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National and regional roofing trade associations and standards bodies. 93 entries.
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Arizona Roofing Contractors Association
A statewide trade association of Arizona commercial and residential roofing contractors and roofing-related manufacturers, suppliers and service providers, based in Phoenix and established in 1969. ARCA represents the industry before the Registrar of Contractors and the Arizona legislature, arranges free safety training for members' employees, hosts the state's roofing trade show, and runs a searchable member contractor directory and a roofer referral program for consumers.
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Arkansas Roofing Association
A state trade association for roofing contractors operating in Arkansas. As of this record's verification date the association's own website (arkansasroofer.org) is a live, actively maintained single placeholder page announcing a site rebuild in progress; it confirms the organization's name and provides direct contact information, but does not yet publish a membership program, an offerings list, or a founding date. This is not a lapsed or parked domain.
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Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association
A national trade association representing manufacturers of asphalt roofing products, publishing technical bulletins and educational resources on asphalt shingles and low-slope systems.
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Associated Roofing Contractors of Oregon & SW Washington
A regional professional association of roofing contractors, suppliers, distributors and manufacturers in Oregon and Southwest Washington, founded in 1957. ARC holds monthly membership meetings with industry speakers on topics such as safety, OSHA, Oregon CCB and Washington L&I requirements, building codes and installation practice, and publishes a directory of its contractor members for property owners.
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Associated Roofing Contractors of the Bay Area Counties
A nonprofit regional trade association for union roofing and waterproofing contractors in the San Francisco Bay Area, based in Concord, California. It was incorporated in 1950 through the merger of an East Bay contractors' association and a San Francisco roofing contractors' association, and it is the recognized multi-employer collective bargaining agent for signatory roofing and waterproofing contractors in the Greater Bay Area, negotiating working agreements with locals of the Roofers Union. Regular membership is limited to union-signatory contractors; manufacturers, suppliers and service providers join as associates.
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ASTM International
A standards development organization, founded in Philadelphia in 1898 as the American Society for Testing and Materials, whose volunteer technical committees write test methods, specifications, guides and practices. Its Committee D08 on Roofing and Waterproofing, formed in 1905, has jurisdiction over roofing and waterproofing standards for materials largely made of asphalt, coal tar, polymer modifiers, rubbers and plastics.
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Carolinas Roofing Association
A regional trade association founded in 1943 for residential and commercial roofing contractors, vendors, manufacturers and service providers across North and South Carolina, formerly known as the Carolinas Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association (CRSMCA). It runs education on safety, business, sales and technical topics, regional meetings and an annual Mid-Winter Roofing Expo, a member directory, and a Self-Insurers Fund for workers' compensation that it describes as the oldest group fund in the Carolinas. Applicants are reviewed and approved by its board.
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Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau
The recognized authority for Certi-label cedar shake and shingle products since 1915, providing grading and certification, installation standards, and technical guidance for the cedar roofing and siding market.
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Central Texas Roofing Contractors Association
A regional chapter of the Roofing Contractors Association of Texas (RCAT), serving roofing contractors, associate members and consumers across Central Texas, including the Austin, Waco and San Antonio areas. CTRCA runs its own membership program and local meetings, and works to protect homeowners and raise professional standards in the Central Texas roofing industry.
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Chicago Roofing Contractors Association
A trade association of roofing and waterproofing contractors based in the greater Chicagoland area, which describes itself as the leading roofing trade association in Illinois. Its history traces the association to the rebuilding of Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871. Contractor members are roofing contractors licensed and insured by the State of Illinois, and associate members include manufacturers, distributors, manufacturers' representatives, allied service suppliers and consultants. It runs its own board, committees, trade show, magazine and a charitable foundation that awards scholarships.
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Chicagoland Roofing Council
An organization of union roofing, waterproofing and air barrier contractor firms in the Chicago area whose workforce belongs to the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local 11. Through trustee boards and committees it administers an advancement and research fund that promotes its contractor firms, negotiates with Local 11 through a labor relations task team, resolves disputes through a joint grievance board, oversees pension and welfare funds, and supports the Local 11 apprenticeship and training program. Its site publishes a contractor list, owner guidance on roofing system types and an annual scholarship for dependents of member firms and Local 11 members.
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Colorado Roofing Association
A state trade association serving Colorado roofing contractors and industry partners with education, networking, and advocacy on Colorado-specific roofing issues including hail and licensing.
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Connecticut Roofing Contractors Association
A state association of residential and commercial roofing contractors in Connecticut, based in Bloomfield. It works to raise technical and business education among its members, monitors state and federal legislation that affects roofing, shares resources with other roofing contractor associations, and fosters fellowship among member firms and their employees. Members join as contractors, associates (suppliers, manufacturers, consultants and representatives) or affiliates, and agree to the association's code of professional and ethical conduct. An elected board of officers and directors runs the association.
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Contractors Association of Minnesota
A Minnesota trade association of residential and commercial exterior contractors, distributors and manufacturers, formed in 2009 by construction trade partners responding to insurance-industry legislation that affected contractors working on storm-related jobs. It lobbies at the State Capitol and before state regulatory agencies, holds free winter education classes for members, and runs a public member search. Contractor members must have held a roofing or contractor business license in Minnesota for at least three years, an A rating or better with the BBB, and good standing with the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.
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Cool Roof Rating Council
A non-profit organization that administers a credible, third-party rating program for the solar reflectance and thermal emittance of roofing and exterior wall products. Its rated-products directory is referenced by energy codes, including California's Title 24.
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Copper Development Association
A U.S.-based not-for-profit association of the copper industry, founded in 1962, that brings together North American copper and copper alloy fabricators with global copper mining and production companies. For roofing and sheet metal work it publishes the Copper in Architecture Design Handbook, with sheet copper fundamentals, design details, specifications and CAD files for architects and installers, publishes technical articles on copper roofing, and keeps a database of architectural copper installation contractors.
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El Paso County Roofing Association
A local roofing association based in Colorado Springs and serving El Paso County and the Pikes Peak Region of Colorado. The association says it was founded in 1996 to protect consumers against fraud. Member contractors pledge to follow ethical standards and must be licensed and carry liability and workers' compensation insurance, and the association publishes a member list for homeowners, takes complaints about roofers, works with the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department on roofing code matters and runs a Senior Assistance Fund that helps low-income homeowners aged 65 and over with roof replacement or maintenance.
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EPDM Roofing Association
A trade association, formally established in 2003, that represents the manufacturers of EPDM single-ply rubber roofing membranes and their leading suppliers. It publishes technical and research material on EPDM roofing covering durability, installation and restoration, codes and standards, cool roofing, solar and sustainability, and runs a recycling council for companies that recycle EPDM and other single-ply membranes.
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Florida Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association
Florida's statewide association of roofing, sheet metal and air conditioning contractors, founded in 1922, whose membership also takes in manufacturers, suppliers, manufacturers' representatives and roofing consultants. FRSA is a 501(c)(6) non-profit governed by a board elected from eight membership districts plus directors named by its local affiliate associations. It publishes Florida Roofing magazine, supports an educational and research foundation, sponsors the BrightFund self-insurers fund for workers' compensation, and represents members before government and code bodies.
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Georgia Roofing Contractors Association
A non-profit state trade organization representing the roofing supply chain in Georgia, including contractors, suppliers, material and equipment manufacturers, and service providers. Established in 1953 (its own homepage identifies it as "formerly RSMCA"), GARCA states its purpose is raising Georgia roofing industry standards through networking, education, and voluntary self-regulation. Because Georgia does not require a state roofing license, GARCA also administers its own voluntary licensing program for both residential (steep-slope) and commercial (low-slope) contractors.
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Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
A non-profit 501(c)(6) industry association working since 1999 to grow the green roof and green wall industry across North America. It researches the benefits of vegetated roofs, advocates for supportive public policy, runs professional training through its Living Architecture Academy, and manages the Green Roof Professional accreditation for the design, installation and maintenance of green roofs.
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Houston Area Roofing Contractors Association
A regional chapter of the Roofing Contractors Association of Texas (RCAT), serving roofing contractors, associate members and consumers across the Greater Houston area. HARCA runs its own membership program, board of directors and local meetings, and represents the roofing and waterproofing industry in Houston through advocacy, education and consumer-awareness resources.
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Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety
An independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit research and communications organization supported by property insurers and reinsurers, formed by the property-casualty insurance industry in 1977 and known by its present name since 2011. It runs a full-scale test facility in Chester County, South Carolina, studies how roofs perform in wind and hail, publishes hail impact ratings for asphalt shingles, and administers FORTIFIED, a voluntary construction and re-roofing program whose FORTIFIED Roof level calls for enhanced deck nailing, a sealed roof deck, locked-down roof edges and high wind-rated roof covers.
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International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants
An international association of building enclosure consultants specializing in roofing, waterproofing, and exterior wall design, specification, and quality assurance. Incorporated in 1983 as the Roof Consultants Institute (RCI) and rebranded IIBEC in 2019.
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Independent Roofing Contractors of California
A not-for-profit association of California roofing professionals, based in Ripon, whose members are roofing contractors and associate members such as material manufacturers and suppliers. IRCC centers on workmanship and training: it runs a roofer apprenticeship training program through its Unilateral Apprenticeship Training Committee, with evening classes at training sites around the state, and describes its contractor members as merit shop roofing contractors.
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Indiana Roofing Contractors Association
A statewide trade association serving commercial and residential roofing contractors, manufacturers, distributors, consultants and industry professionals in Indiana. It is an affiliate member of the National Roofing Contractors Association and runs educational sessions, community service projects and an annual meeting and trade show for the state's roofing industry.
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International Code Council
The membership association of building safety professionals that develops the International Codes, including the International Residential Code and International Building Code, whose roofing chapters are the model text that state and local code adoptions start from. It was formed in 1994 by combining BOCA, ICBO and SBCCI, the three earlier regional model-code organizations, and its family includes the ICC Evaluation Service, which issues product evaluation reports.
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Iowa Roofing Contractors Association
A statewide professional association of roofing contractors and associated firms in Iowa, covering commercial, industrial, and residential roofing with both steep- and low-slope affiliations. Member firms come from across Iowa and border states. IRCA promotes the betterment of the roofing industry through education, communication, and ethical practices, and holds three membership meetings a year: winter and fall seminars plus a summer social event.
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Kansas Roofing Association
A statewide roofing trade association based in Lawrence, Kansas, organized as a 501(c)(6). It admits residential and commercial roofing contractors, suppliers and distributors, and manufacturers as members, asks contractor applicants for their Kansas roofing registration number, and runs education seminars, golf and clay-shooting events and an e-newsletter for the Kansas roofing industry.
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Kentucky Roofing Contractors Association
A nonprofit state trade association for the roofing industry in Kentucky, representing commercial and residential roofing contractors along with manufacturers, suppliers and other industry professionals. Because Kentucky has no state licensing requirement for roofing contractors, the association runs its own Certified Contractor program, begun in 2001, which requires members to carry at least $1 million in liability insurance, post a $10,000 bond, complete at least 10 hours of approved continuing education each year and sign a code of ethics.
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Louisiana Roofing Contractor Association
A Louisiana statewide association of roofing contractors that represents its members on legislative and regulatory matters and keeps them informed as regulations change. It holds member meetings and a conference with keynote speakers, workshops and a vendor exhibitor showcase, a trade show and a golf tournament, refers consumers to member contractors, and lists members in a directory. Applications need a member referral and are reviewed by the board and membership committee against insurance and licensure.
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Lubbock Area Roofing Contractors Association
A regional chapter of the Roofing Contractors Association of Texas (RCAT) serving roofing and waterproofing contractors in Lubbock and the surrounding area. LARCA runs its own membership, board of directors and monthly lunch and learn education programs, keeps members informed on legislation and agency activity, and publishes a searchable member directory, including RCAT licensed contractors, along with guidance for consumers choosing a roofer.
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Metal Building Manufacturers Association
The trade association of metal building systems manufacturers and their suppliers, chartered in 1956 by thirteen metal building companies. It provides research, education and technical resources on low-rise metal building systems, including the Metal Building Systems Manual and published standing seam metal roofing details for trapezoidal and vertical rib roofs.
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Metal Construction Association
An industry association that promotes the use of metal in construction, serving manufacturers, fabricators, and contractors who work with metal roofing, wall, and retrofit systems.
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Metal Roofing Alliance
A non-profit industry association of metal roofing manufacturers, suppliers, coaters, contractors, and distributors, formed to educate homeowners about the benefits of residential metal roofing and connect them with qualified professionals.
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Michigan Roofing Contractors Association
A statewide association of Michigan roofing and waterproofing contractors, organized around local member chapters that include the Associated Roofing Contractors of Western Michigan, the Jackson, Livingston, Washtenaw Roofing Contractors Association, the Lansing Roofing Contractors Association, the Saginaw Valley Roofing Contractors Association, the Roofing Industry Promotion Fund of Metropolitan Detroit and the Southeastern Michigan Roofing Contractors Association. Distributors, manufacturers, equipment suppliers, service providers and roof consultants join as associate members. It is governed by a board of contractor and associate member representatives and holds an annual convention.
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Mid Atlantic Roofing Contractors Association
A regional association of roofing contractors and suppliers based in Maryland. MARCA was formed in April 2007 by the merger of the Associated Roofing Contractors of Maryland (ARCOM, founded 1961) and the Washington Area Roofing Contractors Association (WARCA, founded 1971), and reports more than 200 contractor and supplier members. A volunteer board sets its direction; the association offers safety and skills training for member employees, dinner meetings and social events, and an annual scholarship program funded in part by its golf outing.
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Montana Roofing Association
A statewide roofing trade association with its office in Bozeman, Montana. Its main event is an annual convention and trade show in Billings, where roofing contractors and their crews meet manufacturers and distributors, take safety and certification training, and hold the association's annual member meeting and election.
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Midwest Roofing Contractors Association
A regional trade association, often called "The Contractors Advocate," serving roofing contractors originally across Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and the Kansas-Missouri border region. Founded from a 1950 roofing clinic in Topeka, Kansas, it now serves roofing contractors across the broader Midwest with education, safety certification, technical research and an annual convention, and publishes Midwest Roofer magazine.
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National Roof Certification and Inspection Association
A national membership organization for roofers and roof inspectors that sets roof inspection and certification protocols and issues LeakFREE roof certifications, often requested in real estate transactions. It began in 1995 as the National Roof Certification Association and took its present name in 2002 when it added inspections. Members are trained in its inspection protocols, including a five-zone inspection covering interior, attic, perimeter, garage and rooftop, and can qualify for storm, forensic and California SB 721 elevated-element inspections.
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National Roof Deck Contractors Association
A national association of contractors who furnish and install engineered structural roof deck systems, together with the manufacturers who supply them and design professionals. Its stated focus is the selection, design and installation of roof decks such as lightweight insulating concrete, poured gypsum, cementitious wood fiber and mineral board-steel deck composite systems. It is run by elected officers, a board of directors and committees, publishes guidelines including gypsum deck repair guidance, and holds an annual educational conference and association meeting.
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National Slate Association
A North American association devoted to natural roofing slate, whose mission is to set a material and installation standard for slate roofing and to promote it. The association says it started in 1922 and was reformed in 2002. Its members include slate roofing contractors, quarriers, distributors, architects and consultants, and it publishes the Slate Roofs Design and Installation Manual, released in 2010, along with a slate roof specification guide, technical bulletins and a free mobile field guide for installers.
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National Women in Roofing
A national, volunteer-driven organization that advances the careers of women in the roofing industry through mentoring, education, and networking, spanning field, manufacturing, design, sales, and ownership roles.
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North/East Roofing Contractors Association
The regional association for roofing professionals in the northeastern United States, based in Braintree, Massachusetts. Its members include roofing contractors and associate members such as manufacturers, distributors and consultants. NERCA runs education seminars and webinars, hosts a large annual roofing convention and trade show, keeps a member directory, and supports the North East Roofing Educational Foundation (NEREF), formed in 1999, which awards scholarships to people connected to member companies. The association's About page lists its territory as Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Delaware; its home page gives the same list without Delaware.
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New Mexico Roofing Contractors Association
A statewide trade association of licensed, bonded and insured roofing contractors and industry associates in New Mexico. NMRCA promotes professionalism in the roofing and waterproofing industry, publishes a membership directory and roofing code resources, and runs an apprenticeship program to support good roofing practices statewide.
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North Texas Roofing Contractors Association
A regional chapter of the Roofing Contractors Association of Texas (RCAT) serving North Texas. NTRCA promotes ethical standards, education and consumer awareness among roofing professionals, runs its own membership program, training and events, and maintains a directory of vetted member contractors for property owners in the North Texas region.
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Northeast Florida Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association
A regional roofing and sheet metal contractors association based in Jacksonville and affiliated with FRSA, active since 1982. Its board admits contractor members only after checking that each holds a current, active license with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, and its membership also takes in manufacturers, suppliers, general contractors, architects, engineers and consultants. The association keeps members informed of changing local laws and codes through email and monthly meetings, and runs social and fundraising events such as an annual golf tournament and a clay shoot.
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Northwest Indiana Roofing Contractors Association
A regional not-for-profit trade association of roofing and sheet metal contractors and industry-related companies serving Northwest Indiana. It states that it fosters a high standard of business ethics among its members and works to inform the public of the importance of hiring competent, ethical, Indiana-licensed and insured roofing professionals, alongside research and education for the industries it represents.
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National Roofing Contractors Association
One of the construction industry's oldest trade associations, representing roofing contractors and the broader roofing industry with technical standards, training, and advocacy.
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Ohio Roofing Contractors Association
A state trade association serving roofing contractors across Ohio, describing itself as the only Ohio association dedicated solely to the roofing contractor. Its membership spans large and small, union and non-union contractors performing all types of roofing across the state, and it publishes legal, insurance and advocacy services for members alongside education and networking events.
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Oklahoma Roofing Contractors Association
A non-profit statewide trade association created to promote, train and educate roofing contractors and consumers on best practices for the roofing industry in Oklahoma. ORCA works to guarantee quality workmanship and consumer protection through a member Code of Ethics, legislative advocacy, education and safety programs, and networking events in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
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Palm Beach County Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association
A nonprofit association of roofing and sheet metal contractors, suppliers and other industry professionals in Palm Beach County, based in Jupiter. The site describes it as an NRCA affiliate serving South Florida since 1946. It says its members are licensed and insured and pledge to a written code of ethics covering code compliance, honest representation of products and services, and worker training. The association holds general membership meetings with guest speakers on building codes, safety regulations and best practices, keeps a member directory, and publishes local contacts for reporting unlicensed contracting and missing workers' compensation coverage.
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Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association
The trade association for the North American rigid polyisocyanurate (polyiso) insulation industry, whose members make most of the polyiso sold in North America, a product the association promotes as roof insulation and cover board for commercial roof assemblies. It dates its founding to 1987, as a forum for finding replacements for ozone-depleting substances, and today represents the industry at building code and standards venues, publishes technical bulletins and environmental product declarations, and runs the QualityMark program, which provides third-party certification of long-term thermal resistance (LTTR) values for polyiso roof insulation boards from participating manufacturers.
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Residential Roofing Contractors Association of Louisiana
A Louisiana trade association for residential roofing contractors, with contractor members who have made roofing or waterproofing their principal business for at least a year and associate members drawn from roofing distributors and suppliers. It offers members use of its logo, consumer referrals, a public member listing with links to their websites, and representation at the state Capitol during the legislative session.
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Residential Roofing Contractors Association of Mississippi
A statewide trade association for residential roofing contractors in Mississippi, based in Jackson. It admits established roofing and waterproofing contractors, associate members working toward licensure, allied members such as manufacturers, suppliers and consultants, and non-industry partners, and offers members use of its logo, consumer referrals, a public member listing and representation at the state Capitol.
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Roofing Industry Committee on Weather Issues
A nonprofit committee that investigates how wind and hail events damage roofing systems, publishing field-investigation findings and best practices to improve roof performance in severe weather.
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Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association
A national trade association representing the roof coatings industry, advancing building codes, standards, and technical education for reflective and protective roof coating systems.
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Roofing Alliance
The 501(c)(3) foundation of the National Roofing Contractors Association, established in 1996 within the National Roofing Foundation as a permanent endowment for the roofing industry. Its members, contractors, manufacturers, distributors and suppliers, fund research, education, workforce and philanthropic projects, including support for NRCA ProCertification, a roofing course developed with Clemson University, construction management student programs and scholarships.
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Roofing Contractors Association of California
A statewide trade association for California roofing contractors, based in Sacramento and founded in 1949. RCAC represents the roofing industry on legislative and regulatory matters in Sacramento, including Cal/OSHA, workers' compensation and building and fire standards, and provides members with business resources, industry information, events and a statewide member directory.
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Roofing Contractors Association of Hawaii
A statewide trade association of residential and commercial roofing contractors in Hawaii, with associate members that make or sell roofing materials, equipment, products and services. It offers continuing education, technical and safety training and updates on laws and regulations to members, and runs a free Public Inspection Program in which a committee of industry experts inspects a disputed roofing job and gives the homeowner a consensus recommendation.
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Roofing Contractors Association of South Florida
A not-for-profit regional trade association and local affiliate of FRSA that unites the South Florida roofing industry through education, information and networking. RCASF runs its own membership, officers and board, holds monthly general meetings, keeps members in touch with local building officials and code boards, maintains a public directory of licensed and insured member contractors, and raises money for its charity partners through an annual fishing tournament.
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Roofing Contractors Association of Southern California
A regional roofing contractors association serving Southern California, established in 1936 as the Union Roofing Contractors Association and incorporated in 1950 as a non-profit open to both union and non-union contractors. Its members are non-union and union roofing contractors plus associate members such as distributors, manufacturers and service providers. It holds regular membership meetings, free safety training, scholarships and fundraising events, and is an affiliate member of NRCA and the Western States Roofing Contractors Association.
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Roofing Contractors Association of Texas
A statewide trade association of roofing and waterproofing contractors in Texas, founded in 1975. RCAT represents the voice of the roofing and waterproofing industry in Texas through continuing education, industry networking, government and public relations, licensing guidance, and a consumer-awareness program (Safe Roofs Over Texas). It operates a network of regional chapter associations across the state.
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Roofing Contractors Association of Washington
A state trade association for residential and commercial roofing businesses in Washington, established in 1965. It began as a collective bargaining group for union roofing contractors in the Seattle and Tacoma area, then in the late 1970s and early 1980s left collective bargaining for lobbying, industry promotion and member services, and later opened contractor membership to non-union firms and to Eastern Washington. Suppliers, manufacturers and other industry businesses are also members.
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Roofing Contractors Association (Philadelphia)
A Philadelphia-based association of union commercial roofing contractors whose primary work is labor relations with United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local 30: it negotiates the collective bargaining agreement, handles grievances and disputes, and jointly administers employee pension, welfare, apprenticeship and journeyman training programs. Its affiliated Industry Fund, which dates to 1919, promotes the unionized roofing industry across southeastern Pennsylvania, central and southern New Jersey and Delaware. The association is governed by an elected board of member contractors serving three-year terms.
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Roofing, Metal and Heating Associates
A Philadelphia-based association of roofing contractors serving the Delaware Valley, established in 1903 by contractors who bound themselves to a written code of ethics. It states that all member contractors are fully licensed and insured, publishes a list of contractor members with their services and service areas and a list of associate members (roofing distributors and suppliers), and holds member meetings five evenings a year under its own board of directors.
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Roofing Technology Think Tank
A consortium of roofing contractors, manufacturers, distributors, associations and trade media that explores emerging technology for roofing businesses. Its members publish free resources for contractors, including a business maturity guide, a technology landscape, an AI guide and a directory of software and technology solutions sorted by business function, and it runs an annual Innovator of the Year award.
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Roofing & Waterproofing Contractors Association of New York
A Brooklyn-based association of union roofing and waterproofing contractors working in the New York metropolitan area, established in 1894. The association bargains collectively for its members with Roofers Local Union No. 8 and, together with the local, administers the employee benefit funds and the industry's apprenticeship and continuing education programs. Member firms install new and re-roof systems, green roofs, metal roofing, waterproofing and sheet metal and copper work on commercial, residential, institutional and public buildings.
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Roofing & Siding Contractors Association
A regional trade association representing the roofing and siding industry in St. Louis, Missouri and the greater metro area. The association's own site dates it to 1964 and separately describes a 1977 organizing effort to build up the St. Louis roofing and siding trade group; both dates are disclosed here rather than resolved. RSCA runs year-round member events and a code-of-ethics-based fellowship of roofing and siding contractors and industry suppliers, and maintains a consumer-facing contractor directory.
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San Diego Roofing Contractors Association
A regional roofing trade association in the San Diego area, formed in 1957, whose stated aim is to establish and maintain professional standards and practices in the roofing industry through education and public awareness. Its membership directory lists contractors, suppliers and manufacturers, and it is affiliated with the National Roofing Contractors Association, the Western States Roofing Contractors Association and the Roofing Contractors Association of California. The association lists its office at a Sacramento address.
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Sarasota Manatee Roofing Contractors Association
A regional trade association of licensed roofing contractors, manufacturers, suppliers and associate members representing Sarasota and Manatee counties. SMRCA keeps members current with educational information, technical data and industry contacts, runs its own board and membership, holds events including a golf tournament and training days, and maintains a directory of qualified roofers for property owners. It is a local affiliate of FRSA.
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Sheet Metal and Roofing Contractors Association of the Miami Valley, Ohio
A Dayton-based association of union sheet metal and roofing contractors in Ohio's Miami Valley. Its site says member companies employ workers trained through the SMART Local 24 and Roofers and Waterproofers Local 75 programs, follow SMACNA and NRCA technical standards, and hold the state licenses their work requires. It publishes a member contractor list, points members to SMACNA standards and NRCA roofing manuals, provides information on the CERTA torch-applicator safety program, and posts member events.
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Slate Roofing Contractors Association of North America
A non-profit trade association of slate roofing contractors, established in Pennsylvania in 2005 and incorporated in 2008, with its office in Grove City, Pennsylvania and members on three continents. It publishes installation and repair guidelines for natural quarried roofing slate in English and Spanish that are free to the public, runs slate installation and repair courses and seminars delivered by authorized instructors, and keeps member listings, a contractor directory and source lists for new and salvaged slate, tile, sheet metal and consultants. It is a member of the International Federation for the Roofing Trades and an affiliate member of the National Roofing Contractors Association.
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Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association
A national contractor association that develops widely referenced standards for architectural sheet metal and metal roofing, alongside education, labor, and business resources for its member contractors.
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Sheet Metal, Air Conditioning & Roofing Contractors Association
A regional trade association representing union sheet metal, air conditioning, mechanical, and roofing contractors, incorporated in 1947 as a non-profit Minnesota corporation, with a board elected from six regions covering Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. SMARCA maintains a dedicated Roofing Contractors membership category tied to Local 96 Roofing. It is a SMACNA chapter and an NRCA affiliate, and administers the Twin Cities Roofing Contractors Association, through which its roofing-specific membership runs, under a separate service agreement.
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Southeastern Michigan Roofing Contractors Association
A regional association of union signatory roofing and waterproofing contractors in southeastern Michigan, based in Shelby Township and a local chapter of the Michigan Roofing Contractors Association. It works with Roofers and Waterproofers Local 149 through joint labor-management committees, including the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee that oversees the Local 149 training center in Oak Park. It publishes a contractor directory, roofing-system guidance for building owners and articles, and runs its own board, committees, scholarship committee and events.
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Southwest Florida Roofing Contractors Association
A non-profit regional trade association of licensed roofing contractors, manufacturers, suppliers and associate members serving Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties since 1979. An affiliate of FRSA with a seat on its board, SWFRCA is governed by its own member board of directors, holds its members to a written code of ethics, works with local regulatory agencies, and points consumers to its licensed member contractors.
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Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance
The national 501(c)(6) trade association of the spray polyurethane foam industry, formed as SPFA in 2003 from a line of foam contractor associations that began in 1973. Its members include contractors, manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of spray foam, and it has a roofing committee and publishes resources on spray foam roofing systems for low-slope roofs, alongside insulation and air-barrier uses.
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SPRI
A national trade association representing sheet-membrane and component suppliers to the commercial low-slope roofing industry. An ANSI-accredited standards developer whose ANSI/SPRI standards (wind design, edge systems, gutters) are widely referenced in building codes.
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Steel Deck Institute
The trade association of steel roof deck and floor deck manufacturers, founded in 1939, whose members' roof deck is primarily used to support overlying roofing materials. It develops uniform industry standards for the design, manufacture and field use of steel deck, including standards adopted by the building codes, and publishes design and construction manuals, technical notes and design tools. Its producing members operate certified deck plants in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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Tennessee Association of Roofing Contractors
A state trade association representing licensed professional roofing contractors and their supplying manufacturers and distributors across Tennessee. Founded in 1965, TARC's stated mission is to maintain a positive reflection of the roofing industry by representing licensed contractors committed to superior work standards, and it requires contractor members to be licensed, insured, drug-free-workplace compliant and to maintain a Tennessee office location.
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Texas Panhandle Roofing Contractors Association
A regional chapter of the Roofing Contractors Association of Texas (RCAT) serving the Texas Panhandle. TPRCA was founded to protect consumers against roofing fraud and to educate them about liability and acceptable standards of workmanship, and runs its own membership program, board of directors and local meetings for Panhandle-area roofing contractors.
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Tile Roofing Industry Alliance
A national trade association dedicated to clay and concrete roof tile systems, providing code-approved installation manuals, technical guidance, training, and installer certification. Formerly the Tile Roofing Institute.
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Twin Cities Roofing Contractors Association
A regional roofing contractors association serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, with its own signatory contractor membership tied to the Roofing Industry Fund of Minnesota. TCRCA's administration is provided by the Sheet Metal, Air Conditioning & Roofing Contractors Association (SMARCA) under a separate service agreement, and the two organizations share an office.
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UL Standards & Engagement
The nonprofit standards development and advocacy organization of the UL family, launched as a separate organization in 2022, which continues the standards work Underwriters Laboratories began with its first published standard in 1903. Its catalog includes roofing test standards such as UL 2218, Impact Resistance of Prepared Roof Covering Materials, the steel-ball impact test for steep-slope roof coverings, with low-slope systems covered by UL 2218A.
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Union Roofing Contractors Association
An association of union roofing contractors in Southern California, based in Orange, whose members work in commercial and industrial roofing, waterproofing and photovoltaic installation. URCA promotes the value of hiring union roofing contractors, runs a three-and-a-half-year paid apprenticeship program through a training center in Pomona, provides safety training and certification to member contractors' employees, and publishes a directory of member contractors by specialty.
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United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers
The international labor union for roofers and waterproofers, whose members apply low-slope and steep-slope roofing systems, including vegetative and solar roofs, structural waterproofing and air barriers. It traces to slate and tile roofers and composition roofers unions chartered by the American Federation of Labor in 1903 and 1906, which merged in 1919, and took its present name in 1978. Local unions across the country run jointly sponsored labor-management apprenticeship programs, generally three to five years long.
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Utah Roofing Contractors Association
A volunteer-run state trade association supporting the roofing industry in Utah. Licensed Utah roofing contractors join as members, while suppliers, manufacturers, insurers and other service providers take part as affiliates. The association offers training in safety, products, insurance, legal and business topics, networking events, and representation of the industry before OSHA and local building code departments.
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Vinyl Roofing Division of the Coated Fabrics and Film Association
A division of the Coated Fabrics and Film Association that represents the leading North American manufacturers of thermoplastic PVC single-ply roofing systems. It was created to educate architects, specifiers, building owners and roofing contractors on PVC as a durable, reflective, heat-weldable roofing membrane, and publishes information on cool roofs, PVC membrane durability and pre-consumer and post-consumer recycling of vinyl roofing.
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Virginia Association of Roofing Professionals
Virginia's statewide trade organization for roofing contractors, suppliers, consultants and other roofing industry professionals, founded in 1967 as the Virginia Association of Roofing Contractors. A 501(c)(6) non-profit funded by voluntary dues, VARP works to advance roofing in the Commonwealth through education, advocacy and workforce development, vets applicants through its board of directors, and runs a ProCert preparation class for roofing employees at Tidewater Community College.
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West Coast Roofing Contractors Association
A regional association of roofing professionals in the Tampa Bay area, covering Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties. WCRCA brings together licensed roofing contractors, manufacturers, distributors and municipalities through monthly meetings, education, quality standards and charity work, runs its own executive committee and membership, and keeps a member directory that homeowners and businesses can use to find a contractor. It is a local affiliate of FRSA.
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Wisconsin Roofing Contractors Association
A state trade association representing roofing contractors and industry partners across Wisconsin. It is a separately incorporated chapter of the National Roofing Contractors Association, with a membership comprising both union and merit shop roofing contractors alongside material and service providers to the roofing industry.
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Western States Roofing Contractors Association
A regional trade association serving roofing contractors across the western United States with education, its annual Western Roofing Expo, and technical and advocacy support.