FALL 2010 IN THIS ISSUE:
THE VOICE OF PROFESSIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS
Vol. 7, No. 3 • FALL 2010
FEATURES: New Construction Safety Alliance up and running.............8 Close encounter with TPO: roofing medium popular with Olympic architects............10 Game changer: 3D aerial roof measurements a boon to roofing industry .................. 14 Flashing techniques: standing seam metal roofs.... 16 ASSOCIATION: President’s message .................. 3 Top RCABC apprentices receive awards............................ 5 RCABC readies for campus grand opening.......................... 15 INDUSTRY NEWS: Green roof fire resistance guide published.......................... 4 Omnidirectional roof vents defy high winds ...........................8 Home builders increase production despite HST ......... 12 UDI closes award entries ....... 12 Rooftop solar panels: popular but cost-prohibitive? ...............13 How much is your plant and land worth?....................... 15 Major projects valued at $5 billion.....................................15 Concrete houses exported ......18 Pipeline buzz in the NWT......................................17 Roofing Expo books majority of space ......................18 COLUMNS Bottom Line: Marketing roofing companies in 2011 ..... 6 Legal Matters: Employees and alcohol a poor mix ................... 9
Roof shingles made from recycled rubber, from Euroshield Roofing, have been installed on a demonstration environmental home in Kamloops. Photo: CHBA – Central Interior EQuilibrium™ Communities is a collaborative sustainable community demonstration initiative of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) under the Government of Canada’s ecoACTION initiatives. The initiative will continue until the end of 2012.
Rubber hits the roof in Kamloops A roof made of recycled rubber by Euroshield has been installed on the EQuilibrium™ NetZero home in Kamloops. This joint project between Thompson Rivers University and the Canadian Home Builders Association Central Interior addresses the need for training a new generation of skilled home building professionals. For the 14th consecutive year, the CHBA local plans to sell the house to the YMCA/YWCA for use as their annual Dream Home lottery fundraiser. For the past three years, the training houses have met the high Built Green standards. This year, the project has raised the bar by building the house as an EQuilibrium™ NetZero home, a sustainable housing demonstration initiative led by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. EQuilibrium™ housing combines a wide range of technologies, strategies, products, techniques and innovations designed to reduce a home’s
environmental impact to an absolute minimum. At the same time, EQuilibrium™ housing also features commercially available, on-site renewable energy systems to provide clean energy to help reduce annual consumption, costs and the carbon footprint. The two-storey home with a walk-out basement is located in the Sun Rivers Resort Community five minutes from downtown Kamloops. It will be open to public and industry tours when complete. Euroshield roofing is designed to replicate the style of traditional roof shingles. It weighs about the same as typical 40-year asphalt shingle roof, and is made from over 75 percent recycled materials, the primary ingredient being rubber from recycled tires. Any scrap materials generated from the installation can be returned and recycled to produce more Euroshield roofing materials, the company explains. ■
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Roofing Contractors Association of BC 9734 201 Street Langley, BC Canada V1M 3E8
Marketing roofing today Your customers’ fingers are still doing the walking, but now it’s over a computer keyboard. See page 6
Safety – on the job and off Working hours or after hours, you are your brother’s (and employee’s) keeper. See pages 8 and 9