b'Kassisted the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association (RHCA) in rehabbing theirDallas headquarters. They took a Post Companynewonceabandoned building,with the coordination of several suppliers, completelyand waterproofed the building, removed the existing roof, andresealed and installed aroofsystem._The project24-hoururity, took 290 man days, and was completed in May 2012. RHCA now has a newrequiredsec building better suited for developing programs and facilitating the resources needed to help Hispanic contractors. MRCA\'s Industry Innovation Award supplier This award honors aor manufacturer for advancing the roofing industry through innovations or product development related to safety, technology, efficiency, or environmental issues and significantly improving the well-being of roofing contractors. MRCA presented the award to two companies this year-Eagleviewechnologies, Bothell, WA, and Premier Rail Systems,City, KS. T Kansas Eagleview Technologies was honored for its development of aepprovides roofing contractors with ale mobile solution for mobil ap thatcomp te managing their roof measurement requests, tracking the status of orders, and placing new orders based on the GPS location. The app also allows contractors to take photos while on the roof, annotate and edit those photos,upload images to their reports.The app is availablesm tphones andforartablets. and The second Innovation Award was presented to Premier Rail Systems Inc. for its development of a p -guard system to improve safety ermanent railand efficiency with atechnology. Thembe installed priortoroof construction and left in place during future reroofs.It patent-pendingsyste cannot only keeps the roofer safe, but it also protects every personon the roof. working Following the,who heads up a government relations consulting firm,eGroup, LLC,Washington, DC, presentations Craig Brightup,Th Brightup keynote address delivered atitled, "Now that the Election Is Over: Government Impact on the Roofing Industry." Brightup provided an analysis of how the new government will affect the roofing industry and what members can expect in terms oftaxpolicy, energy, labor relations, and the environment. Back this year was the popular :\\1RCA Educational Expo on Thursday and Friday, which featured updates from the Technical and Research Committeewell as the latest information related to products and industry advances. as Friday morning members attended the MRCA membership Meeting featuring the 2013Board of Directors electiona membership update. l\\1RCAand 111e day\'s scheduleincluded educational sessions "Foreman&Superintendent Operational Training: Project Managementthe Roof" (in both alsoon English and Spanish), "International Green Code Update," "Business Operations Forum," and the second part of the Mock OSHA Trial. i1RCA would like to thank this year\'s attendees, sponsors, exhibitors, and speakers for their continued support of the association and for their success. For generosity in making the 63rd Annual Meeting aadditional photos from the conference, visit www.mrca.org. Besure to maketo attend the64th Annual Conf rence,23-25, 2013, in Rosemont, IL. plansMRCAe October Congrats, John A.Dalsin&Inc. Son, Midwest Roofer congratulates MRCA member companyA.Dalsin&Son, Inc., on being namedContractor\'s 2012 Commercial JohnRoofing Roofing Contractor of the Year. It is the more-than-century-old company\'s "longstanding reputation for quality workmanship and professional integrity" that merited thisrding to Roofing Contractor. That and the outstandingservice provided by an impressive award, acco customer roster of four generations ofincluding current president Bob Dalsin\'s sons,and Mike, who have worked for the Minneapolis-based Dalsins,Jim companyits inception. Formed afterDalsin,s,aand m tmetal and roofing sinceJohnBob\' grandfather purchasedhardware storeodes sheet company in 1912, the company has tackled aof high- projects, including work on the MallAmerica, the Cathedral of St. Paul, varietyprofileof and the FordCities Assembly P1\inlant. According to Bob Dalsin,is MRCA\'s commitment to technical research that has the largest influence on its members\' professional lives and it shop sets the association apart from its peers the most. He said he also appreciates the opportunity to talkwith colleagues without "feeling like you\'re giving anything away."beyond But its professional influence, MRCA has played aein the lives of the Dals family larg rolein during Dalsin&Son\'s d des-long memecaership. b An MRCA past president, Dalsin even married aMRCA meeting planner, fonner his wife Barbara. According to Dalsin,is it just these types of connections that have been the most important part of his memhas bership. "The biggest thingbeen the relationships that were fonned there," said the Dalsin. "Andpeople I\'ve gotten to know." Midwest Roofer- www.mrca.org7'