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Tom Watts

Tom Watts is the associate editor of Architectural Roofing & Waterproofing. He can be reached at 248-244-1738 or wattst@bnpmedia.com.
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2011 IRE Hits All the Right Numbers in Las Vegas

Tom Watts
October 4, 2011
The 2011 International Roofing Expo held in Las Vegas hit all the right numbers, including a significant rise in attendance.
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Watts Up: Self-Adhered Modified Bitumen Technology

Tom Watts
September 12, 2011
We do webinars each month and this month we got another great one.
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Watts Up: Roofing Industry Prepared for Hurricane Irene

Tom Watts
August 29, 2011
Residential and commercial roofers no doubt are ready to answer the challenge when Hurricane Irene hit over the weekend from North Carolina to Maine.
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Watts Up: IRE Space Draw Shows Industry Recovery

Tom Watts
August 10, 2011
The 2012 International Roofing Expo doesn’t takes place until February in Orlando, but a recent “Space Draw” for the show actually shows us signs of recovery in the roofing industry.
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Architect Profile: Jason F. McLennan

Tom Watts
August 9, 2011
Jason McLennan knows green architecture. McLennan, 38, of Seattle, Wash., is the author of The Living Building Challenge, an international green building program, and co-creator of Pharos, an advanced building material rating system in North America.
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Watts Up: Mike Rowe Working for Us

Tom Watts
July 20, 2011
BNP Media recently announced a modest partnership with Mike Rowe Works Trades Hub website.
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Architect Profile: Eric Corey Freed

Tom Watts
July 5, 2011
One can tell a lot about architect Eric Corey Freed by the dozens of biology and nature books piled around his desk, “I'll often sketch or make tiny sculptures of odd, fictional biological creatures,” Freed said.
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Going to Extremes

Tom Watts
June 15, 2011
JD Candler Roofing Company of Livonia, Mich., has installed the first GAF EverGuard Extreme TPO roof in the Great Lakes state. The new membrane now covers the 16,500-square-foot rooftop of Sealant Equipment & Engineering Corp., located in Plymouth, Mich.
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Watts Up: Don't Let a Top 100 Opportunity Pass You By

Tom Watts
May 26, 2011
Don’t let opportunity pass you by. In this case, June 15 is the deadline to sign up for our Top 100 Contractors that will be presented in the August issue of Roofing Contractor.
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Watts Up: Specifying Photovoltaic Power Systems

Tom Watts
April 27, 2011
Architectural Roofing & Waterproofing is your webinar one-stop shopping, if you will. Our next scheduled webinar, “Specifying Successful Photovoltaic Power Systems for Commercial Building,” will be held at 2 p.m. EST on Tuesday, May 17.
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