b'PRESIDENTS MESSAGETRIED, TESTED AND TRUEROBERT GREENOUGH RCABC PresidentA sthenewpresidentofthehave earned their place in the industry,in your estimate. And yes, it is a neces-RCABC,Idliketointroduceand others remind us that what is tried,sary item, but it doesnt make it an easy myself: Im Robert Greenough,tested and true should not be forgotten,transition. It takes real money, real time andIamathird-generationand should not be replaced for the sakeand real commitment to be at the top ofroofingandsheetmetalprofessionalof progress. our industry, but we are much better off from the interior of B.C. As a child I wasSpeaking of progress, from my timefor the effort and the expense now.enamored by the sound and vibration ofon the board of RCABC, I can relay toWhen discussing progress, it must be the kettle when visiting jobsites, with myyou that the board members take prog- remembered that progress for the sake father (Thomas Greenough) telling meress seriously, and so do I. I commendof progress is most often not beneficial. storiesofhisfatherandoldprojects;the board for the foresight to see theItisprogressforthebettermentand my love for the smell of hot (asphalt)benefitandnecessityofbringingthesuccess of our members and the industry comes honestly. associationandourmemberstothethat must be considered in depth prior Mysecondlove,metal,camefromleading edge of the industry for safety, totosuchdecisions.Ofcourse,thereis workinginthesheetmetalshopwithmatch our premier status in the industryalways room for improvement, and the mymentorsEdPopovichandWalterfor our roofing knowledge and practicesgoal of each company and project is to Halisheff, learning the lost art of copper,(see the RPM). COR Safety Certificationbe betterto complete projects on time, zinc and lead. Unfortunately, I cant saywasanecessaryadvancementoftheon budget, with no injuries or issues. But that I like everything about roofingaRCABC and our members; the directorsas I speak to this, and as the RCABC yellow death re-roof (yellow fiberglassof the time saw this and implemented it.continuestobeleadersandbecome insulation) comes to mind. It makes meIt must be noted, though, that it was at abetter all the time, it is imperative that itchy just thinking about it. (Thank yousignificant cost, and it was a tremendouswe do not forget what got us here: the to Barb Cundy, one of the first and onlyburden on members to implement andpeople that developed the systems and women in roofing of that era, who toldmaintain at first. This was real moneyproducts,whodesignedthebuildings, me how to get it off my bare skin.) Andandrealtimethatwasimpossibletodrafted the drawings and wrote the spec-while the smell of hot is from a bygonerecoupinitially,andIdontthinkthisifications.Thepeoplethatwrotethe era (in B.C. at least) and the copper proj- understandinghasbeenconveyedtoRoofing Practices Manual (RPM), those ects are few and far between now, mythe membership and the industry wellwho updated it and brought it into the affinity for all things roofing and sheetin the past. Its easy for some to makepresent form, and who are continually metal have just modified over the years tothe statement that you cant put a cost onadding to it. The roofers who swung a the newest materials and systems. Somesafetywell, as a business owner, youmop and tended the kettles, who lit the havebeenagreatadvancementandcertainly can and have to, as a line itemfirsttorch,turnedonthefirsthotair 8 lROOFINGBClSPRING 2026'