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During the past several months, volunteers from the SPFA Building Envelope Committee (BEC) and Roofing Committee (RC) have worked diligently to develop 4-page marketing brochures for SPFA Contractor Members. These new brochures were first released at SprayFoam 2020 and copies were included in the attendee bags. The messaging n the insulation brochure (SPFA-154) developed by the BEC focuses on homeowner and builders, while the roofing brochure (SPFA-130) targets building owners and facility managers.
Both marketing documents are available as color PDFs from the SPFA website, and are provided in two formats. The first format is designed to be printed single sided on 8.5x11 paper to create a four-page document. The second format is designed for two-sided printing on glossy 11x17 paper, which can be folded into a four-page brochure. These documents can be downloaded here: http://www.sprayfoam.org/technical/spfa-technical-documents. Contractors are encouraged to print and distribute these documents during customer sales presentations and trade shows and include them with your company literature in bid packages.
Should you have questions or comments about these new documents, please contact Rick Duncan, SPFA Technical Director at rickduncan@sprayfoam.org or call (703) 222-4269.
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SPFA Wishes You a Happy and Healthy Earth Day
While the world is necessarily focused on COVID-19 and our worsening economy, these crises provide lessons and insights for future work to address the looming crisis of climate change that are worth discussing on Earth Day.
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If like many of us, you have been bouncing around from one source of information to the next, SPFA has attempted to curate for you an assembly of the best related information that should assist your sprayfoam business during these challenging times. Check back often as information is quickly changing.
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NRCA provides guidance and information on several issues involving Covid-19 to assist in managing business through the crisis. This includes best practices for prevention; links to authoritative information from the Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization and Occupational Safety and Health Administration; legal resources, including key contract provisions; insurance resources; federal financial assistance; employers’ and employees’ rights; and more.
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Once it was obvious that the coronavirus outbreak had become a major threat in the United States, local and state governments began shutting down businesses they deemed nonessential. But even then, most construction work was considered essential in many areas of the country.
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As users of MDI or TDI, I would like to inform you as part of the polyurethane value chain, about a new resource CPI is releasing today, the newly updated Safe Handling of MDI and TDI video series. Developed by the industry, for the industry, the CPI Transportation Work Group has spent the past year and a half working to update and produce these updated programs. These videos are an important resource for our industry and are used across the country to train over 1,000 workers each year. The six part series are designed to inform both employers and employees of the best practices for the transportation of MDI and TDI including hazard communication, personal protective equipment, drum and intermediate bulk container handling, hook-up and transfer operations, and emergency response procedures. The videos are located on the CPI Website and can be found here. We hope you will join us in promoting this new resource and forwarding the press release and the link to the videos to your membership and others within the polyurethanes industry.
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The debate over facemasks in every company and every home basically comes down to - do we need these, or can we sacrifice some? When your job and livelihood depend upon you having proper respiratory protection, as a professional sprayfoam contractor's does, maintaining a supply of respiratory protection devices is critical. Many of you are still able to work, and that means going to work with your PPE. Do not work without PPE. Any interior work with SPF should be done with fresh-air (SAR) anyway - if you are not currently using a fresh-air system now is the time to start and cut your cord of dependence on cartridge replacement schedules. Frontline medical workers being exposed to COVID-19 also need protection. When the caregivers get sick, there's no care left to give. If you can spare some facemasks or respirators, please find a donation location near you and offer whatever assistance you can.
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The construction industry has well established safety protocols that will keep workers safe. Worker safety and jobsite best practice is a priority focus throughout the industry. The trade associations representing the construction trades have extensive training and education programs available that are frequently the product of coordination with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”). Individual builders and companies make worker safety their first focus.
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SPFA has partnered with many related trade associations, such as the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) and National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA), to turn up the volume on our collective voices calling for construction to remain operating as an essential business. Some states have been much more restrictive than others. ConstructionDive hosts a map of various operating conditions of each state. NAHB also has a map that works well. Linked below are recent NAHB and NRCA letters and positions that SPFA is supporting. SPFA advocates residential and commercial construction, insulation and roofing, as essential services that can continue during the COVID-19 outbreak on the basis of: Adjacent trades are often operating at a distance naturally on a job site, SPF contractors in particular utilize PPE on the job site adding a higher level of protection, and professional contractors are oriented toward adhering to important safety protocols. For all of these reasons and more that SPFA will be expanding upon in our own industry letter, SPF contractors should be deemed essential elements of continuing construction business, and lessening the industry's negative impact as another victim of the economic impacts of COVID-19.
NAHB Homebuilding Construction Essential Services
NRCA Roofing Essential Construction Services
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To support SPF Professionals through these trying times, SPFA has been busy recording the PCP Exam Prep Courses so that you can listen to them for FREE while we are under “Stay at Home” orders. The silver lining to the Covid-19 Crisis is that you now have the time to attend classes, and there is no charge for SPFA Members or companies who have employees enrolled in the PCP. Those eligible will be sent an email with a promo code by the end of day on April 22. If you don’t receive the code, be sure to check your SPAM folder. Contact certdirector@sprayfoam.org if you didn’t receive the code or have questions about this promotion. Another benefit is that you can earn PCP Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for attending these classes! If you don’t fall into either one of these categories, you simply need to enroll in the PCP and you’ll have access to ALL THE COURSES! There will be at least 7 courses when the recording is complete. We’ll post them as they become available so watch for emails from us!
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Metro Garage Door
Douglasville, GA
Job Description:
A leading Insulation Company is seeking a dynamic individual to become a part of our Management Team. As a subcontractor to all of the major residential builders in Atlanta, we pride ourselves on quality and strive to offer our customers the highest service level and products in the industry.
As part of our Operations Management team you will work to identify our customers’ needs and exceed their expectations.
The ideal candidate will excel in customer service while assisting our customers with their needs, as well as working outdoors to ensure a successful installation.
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This special report is to provide basic information on federal legislation and administrative actions in place to help individuals and businesses deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19 virus) epidemic. Congress passed and the President signed a $2 trillion recovery bill (the CARES Act) on March 27, and specifics on that legislation can be found after the following information on two previous coronavirus bills and administrative actions now in effect.
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