Many successful roofing contractors expect 2015 to be a turn-around year, and to make sure they get their share of new business – from both construction and disasters – most believe they need two things: First, cash flow, so they can take advantage of every opportunity. Second, technology, so they can win more bids –…
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Well into their fourth decade of operations, contractor Guardian Exteriors of Duncanville, Texas, knows how to build a resilient business. General Manager Pius Coles IV tells us that the right technology, the right cash flow protections, and – above all else – the right people make it possible. Coles has staff across seven states working on…
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“I would say that to get paid we have to do further work than just send the bill about 50% of the time,” said Carrie Williams, the Account Receivables manager at Mastercraft Exteriors, a disaster recovery roofing company based in Illinois. Sound familiar? Her explanation for why this happens may strike you as familiar as…
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As it turns out extension cords can teach us a great deal about how to run a roofing company, and now is the time to learn because, finally, there’s some business out there. Strength in multi-family building when the year began stayed strong. In fact, 9% more multi-family projects earned permits this year than…
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So you’re stuck in a Catch-22: To obtain new contracts you need the latest technologies. To get the latest technologies you need to make capital investments. But to make capital investments you need new contracts… What do you do? The best news first: the economy actually is recovering and there really are new contracts to…
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