The Best Business Choices for Metal Roofing

In life, as in business, there are constant choices to be made to determine the best path to significant existence. In the case of how metal roofing choices are made, there are three distinct groups of individuals and companies that are necessary for the metal roofing market to expand and flourish. They are: 1.Building owners
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Understanding Estimating’s Function and Process from Metal Construction News

Chuck Howard, President of Metal Roof Consultants, was recently featured as a sidebar titled Understanding Estimating’s Function and Process to the feature article Your Best Estimate: Effective construction estimation helps save materials and money in Metal Construction News. You can read Chuck’s sidebar below and can READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE. *** The function of any method
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Why Metal Roofing? A 44-Year Perspective

In the August 2017 issue of Metal Construction News,  Chuck Howard, PE, owner of Metal Roof Consultants, penned a guest column – “Why Metal Roofing? A 44-Year Perspective.” Here is an excerpt.  A few years ago, I read the book “Start With Why” by Simon Sinek. The premise of the book was that an organization
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Metal Roof Longevity = Building Life from Roofing Magazine

Recently Chuck Howard, PE, owner of Metal Roof Consultants, penned a feature article for Roofing Magazine – “Metal Roof Longevity = Building Life | Galvalume-coated Metal Roofs Last at Least 60 Years with Minimal Component Repair.” You can read the entire article by clicking the button below.
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Service Life Assessment of Low-Slope Unpainted 55%Al-Zn Alloy-Coated Steel Standing Seam Metal Roof Systems

This report documents and summarizes the work conducted to determine with reasonable certainty the roof service life that can be expected of a “like-in-kind”, low-slope 55%Al-Zn alloy-coated steel Standing Seam Roof (SSR) system when installed today in a like environment using best practices. It incorporates the results of multiple field inspections, independent laboratory analyses of
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Metal Roofing Is a Great Investment

Chuck Howard, PE, president of Metal Roofing Consultants, was featured in the most recent issue of Metal Construction News. The feature article was titled ROI on Metal Roofing – Metal roofing is a great investment; it’s just hard to quantify and Howard was quoted as a long time expert in the industry. A sample quote
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Chuck Howard Spotlight Article in Carolina’s Roofing Magazine

MRC president Chuck Howard explains the metal roofing benefits for schools in this “Spotlight” article from the May 2013 issue of Carolina’s Roofing Magazine.
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Galvalume Metal Roof Conversions of Flat Roofs

The following article was featured in Coil World. ***** In 1972 a new coating for metal roofs was introduced by Bethlehem steel. It was called Galvalume® since its make-up was mostly zinc and aluminum. Zinc had proven itself over the previous decades when applied to a steel roof sheet with a process called galvanizing. The
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MRC Partner LaFave’s Construction Featured in Metal Construction News

Devoted to the Long Haul By Paul Deffenbaugh, Editorial Director View on the Metal Construction News Website Starting a construction company often seems like an act of faith, especially in a down economy. But in 1982, when Joe LaFave felt he was led by his faith to find a direction for his life and that
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Technical Point – Let The Wind Blow

What a windy spring! As usual, the middle portion of our country has experienced tornado-strength winds, resulting in devastation and loss of lives. Additionally, a series of tornadoes in eastern North Carolina wreaked havoc. In late May, a deadly tornado also destroyed property in Massachusetts, a location that isn’t used to twisters. Can we prepare
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