Contents

MARCH 2006
VOL. 36 ISSUE 3

COLUMNS

Focus

Small businesses are having difficulty finding and keeping employees.

Manual Elements

Learn about joinery options for low-slope edge-metal pieces.

Tech Today

NRCA issues a report about fire testing.

Safe Solutions

An OSHA standard encourages contractors to address self-rescue.

Workplace

Three factors can increase your ability to communicate to sell.

As I was saying ...

The beginning of a new roofing season has arrived.

DEPARTMENTS

FEATURES

To the lowest bidder - Online reverse auctions are a controversial topic in the roofing industry

To the lowest bidder

Online reverse auctions are a controversial topic in the roofing industry


Starting over - NRCA member roofing contractors contemplate the different roads they could have taken

Starting over

NRCA member roofing contractors contemplate the different roads they could have taken



To pay or not to pay?

Determining whether employees deserve to be paid involves a close look at FLSA


A perfect pair - Pfister Energy combines a modified bitumen roof system with solar technology

A perfect pair

Pfister Energy combines a modified bitumen roof system with solar technology