J., has announced its new Contractor Tool Center in East Rutherford will feature solar products.

The Contractor Tool Center is the first retail facility of its kind in the Northeast to feature solar products regularly used by solar contractors. The 7,000-square-foot facility also features power tools, roofing products, flashings, sealants, fasteners, safety equipment and other products contractors regularly use. The solar products area includes solar panel displays, string inverters, combiner boxes, Quick Mount PV® products, solar fasteners and other accessories.

Other news

Nationwide Foam joins Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing

Nationwide Foam Inc. (NFI), Framingham, Mass., has joined the Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing. NFI's goal is to help the center promote the development and use of environmentally responsible roofing practices, as well as make recycling a viable option for the roofing industry.

NFI specializes in recycling various types of foam insulation boards, roof membranes and roofing ballasts at reroofing job sites throughout North America.

SPRI revises standard

SPRI has announced it is revising ANSI/SPRI FX-1, "Standard Field Test Procedure for Determining the Withdrawal Resistance of Roofing Fasteners." The association plans to canvass the document for re-approval as an American National Standard.

SPRI developed the standard to measure roofing fasteners' pullout resistance in field conditions. It obtains data used by roofing professionals to calculate the proper density and placement of roofing fasteners used in membrane roof systems. The standard also is used by roof system installers and inspectors as a quality control test to ensure sufficient pullout performance is achieved.

It first was approved in 1996 and revised and re-approved in 2001 and 2006 in accordance with ANSI's five-year renewal requirement.

Additionally, SPRI will be updating ANSI/SPRI WD-1 2008, "Wind Design Standard Practice for Roofing Assemblies," to reflect updates made to the recently published American Society of Civil Engineers 7-10 document, "Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures." Some revisions include new wind speed using a 700-year return, reinstating Exposure Category D for hurricane-prone coastlines and simplified procedures for determining wind pressures for buildings of all heights.

ARMA's QARC Program is open for submissions

The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association's (ARMA's) 2nd annual Quality Asphalt Roofing Case (QARC) Study Program is open for submissions. QARC is a recognition program that gives roofing contractors, consultants and architects the ability to gain national prominence and industry recognition for their work with asphalt roofing.

For details and submission forms, visit www.qualityasphaltroofingcasestudy.com.

RCMA gives industry leadership award

The Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association (RCMA) has awarded Chris Salazar, vice president of sales and marketing for Karnak Corp., Clark, N.J., its 2011 Martin A. Davis Industry Leadership Award.

RCMA presented the award at the association's Annual Conference and Expo, which was held March 26-30 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The Martin A. Davis Industry Leadership Award is RCMA's highest honor. It is presented annually to an individual, selected by his or her peers, who has exemplified outstanding service and made significant contributions to the roof coatings industry.

Up the Ladder

Polyglass U.S.A. Inc. has named Chris Martinez national accounts manager. The company also has reconfigured its U.S. sales management coverage plans. Following are the sales managers and additional states they will manage: Piers Dormeyer, Eastern U.S. sales manager, will manage Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin; Ed Willis, Western U.S. sales manager, will manage Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas; and Mike Griffin, Pacific Northwest sales manager, will manage North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah.

Metal-Era Inc. has promoted Thom Cain to northeast regional sales manager responsible for overseeing the sales efforts of Roof Edge Solutions, Edge Systems One and Airflow Solutions for 15 states. The company also has hired CJ Sharp as southeast regional sales manager responsible for overseeing the sales efforts of Roof Edge Solutions, Edge Systems One and Airflow Solutions for 10 states.

Duro-Last® Roofing Inc. has promoted Lee Cobb to vice president of southern district sales, which includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

CertainTeed Corp. has promoted Jay Butch to director of contractor programs.

Revere Copper Products Inc. has promoted Anne L. Schade, CSI, CDT, to manager of architectural services.

Malarkey Roofing Products has named James Fagan president.

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum has named Pat Huempfner director of commercial roofing/systems sales and promoted Kyle Giunta to national sales manager of division 7 independent representatives and John Hurst to systems sales manager.

Wayne Scholten, consultant and registered roof observer with Aquatech Consultancy Inc., has earned RCI Inc.'s Registered Roof Consultant title.

LiveRoof® LLC has hired Paul D. Spirou, LEED® AP, as its regional sales representative in Florida for the LiveRoof Hybrid Green Roof System.

BASF has appointed Doug Brown, its manager of commercial construction, to the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council's board of directors.

NRCA news

The Alliance announces scholarship recipients

The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress has announced the recipients of its Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarships for the 2011-12 academic year.

The Alliance awarded Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarships to Sean Cawley of Birmingham, Ala., son of Mitchell Cawley, president of Roofers Mart Southeast Inc., Birmingham, and Neil Hourahan of Saunderstown, R.I., son of Donald Hourahan, project manager for Furey Roofing & Construction Co. Inc., Providence, R.I.

Additionally, individuals or companies that commit a minimum of $100,000 to the scholarship fund can choose to name a scholarship and participate in recipient selection each year. A Fred Good Scholarship was awarded to James Burkhardt of New Baltimore, Mich., son of Bill Burkhardt, president of Four Seasons Roofing, Shelby Township, Mich. A Firestone Scholarship was awarded to Alexis Plachecki of Taylor, Wis., daughter of Bernard Plachecki, owner/operator of WHV Inc., Winona, Minn.

In addition, the Alliance renewed five Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarships for the 2011-12 academic year. Recipients include Gabriella Abbondanza of Southwick, Mass., who is attending Suffolk University, Boston; Alexis Belote of Red Oak, Texas, who is attending University of Texas at Austin; and Charanya Kaushik of McMurray, Pa., who is attending Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pa. Joseph Baker of Apex, N.C., who is attending North Carolina State University, Raleigh, will receive the Firestone Scholarship, and Laura Stabile of Wolcott, Conn., who is attending Lee University, Cleveland, Tenn., will receive the Dan Cohen Scholarship.

Each recipient will receive a $5,000 award. Awards are renewable for up to three years of undergraduate study or until a bachelor's degree is earned provided recipients renew annually and maintain a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent).

Two scholarships from the Alliance's previous scholarship program also were renewed for the 2011-12 academic year. The recipients, who will receive $1,000 each, are Brittany Cook of Naperville, Ill., who is attending the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Jason Hartman of Nashville, Tenn., who is attending the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

For more information about Melvin Kruger Endowed Scholarships, contact Bennett Judson, the Alliance's executive director, at (800) 323-9545, ext. 7513 or bjudson@roofingindustryalliance.net.

The Alliance announces 2011-12 board of trustees

The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress has announced the members of its 2011-12 board of trustees.

Will Fort III, president of Fort Roofing and Sheet Metal Works Inc., Sumter, S.C., will serve as president; Robert Therrien Jr., president of The Melanson Co. Inc., Keene, N.H., will serve as vice president; Ken Farrish, president of Atlas Roofing Corp., Atlanta, and Dan Murphy of Longmeadow, Mass., a roofing industry consultant, will serve as co-secretaries/treasurers; and Dennis Conway, co-owner of Commercial Roofers Inc., Las Vegas, will serve as NRCA vice president liaison.

Committee members include Dane Bradford, president of Bradford Roof Management, Billings, Mont.; Bob Gardiner, vice president of marketing for CertainTeed Corp., Valley Forge, Pa.; Reed Gooding, president of GSM Roofing, Ephrata, Pa.; Scott Kawulok, executive project manager for B&M Roofing of Colorado Inc., Frederick; Steve Kubicka, director of commercial products for ABC Supply Co. Inc., Beloit, Wis.; Molly Kwiatkowski, area sales director for Owens Corning, Toledo, Ohio; Jim MacKimm, executive vice president of Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., Somerville, Mass.; Rob McNamara, president of Tecta America Stock Roofing LLC, Minneapolis; Bruce McCrory, co-owner and secretary/treasurer of Kiker Corp., Mobile, Ala.; James Patterson, senior vice president-procurement for CentiMark Corp., Canonsburg, Pa.; Nick Shears, vice president of sales and marketing for Carlisle SynTec Inc., Carlisle, Pa.; and Jeff Willis, vice president of sales and marketing for Roofing Supply Group LLC, Dallas.

For more information about the Alliance, visit www.roofingindustryalliance.net or contact Bennett Judson, the Alliance's executive director, at (800) 323-9545, ext. 7513 or bjudson@roofingindustryalliance.net.

NRCA partners with Samaritan's Purse

NRCA has partnered with Samaritan's Purse, Boone, N.C., a nonprofit, nondenominational, evangelical organization that responds during times of war and famine and to all types of natural disasters around the world, including tornadoes, fires, hurricanes, floods and ice storms.

In its first-response disaster relief efforts, Samaritan's Purse volunteers clean up the affected area, apply blue tarps and repair and secure homes as best they can to protect them from the elements and any further damage or destruction until it's time to rebuild. After first-response efforts, the area is assessed and homes are evaluated to determine whether there is an opportunity to rebuild and the extent of rebuilding needed.

Samaritan's Purse provides meals, housing, tools, safety equipment and professional expertise to guide volunteers.

For NRCA members interested in volunteering with Samaritan's Purse in its first-response disaster relief efforts, visit www.samaritanspurse.org or contact Samaritan's Purse at (828) 262-1980. Members should identify themselves as part of NRCA.

Additionally, NRCA continues its partnership with Rebuilding Together® in its rebuilding and community service efforts through annual community service days held in conjunction with the annual International Roofing Expo®; ongoing support of Rebuilding Together's programs; and supporting local Rebuilding Together affiliate groups and connecting them with NRCA affiliates and members in their areas. To volunteer or donate materials to Rebuilding Together, fill out the applicable paperwork at www.nrca.net or contact Bennett Judson, NRCA's associate executive director of meeting services, at (800) 323-9545, ext. 7513 or bjudson@nrca.net.

NRCA's Pay it Forward program also continues to help individuals and groups who contact NRCA seeking assistance with roofing work. The purpose of this program is to match those in need with those who can help. Pay it Forward enables NRCA members to give back to their communities. Individuals or groups who have been helped through the program are asked to pay it forward by helping another person in need.

For more information about NRCA's Pay it Forward program, visit www.nrca.net or contact Chrystine Hanus, NRCA's director of meeting services, at (800) 323-9545, ext. 7522 or chanus@nrca.net.

EnergyWise Roof Calculator Online has been updated

NRCA's EnergyWise Roof Calculator Online has been updated to include information from the 2010 version of ASHRAE 90.1, "Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings"; the 2009 version of ASHRAE 189.1, "Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings"; and the 2006 and 2009 versions of the International Code Council's International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).

EnergyWise Roof Calculator Online is available for free at www.nrca.net and offers an interactive graphic method of constructing virtual roof assemblies to evaluate thermal efficiency. The application denotes minimum thermal insulation requirements established by ASHRAE Standard 90.1, ASHRAE Standard 189.1 and the IECC. EnergyWise users also can determine whether a vapor retarder's placement is effective.

EnergyWise Roof Calculator Online is a user-friendly application that prompts users to enter specific roof assembly information, such as roof area, climatic region, heating appliance type and cost, roof openings and roofing materials to be used. Users then can generate a report summarizing the proposed roof assembly design, estimated heating and cooling costs, and minimum thermal requirements.

For more information about EnergyWise Roof Calculator Online, contact Joan Crowe, NRCA's director of technical services, at (800) 323-9545, ext. 7576 or jcrowe@nrca.net.

Events

JULY

12-16
NRCA's Midyear Meetings
NRCA
Chicago
Contact: NRCA's Customer Service Department
(866) ASK-NRCA ­(275-6722)
www.nrca.net

AUGUST

4-6
China Roofing & Waterproofing 2011
NRCA and China National Building Waterproof Association
Beijing
Contact: Alison LaValley
(800) 323-9545, ext. 7573
roofexpoen.cnwb.net

26
CERTA Train-the-trainer Authorization
NRCA
Chicago
Contact: NRCA's Customer Service Department
(866) ASK-NRCA ­(275-6722)
www.nrca.net

SEPTEMBER

7-9
NRCA's International Roofing Symposium 2011
NRCA
Washington, D.C.
Contact: NRCA's Customer Service Department
(866) ASK-NRCA ­(275-6722)
www.nrca.net

13-16
CONSTRUCT 2011 and the 55th Annual CSI Convention
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)
Chicago
Contact: CSI
(800) 689-2900
www.constructshow.com