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Archive for the ‘Duro-Last Roofing’ Category


Finding a Construction Association to Join

Selecting and getting involved in a construction association can help get your name out and is a great way to streamline the networking process. There are many organizations specific to the construction industry that provide opportunities to market and promote roofing products and services. Most of the following organizations have local chapters: American Institute of [...]

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Solar on Life Support? Not So Fast…

“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” So said Mark Twain more than a century ago. Despite the recent and well-publicized demise of Solyndra, the photovoltaic industry might echo Twain’s remark, given the rousing attendance at this year’s Solar Power International (SPI) show in Dallas. More than 1100 exhibitors displayed their wares to an [...]

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Recycle Your Roof: A Reality Made Possible By Duro-Last® Roofing and Oscoda Plastics®

PVC is one of the most widely used plastics in the world. It has been used in the medical industry for over 50 years in flexible containers and tubing. And it has been used in roofing systems since the early 1960s. But what happens when the roof has come to the end of its useful [...]

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Greenbuild 2011 Wrap Up

The 10th anniversary of U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild International Conference and Expo was held October 4th – 7th at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, Canada. Greenbuild is the largest expo dedicated to green building with over 20,000 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors. Duro-Last® was one of those exhibitors and has been for the [...]

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Are You Ready for Solar? Integrating Single-Ply Roofing With Photovoltaic Arrays

The growth of rooftop photovoltaics (PV) has exploded over the past few years, aided by incentive programs, technological improvements, and the need for alternative sources of energy. Rooftops can be an excellent place to install PV because they are usually unused and unobstructed spaces. But utilizing a rooftop to locate PV is not without its [...]

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Flying Into Saginaw? Keep Your Eyes Peeled!

Some months ago, we featured a rooftop lettering project installed by Ed Rutherford Roofing of Palmyra, Missouri, at Lindenwood University. Since then, we have produced lettering and logos for several other jobs around the country, but the roof on our own HQ location remained unbranded. I am pleased to report that we in Saginaw are [...]

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