About NRCA | Being a member | Membership categories | Contractor | Benefits

Vision: members of NRCA will shape consumer roofing choices and affect industry developments.

Philosophy: Members of NRCA serve the profession best by serving the public first.

As an NRCA member, you are provided numerous resources, including:

Communications

For Members Only

You receive NRCA's monthly newsletter, For Members Only, which contains updates about the latest roofing industry developments and NRCA activities.

NRCA's E-News

You also receive NRCA's weekly electronic newsletter, which features the most current roofing industry and NRCA news.

NRCA Smart Brief

NRCA's industry newsletter delivered every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday offers up-to-the-minute information about roofing industry news, market forecasts and NRCA activities.

NRCA's Web site

NRCA's Web site, www.nrca.net, contains more than 30,000 pages of information, including an online directory of members searchable by geographical radius. As an NRCA member, you receive a free com­pany listing in NRCA's online Membership Directory and Find a Contractor section, as well as access to the NRCA Buyers Guide, a resource for contractors that includes roofing products, equipment and services. In addition, you'll have access to the Web site's Members Only section, which features late-breaking news, market information, a public relations guide, a discussion forum, Ask NRCA, special reports, staff resources and other valuable information. Join on NRCA's secured site, and save time and money!

NRCA Insider

NRCA's quarterly newsletter features a report from NRCA's president, information about the services available to members and details about NRCA's most current accomplishments.

Special Reports

Detailed reports addressing key industry issues are mailed to you and posted on NRCA's Web site to keep you informed.

Professional Roofing magazine

NRCA's monthly publication is the industry's leading magazine. Each issue provides you with the most accurate, timely and objective information in the roofing industry. Articles from Professional Roofing also are available at www.professionalroofing.net and include "Web exclusives" that offer additional editorial and images related to the articles. You also have access to editorial indices and a search function to give you access to information you need about any industry topic. To obtain additional subscriptions, members can visit www.professionalroofing.net and click on Subscribe.

Committee Participation

As a member, you have the opportunity to join a variety of NRCA committees. Each committee meets twice per year to focus on a variety of current issues, as well as outline the direction of the association, its resources and the goals to be achieved for the upcoming year.

Technical assistance

Members have priority access to NRCA's technical staff to answer questions and troubleshoot. You also receive technical bulletins, research updates and special reports addressing NRCA's most current findings about roof system performance, materials and application techniques. NRCA maintains a database of technical information (e.g., magazine articles, research reports) that covers a wide variety of roofing-related topics. This information is cataloged by title, author and keyword to enable you to quickly find the information you need.


International Roofing Expo and NRCA's Annual Convention

This four-day event is the largest gathering of the roofing industry in North America, attracting more than 9,500 roofing professionals worldwide. You benefit from dynamic educational sessions, a trade show with more than 400 exhibiting companies, 1,100 booths and featured events that include top-name speakers. Members receive substantial discounts on registration and exhibit space. Future convention locations include:

• Las Vegas—Feb. 19-23, 2008
• Las Vegas—Feb. 1-5, 2009

Questions? Call NRCA InfoExpress

InfoExpress is your personal link to all roofing resources. InfoExpress features a toll-free number—(866) ASK-NRCA (275-6722)—and is staffed with trained information agents who are ready to take your orders and address any questions. You also can visit shop.nrca.net for the latest information about more than 130 NRCA publications and DVD programs.


Discounts

As an NRCA member, your company can take advantage of discounts on:

• International Roofing Expo exhibit space and NRCA convention registration
• NRCA publications
• Educational programs
• DVD programs

Representation in Washington, D.C.

NRCA members continue to provide NRCA with a stronger voice in Congress and regulatory agencies. NRCA takes major responsibility for representing the roofing industry before the U.S. Congress and works closely with officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency and other government agencies. NRCA lobbies heavily for fair and reduced regulatory practices and provides you with information and programs to help you comply with government regulations applicable to your business. In addition, ROOFPAC, NRCA's federally registered political action committee, supports pro-business candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Current lobbying efforts include:

• Immigration reform
• OSHA partnership program
• Nonresidential roof depreciation
• Reduction or elimination of the estate tax

NRCA logo

NRCA members are identified as being the roofing industry's elite. You receive camera-ready artwork of the NRCA logo for use on letterhead, proposals, advertisements, etc. NRCA members also can download the NRCA logo from the Web site's Members Only/services section. Also available are NRCA foil labels for use on envelopes, proposals, etc.


Job leads

As an NRCA member, you receive job leads in two ways:

1. www.nrca.net: More than 40,000 consumers search NRCA's Web site each month looking for roofing professionals in their areas. NRCA promotes to consumers the importance of selecting quality materials and professional roofing contractors. Consumers can search for contractors within a 10-, 25-, 50- and 100-mile geographic radius. NRCA provides your company a complimentary listing and hyperlink to its Web site. You also have the opportunity to enhance your company's Web site listing for a modest annual fee.
   
   
2. (800) USA-ROOF: NRCA's contractor referral network is promoted by NRCA nationwide and accessed by more than 8,000 consumers each year who are searching for professional roofing contractors in their areas.

Affinity programs

NRCA has partnered with retailers and other service providers to save you money operating your business on a day-to-day basis. These providers include:

• Access One—Telephone service
• American Express—American Express Corporate Card
• DHL—Shipping services
• Electronic Data Payment Systems—Bancard processing program
• Firestone—Firestone AutoCare
• Hertz—Rental car company
• Laborchex—Employee background checks
• Office Depot—Office supply products
• Provantage—Financing options for your customers
• Shell—Fuel discount program
• Yellow—Freight services

Educational programs

NRCA provides you with unparalleled learning opportunities. Whether you seek professional-development opportunities, training for your employees or programs addressing roofing technology, NRCA will fulfill your learning needs. Programs are conveniently scheduled at locations throughout the U.S. on a regular basis. Programs include:

• CERTA Training for Torch Applicators
• Introduction to Roofing
• Roof Inspection, Diagnosis and Repair
• Roofing Safety: OSHA 10-hour Program
• Advanced Roofing Technology: The Master's Course
• Roofing Sales: Profiles and Productivity
• Future Executives Institute (FEI)
• Exploring Roof System Options
• SpecRight Training Sessions
• Various technology and management programs

NRCA also will customize a training program tailored to your specific needs that can be held at your company. In addition, NRCA University will soon offer the opportunity for online educational training. Participants will be able to attend educational classes by logging on to roofing education right from their offices. Look for more information available in 2008.


Insurance and retirement programs

NRCA works with leading insurance and retirement program companies, allowing NRCA to offer you the best programs available anywhere. These include:

• NRCA-sponsored CNA Roofing Contractor Business Insurance Program: This program is designed specifically for commercial roofing contractors and offers property, liability, auto, workers' compensation, inland marine, business interruption, umbrella and crime coverages. In addition, the NRCA/CNA program offers coverages not routinely offered by other insurance carriers, such as pollution liability and extended contractual liability. Note: Participation in this program is subject to strict underwriting guidelines.
  
  
• Insurance Program for Residential Roofing Contractors: NRCA and Construction Insurance Solutions (CIS) give you a new underwriting facility offering general liability and umbrella insurance coverages to contractors who have more than incidental residential construction operations. The program was developed with the support of NRCA as a response to restrictions on residential exposures in the standard lines of commercial insurance. The insurance carrier for the CIS program has an A+++ rating and will offer coverage nationwide with some restrictions and limits.
  
  
• Health Insurance Program for Roofing Contractors: This program is designed to meet the varying needs of NRCA members and offers major medical insurance, life insurance, and optional disability and dental coverage and is available through Mass Marketing Insurance Consultants (MMIC) Inc., Orland Park, Ill. MMIC offers a wide variety of benefits and will create a customized insurance program to provide the broadest coverage at the best possible price.
  
  
• The NRCA Retirement Program: NRCA's plan enables members to provide retirement benefits for themselves and their employees. The program provides maximum flexibility with a package of legal, administrative and investment management services at a cost that may be significantly less than an individually managed plan.
  
  

Recognition and networking

NRCA's online membership directory is like a "Who's Who" in the roofing industry. Members' contact information is prominently displayed to make it easy to find fellow contractor and associate members. You also receive a NRCA membership certificate and plaque to display in your office.


Publications, CD-ROMS and DVD programs

You can immediately put your NRCA membership to work by customizing your New Member Kit and selecting from more than 60 publications and video programs NRCA offers. You can select from a variety of technical, worker-training, risk-management and safety, business management, marketing and Spanish products valued at more than $2,500. Tailor your New Member Kit to fit your needs.

As a new NRCA member, you also will receive a coupon good for $100 NRCA dollars that can be used for any NRCA educational program registration or InfoExpress online purchase throughout the year. Choose from more than 130 publications and DVDs in NRCA's product catalog with NRCA member prices at 30 percent to 70 percent off retail prices.

Upon joining, you will receive the following core items in your New Member Kit:

• The NRCA Roofing and Waterproofing Manual, Fifth Edition on CD-ROM, which includes:
  
  
• General Roofing Project Considerations
• Low-slope Membrane Roofing
• Architectural Sheet Metal and Metal Roofing
• Design Guidelines for Low-slope Membrane Roof Assemblies
• Reroofing
• Moisture Control
• Steep-slope Roofing
• SPF-based Roofing
• Waterproofing and Dampproofing
• Constructions Details
  
  
• The NRCA Roofing Manual Section Update
  
  
• Join in 2007 and receive the NRCA Roofing Manual: Membrane Roof Systems—2007 and the NRCA Roofing Manual: Metal Panel and SPF Roof Systems—2008, available January 2008
• Join in 2008 and receive the NRCA Roofing Manual: Metal Panel and SPF Roof Systems—2008
  
  
• Pocket Guide to Safety—English and Spanish
• Three consumer advisory bulletins
• Roll of 500 NRCA member foil labels
• Statement of purpose
• NRCA member bumper sticker and decal
• English/Spanish Glossary of Roofing Terms
• Special reports issued by NRCA
• NRCA Membership Plaque
• NRCA logo artwork