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LATEST NEWS:

The SRCA had a booth at the March, 2013 NERCA convention in Boston. Shown above is board member John Mahan. Unfortunately, the postal service lost our banner when we shipped it up to Boston, so we had no banner to mark our booth! That could be why John looks a little forlorn.

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SRCA officially adopted new Bylaws and amended Articles of Incorporation, February 16, 2013: 37 yes votes, 1 no vote. Gary Howes was elected Chairman of the Board and Chris Paulin was elected Vice-Chairman of the Board.

Joe Jenkins, SRCA Executive Director, relinquished his board of directors seat on February 20, 2013. Chris Short was appointed to fill the position. Mr. Jenkins, who continues in his position as Executive Director and who remains a member of the Executive Committee, voluntarily initiated the board restructuring in order to allow more members to directly participate on the board of directors. The intent is to enhance the growth and organizational integrity of the association. Read the letter.

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SRCA's Wagner Roofing was honored at the 2013 International Roofing Expo in San Antonio by the National Roofing Contractors Association with two Gold Circle Awards, the industry’s highest honor, as well as the Gold Circle Platinum Award for the most superior overall project. Chuck Wagner is an SRCA board member.

Read the press release!

Above: Chuck Wagner, Barry Smith and Jack Mahan at the IRE 2013.

Above: Chuck Wagner, Gary Howes and Jack Mahan at the IRE 2013.

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SRCA Board Members re-elected in close election:

Barry Smith, Liam Tower and Chris Paulin were re-elected to their Board of Directors posts in December 2012. Chris Short placed strongly and fell only 4 votes short of being elected. Congratulations to all of our board members!

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24th World Championship of Young Roofers, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2012

Read the full report by SRCA Board members, Gary Howes and Chuck Wagner.

Read a summary of the event written by Bob Coutts, UK Team Mentor.

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2012 SRCA CONFERENCE

September 28-30, Grove City, PA

 

 

MORE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF THE CONFERENCE

Conference 2012: The small building above was roofed in a German-style slating method by Chris Short's team at Short Slate, sided with a bear design by Liam Tower (pictured above) of Slate Affair, Inc., and had copper gutters installed by John Crookston of Upright, Inc. More pictures are on the Conference 2012 page.

John Stortz (below left) was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 SRCA Conference. Liam Tower won the Members Choice Award for Best Slate Roofing Project of 2011:

Read Liam's thank you letter.

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Standards Committee Refines Slate Roof Installation Standards

The SRCA Standards Committe met over the weekend of June 23rd, 2012, in western Pennsylvania for the purpose of refining the installation standards for natural quarried roofing slates. Present were Barry Smith, Chris Paulin, Liam Tower, John Crookston, Chuck Wagner, John Mahan, Joe Jenkins and Gary Howes. Two sets of standards were published:

SECTION 07310 - SLATE SHINGLES for architects, and

General Installation Guidelines for Natural Quarried Roofing Slate
Version 1.2, Published by unanimous vote of the SRCA Board of Directors, 6/23/2012

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Congratulations to Gary Howes for being appointed to the SRCA Board of Directors, February, 2012!

Congratulations to Chuck Wagner for being elected to the SRCA Board of Directors, February, 2012!

Congratulations to Ruff Roofers, Inc. for three 2012 National Roofing Contractors Association Gold Circle Award Nominations and an Honorable Mention!

International Federation for the Roofing Trades, 2012 Congress and Championships, Luzerne, Switzerland, November 13-17th, 2012. Put it on your calendar!

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2011 IFD Congress Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 3-5, 2011

Slate Affair, Inc.,
Winner of IFD Award

Liam Tower (left) of Slate Affair, Inc., VP of the SRCA, has received an International Federation for the Roofing Trades Award in "Pitched Roofing," presented to four finalists in Dublin, Ireland, November 4th, 2011 at the IFD Congress. Austria won first place. Take a look at the entry form. Liam's work on a bell-shaped slate roof certainly deserves recognition. There were 18 submissions from 9 countries in this category. Read the announcement from the IFD here.

Letter to SRCA members from Liam Tower expressing gratitude for the IFD experience and recommending that we establish formal slate roofing education in the United States. Read the letter.

Invitation by the Irish IFD member RCCA Roofing and Cladding Contractors Association to the IFD Congress 2011 from 3rd to 5th November, 2011 in Dublin/Ireland:

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We would herewith cordially like to invite all members of the IFD as well as all friends throughout the world to the 59th IFD Congress 2011 from 3rd – 5th November 2011 in Dublin/Ireland. Yours sincerely, International Federation for the Roofing Trade (IFD) Director Detlef Stauch, Secretary General

Read about the highlights of the conference from the perspective of the IFD.

Read a thank-you letter from Gary Howes, SRCA Member who attended the 2011 IFD Congress in Dublin on behalf of the SRCA.

Read a report from SRCA Board Member James Warden.

More about the 2011 IFD Congress

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2010 IFD CONGRESS BELFAST NORTHERN IRELAND

November 15-20, 2010: The SRCA sent six Board members, accompanied by seven additional people. Look at the photos and video of the Congress!

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SRCA 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND MEMBER MEETING

Lancaster, PA, August 4th, 5th and 6th (Thu-Sat), in conjunction with the International Preservation Trades Workshops.

2007 Conference Info and Photos | 2009 Conference Info and Photos | 2010 Conference

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ABOUT THE SRCA

The SRCA, a non-profit trade association, was established on March 1, 2005. It is established as a non-profit corporation organized exclusively for charitable purposes as defined by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Its purpose is to promote the slate roofing trades, including, but not limited to, organizing slate roofing tradespersons; promoting the training and education of slate roofing contractors in traditional slate roofing practices; and pursuing the interests of slate roofing contractors in developing appropriate standards, practices, methodologies, educational materials and networks.

Meeting of SRCA members, July 2009 (above) at the SRCA conference.

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SRCA LOGO

Can be downloaded by members on the member download page
(requires user name and password).

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SRCA is a member of the International Federation of Roofing Trades!

View the IFD Membership Certificate l Visit the IFD on the web

IFD is the worldwide highest body representing the interests of the Roofing Trade, with 17 full members, 1 guest member, 24 partner members and 4 Co-operating partners (including the SRCA) from a total of 23 countries. The representatives of IFD are cooperating particularly in Europe in the bodies of CEN, EOTA, NORMAPME and UEAPME.  IFD is acknowledged worldwide. IFD is regularly present on international trade fairs and congresses in Europe and the United States of America.

 

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VOLUNTEER WORK

The SRCA installed a slate roof in River View Park, Frankfort, KY at its annual conference, July 1-4, 2009 (above). The slates were generously donated by Buckingham Slate Company. Members and other volunteers donated their time and all the necessary materials. The building was constructed by the Timber Framers Guild and the Preservation Trades Network.

SRCA members contribute voluntarily to the 2005 International Preservation Trades Workshops at Belmont Technical College in St. Clairsville, Ohio [above]. Camara Slate Company generously donated the slates for the roof.

Read about other volunteer projects.

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CONTRACTOR PROFILES

Contractor members join the SRCA via an application process that allows for a Contractor Profile to be created and posted on this website with links on our Members page and on our Contractor Directory. We list such things as whether the contractor has insurance, how many employees they have (if any), how many years they've been in business, what percentage of their work is slate roofing (and if they do other types of contracting, what sort of additional contracting they do), what their physical working range is (i.e. how far they will travel), and other criteria important to the client or customer. All contractor members agree to a Code of Ethics

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JOIN THE SRCA

Why join? View a Membership Invitation!

Anyone can join the SRCA as a Supporting Member. Other membership categories include Affiliate Member for those who are not contractors, such as quarriers, marketers, architects, conservators, preservation professionals, engineers, etc. The Roofing Contractor Member category is for roofers who don't specialize in slate and the Slate Roofing Contractor category is for roofing contractors who do specialize primarily in natural quarried slate roofing. Please JOIN us today! Or call us at 814-786-7015.

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