Category: News

The North East Roofing
Educational Foundation Scholarship Application for 2023 is now available for your employees and their families.

The North East Roofing Educational Foundation (NEREF) has established this scholarship program to assist employees, immediate family members of employees, or immediate family of NERCA members, who plan to pursue post-secondary education in college, technical, and vocational programs.  Fourteen scholarships will be awarded this year in the amount of $3,000 each.

For further information, please contact Kayla Aceto at the association office either by telephone, fax, or email at kaceto@nerca.org.  We thank you for your cooperation.

Download the 2023 Scholarship Application Now!

In a paper entitled “Nailed It: Automonous Roofing with a Nailgun-Equipped Octocopter”, University of Michigan Engineering students sought to demonstrate the possibility of drones nailing down shingles on a roof without requiring a human operator.

Continue reading “Watch Out That Drone Has A Nail Gun!”

The North East Roofing Educational Foundation Scholarship Application for 2020 is now available for your employees and their families. The deadline for applications is May 15, 2020.

The North East Roofing Educational Foundation (NEREF) has established this scholarship program to assist employees, immediate family members of employees or immediate family of NERCA members, who plan to pursue post-secondary education in college, technical and vocational programs.  Fifteen scholarships will be awarded this year in the amount of $3,000 each.

For further information, please contact Patsy Sweeney at the association office either by telephone, fax or email at psweeney@nerca.org.  We thank you for your cooperation.

Download the 2020 Scholarship Application Now!

On July 25, 2019, 3M Fall Protection announced an immediate stop use and product recall of the 3M™ DBI-SALA® Twin-Leg Nano-Lok™ edge and the Twin-Leg Nano-Lok™ Wrap Back Self-Retracting Lifelines. 3M determined that in a fall and under certain conditions, the energy absorber of these devices may not properly deploy which could expose the worker to serious injury or death. There have been no reports of accidents or injuries associated with this issue, but these products must be removed from service immediately.

Continue reading “3M Fall Protection Issues Stop Use & Recall Notice on DBI-SALA Twin-Leg Nano-Lok edge and Wrap Back Self-Retracting Lifelines”

The North East Roofing Educational Foundation Scholarship Application for 2019 is now available for your employees and their families. The deadline for applications is May 15, 2019.

The North East Roofing Educational Foundation (NEREF) has established this scholarship program to assist employees, immediate family members of employees or immediate family of NERCA members, who plan to pursue post-secondary education in college, technical and vocational programs.  Thirteen scholarships will be awarded this year in the amount of $3,000 each.

For further information, please contact Patsy Sweeney at the association office either by telephone, fax or email at psweeney@nerca.org.  We thank you for your cooperation.

Download the 2019 Scholarship Application Now!

 

NERCA partnered with the Boston Roofing Contractors Association to produce this video detailing the impact of historically high precipitation and bad weather on roofing contractors.

 

All employers are aware of the new climate surrounding sexual harassment in the workplace. #MeToo and other viral movements have led to a more than 12% increase in sexual harassment claims according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and a 22% leap in the amount of money paid out in settlements by employers from $47.5 million in FY17 to $70 million in FY18. This represents a dramatic shift in the way employers must deal with the possibility of a sexual harassment claim. Continue reading “Notice on Anti-Harassment and Nondiscrimination Policies”

Recently, OSHA published an 11 minute video on determining soil types for trenches.  With trench work being one of the most hazardous working conditions, we encourage all of our employers to view it!

Continue reading “OSHA Video on Soil Testing for Trenches”

On September 26th, the North East Roofing Eduacational Foundation held its Fall Golf Outing.  The NEREF Trustees would like to thank all those who participated and our sponsors as well as congratulate the following winners.

First Place – 55 

Steve Harvey, Chick Gorman, Mike Michael, Shawn Mackie

Second Place – 58

Glenn Szalay, David Klein, Matt Brown, Marty Gorman

Third Place – 59

Tom Gunning, Skip Gentile, Tommy Gunning, Matthew Therrien

 

              Longest Drive                               Closest to the Pin                      Air Cannon Winner

                 JC Marcone                                    Victor Szala                              Marshall Fox

 

The  NEREF Trustees would like to thank all of our golf outing sponsors

A&M Roofing Services LLC

ABC Supply Company, Inc.

A.C.T. Metal Deck Supply

A.R.M. Roofing Inc,

Atlantic Asphalt & Equipment Co., Inc.

Barrett, Inc.

Beacon Sales Company

Boston Roofing Contractors Association

Canopy Roofing Systems

Carlisle SynTec Systems

DP Carney Construction, Inc.

Cazeault Roofing & Solar

CertainTeed Corporation

Dataforma, Inc.

Alexander Doyle LLC

Eastern Architectural Reps

FiberTite Roofing Systems

Firestone Building Products

Hunter Panels

Hurley Construction & Roofing Company, Inc.

J&S Building Exteriors, Inc.

Johns Manville

Lincoln Equipment Associates, Inc.

Marshall Roofing & Sheet Metal Company Inc.

North Bridge Building Products

North/East Roofing Contractors Association

O’Lyn Contractors, Inc.

OMG Roofing Products

Peck Brothers LLC

R&S Construction Services Inc.

R.K. Hydro Vac Inc.

Rockwell Roofing, Inc.

Saco Roofing

John F. Shea Company, Inc.

Silver Roofing, Inc.

SMR Inc.

Max Sontz Roofing Services, Inc.

SRC Roofing Inc.

Tech Roofing Services Inc.

Uni-Ply Roofing Inc.

Vanguard Organization, Inc.

Continue reading “Congratulations to the Fall Golf Outing winners & Thank you to our sponsors!”

Natalia Grove of Cotney Construction Law would like to provide the best practices for I-9 compliance to all of NERCA’s members. She has written a guest contribution to provide these to our members.  Below is the full article. Continue reading “ICE AGE – BEST PRACTICE TIPS FOR I-9 COMPLIANCE”