Passing on the Family Business Should You Sell? March 03, 1997 Passing on the Family Business Should You Sell? By Hugh Rice and Perry Safran If you don’t want to liquidate and you can’t afford to give the company away, your only other choice is to sell. Selling is the option most businesses choose. You can choose between two types of sales: sale to an […] Read More
Snow Loads on Roofs February 28, 1997 Snow Loads on Roofs By William Marcum, RRC Property owners in snowbelt regions routinely pre¬ pare for clearing sidewalks, driveways, parking lots and other essential operation areas during and after snow storms. One or two times a season, a particular snow storm may dump more snow than antic¬ ipated, giving school children and the workforce […] Read More
Passing on the Family Business Dealing with Stock February 03, 1997 Passing on the Family Business Dealing with Stock By Hugh Rice and Perry Safran This is the second in a three-part series on management succession reprinted “Kith permission from the August 1993 issue of the FMI Management letter, FMI Corporation, Raleigft, SC 37613. Sometimes owners decide to keep the stock in the family or […] Read More
Concrete Tile Excels in Snow Country; Europe Shows How February 03, 1997 Concrete Tile Excels in Snow Country; Europe Shows How By Terry Anderson Ruined penetration pipes, tornoff gutters, broken tiles, dam¬ age to property below roofs and various other snow- and ice-related problems on concrete tile roofs are just a few of the complaints I have repeatedly received since I began roof consulting in the western […] Read More
Errors and Omissions Coverage: The Foundation for a Well-Built Insurance Program February 03, 1997 Errors and Omissions Coverage: The Foundation for a Well-Built Insurance Program By Joyce Tsigris Perhaps your firm’s architects work in the design stages of construction. Or maybe your business spe¬ cializes in overseeing quality assurance during con¬ struction. Then again, it’s possible that your compa¬ ny does a little of both. After completing work on […] Read More
Managing Roofing Assets Through Life Cycle Analysis February 03, 1997 Managing Roofing Assets Through Life Cycle Analysis By William Spencer The value of a roof can actually increase if it sur¬ vives its first few years without incident. This fact by itself provides some motivation for finding out what it means to manage a roof as an asset. The explanation for this fact is that […] Read More
Almost But Not Quite RICOWI Decides Not to Mobilize on Fran January 28, 1997 Almost But Not Quite RICOWI Decides Not to Mobilize on Fran By Phil Dregger, PE, RRC The Mobilization Committee for RICOWI’s Wind Investigation Program held teleconference meetings September 6 and 9 to review wind speed data and dam¬ age reports from Hurricane Fran for the purpose of deciding if criteria were met for mobilization. […] Read More
Life Cycle Cost Implications of Roofing Decisions January 03, 1997 Life Cycle Cost Implications of Roofing Decisions By Hitesh Doshi, M.A. Sc., P. Eng. Nature of Roofing Decisions Roof consulting, by its very nature, requires making many decisions pertaining to the design, maintenance, repair and replacement of roofing systems. Decisions are made based on the needs of the client, requirements to resist environ¬ mental […] Read More
The Role of the RRO January 03, 1997 The Role of the RRO By Daniel J. La Fountain, RRO How many times have you awakened to a 3:00 a.m. alarm, thinking that yet another day of battle was about to begin. Following the typical morning rou¬ tine, a thermos of coffee and a dozen doughnuts, you are ready to head to the […] Read More
The RRC: The Apex of Roofing January 03, 1997 The RRC: The Apex of Roofing By Kris Ammerman Executive Editor, Interface They are an exclusive club, with only 198 members in all of the U.S. and Canada. Ninety-four percent are members of RCI. More than one-fourth may be found in Region II — the Southeast. But the entire area of Region VII, including the […] Read More
