b', - ::::: ;.AftMidwest ~ ~=:::::::. ::~ -,, CJ.\\Roofing Contractors Association MRCA Leadership Directory MIDWEST ROOFER Offlcers/fxeculive CommitteeBill Seibert PresidentFisher R fingofKearney ooRandy R. AdamsBill@callf~her.com R. Adams Roofing CoInc. . randy__a@radamsroofing.comGreg Sprague GERTA Chair First Vice PresidentSp/ague Roofing Co. December 2012Mike Millergm ague@spraguerooling.com S!)fHenry C. Smither Roofing Conc. . Immiller@smitherroofing.comDonna Thornton Holland Roofing Second Vice Presidentdonnat@holf.com landroo "\'9ContentsSteve LittleAndy Wray K CompaPostny steve.liltk!kpostcompany.comWrayfing. Inc. Rooandyw@v.,ayroofing.com Secretary/Treasurer ColumnsLarry MarshallT&R Cammi/lee Chair L. Marshall R fing, Inc.Kevin Gwaltney ooinfo@lrnarshallro ing.comDiamond Rof oofing President\'s Message: Raising the Roof . . . 4Chairman of the B kevin@diamond-1oofing.com oard JamesAdvisors Ramser MRCA News . . .Highland R fing CompanyRene Dupuis, PhD 6jim@highl oo oofing.comStroctural Research, I . andr ncrduPUis@sri-engineeringcom Letter to the Editor. . . . . . 6DirectorschLegal Counsel Phil DiederiWaukegan Roofing Co., Inc.Gary Auman T&R Update: Cold Weather, Insulation, and R-Value 8pd;edefich@.o.sukeganroofing.comgwa@dmfdayton.com .Scott EricksonSlaff Gary\'s Corner: Electronic Contracting 101. 18Weathefcraft Co of North PlatteLouise Ristau, GAE scott@ .comExecutive Director roofwcohdlristau@mrca org Doug Fry DouglasF RoofingPeggy Doherty ry dfry10ofing@sbcglobal.netOperations Manager Featurespdoherty@rnrca.org Mark Gwaltney Diamond-E Roofing ContractorsKaryn Humphries 1~rley From Contractor to Congress: Reid Ribble (R-WI). 1mark@diamondeverley.comEducation Manager Okhurnphlies@m:a.org Fred Haines Learn from My Business Exit Mistakes 14Roofmaslers Roofing- Co Samantha Byrne Incfh~oosroofm rtg.oornAccount Administrator asterssbyrne@mrca g .orJim Huntington Regional APioneer in Green Roofing. 16AM Roofing CoInc.Chris Schroll jrh@aaaroofingcompany.comSales Manager cschroll@conned2amc.com Mark Langer Lan R ng and S lJane Martinsons geroofi heet Metamla @ r-roofing.comManaging Editor nger langeAd IndexKelly L jrnartinsons@mrca.org ea KPost CompanyMiku Ishii Kinnear ormaKelty.rea@kpostcornpany.cornGraphicsignermcDeDataf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2mikinnear@oooneci2a .com Cheryl McGlothlin Empire Roofing, Inc.Katherine McLaughlin Fortuna Logistics/Maxcon. . . . 4Cheryl@empireroofing.comMeetings Manager kmclaughlin@connect2Jmc.com Tom Miller The Miller Group . . . 5T America Ze CompanyPam Oddi . ecfarn tmiller@rerororoofing.comManager of Technology Services Superiorand Supply . . . . 9Bob Schenkelpoddi@mrca org Equipment CLC y SchtJstompanRoofing Contractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12rschenkel@clschust.com Roof Hugger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13MRCA Headquarters 4700 W Lake AvenueIGlenview,60025-1485 estIL Marlarkey Roofing Products 15Pho 800.497.6722IF : 847.375.64ne:ax 73 International Leak Detection. . . . 17www.mrca.org Disclaimer: The opinions and posltioos stzed ,nartiClesIU)lis!mhereinthose are Johns Manville . . . 19of the authors andby the lac! of publica!Jon, neressanfy those of 11.ACA. MRCA not, roofing prodtx:lsandcmred does nol endorseor systemsshall fill beby anything hereinhave recommended the use ornon-useof~roofll!Isyslern EagleView Technologies,. . . . . . 20topasti:liar Inc'