No Mistakes with Responsible Residential and Commercial Roofing Firms

If you've never come home to find your roof demolished by roofers who seem to have vanished into thin air afterward, consider yourself lucky. Unfortunately, Ryan Stamm couldn't claim as much this year, when he pulled up to his driveway and saw exactly that, with no clue as to what had happened. As reported by Alissa Skelton of the World-Herald, this incident is proof that with an unreliable Omaha commercial roofing and residential roofing company, there is no assurance that your house is safe. In a disconcerting turn of events, this was apparently a case of “demolish and run”. Apparently, a team of roofers mistakenly started work earlier in the day and simply left when they found out that they were at the wrong house.

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For Old Residential Roofing in Omaha, Follow Asbestos Removal Policies

If your home was built before the 1970s, there's a good chance that your old roof may contain traces of asbestos. Although asbestos hasn't been banned entirely in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) strictly enforces a ban on asbestos as insulation. Any form of asbestos must be removed from the structure with the help of certified removal services. Apparently, as Pat Guth for the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance news section reports, one Omaha-based company didn't. The health risks of asbestos only began to call the attention of doctors in 1906, when autopsy on a deceased worker found that he had died from lung fibrosis. Asbestos was mainly used for insulation not just for buildings but also for medieval armor. Asbestos bans began as early as 1973, but it wasn't until 1978 that the ban covered most products containing asbestos. Given the serious health risks credited with handling asbestos, old commercial and residential roofing in Omaha must be handled with ca

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US Construction Industry Losing Workers to Fatal Falls: Omaha Roofing Companies Affected

From the vantage point of the construction industry, incidents of falls involving workers remain a primary peril of the trade. This fact is supported by numbers as culled by the Center for Construction Research and Training. In a recent study of the organization, 20,498 cases of occupational fatality in the construction sector were recorded, almost a third of which was directly related to falls. Of the staggering figure of 6,591 people who died in job sites from 1992 to 2009, 2,163 fell off the roof and sustained lethal injuries. Many of the casualties were employed in small firms that are in the Omaha roofing business, or are roofers in other US cities. The study also found that workers of Hispanic descent, foreign-born or immigrants, and construction hands who work on residential structures repairing or replacing roofs were more prone to on-site accidents than any other kind of construction assistants.

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Tapping a Lincoln Roofing Company for Commercial Work on a New Outlet

Nebraska's own pride and joy, Cabela's Inc., is working on a new branch of its Outpost mid-level store chain at the Central Texas Marketplace in Waco, TX. With a total floor area of 42,000 square feet, the store's general building shell is targeted for a September 2013 turnover to Cabela's, with the opening to be marked the following month. The company is recruiting nearly 20 subcontractors for the project, with a local roofer landing the gig. Any roofer that bags a contract for a commercial project is a sign of a client's trust and confidence in its services. Lincoln, NE itself thrives on many service-based commercial establishments, some of which had their beginnings in the state capital, such as the Valentino's chain of Italian restaurants, HobbyTown USA, and Fort Western Stores. When a commercial establishment may be in need of some roof work for its facilities, Lincoln roofing outfits like McKinnis Roofing & Sheet Metal can be put on the case.

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Nebraska's Tourism Push May Benefit Omaha and Lincoln Commercial Roofing, Among Others

Tourist spending in Nebraska has reached an all-time high of $3.1 billion for 2012, up from $2.3 billion in 2008. The increase encouraged Nebraska to shift to a more aggressive approach in promoting the state to tourists and resulted in a partnership with Swanson Russell, a marketing communications agency that has been tasked to handle the state's tourism PR. For the entire endeavor, a $2.1 million budget has been allocated by the Nebraska Tourism Commission. Tourism is an income-generating sector that produces jobs and higher sales for commercial establishments. In anticipation of higher arrivals as a result of the new tourism PR thrust, local businesses must also set a budget for promotion and upkeep of their offices and establishments to encourage visitor spending. Sometimes, the “upkeep” can be as simple as repairing Lincoln commercial roofing.

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Fireproof Materials That Protect Residential Roofs From Wildfires

The worst of the disastrous 2012-2013 North American Drought is probably over for Nebraska, as a series of much needed rainshowers that began last April freed much of the state's southeast region (including major cities Omaha and Lincoln) from the dry spell. However, the rest of Nebraska, and most of the western United States, from South Dakota to Oregon, and Texas to California are still under varying drought intensities. Climatologists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's National Drought Mitigation Center predict that it will take some time and lots of precipitation before the state returns to having ideal weather conditions for corn planting. As droughts increase the chances of wildfires by drying up the vegetation, there is no other time more ideal than now to inspect and fireproof Lincoln residential roofing systems.

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