Tanja Kern

Tanja Kern

Tanja Kern is strategic content editor at Roofing Contractor, its affiliated brands and Walls & Ceilings. She can be reached at kernt@bnpmedia.com and (417) 818-4429. She comes from an extensive history at BNP MEDIA with her hard work at the company’s food brands.

Strategic Content Editor
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Structural Safety

NYC Tower Failure Offers Warning for Contractors

Buckled columns at the former Pfizer headquarters show how structural movement can damage interior assemblies—and draw specialty contractors into investigation
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Tanja Kern
July 13, 2026

After columns buckled at a Midtown conversion, experts explain how specialty contractors should respond to structural movement, damaged assemblies and potential liability.


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EIMA 2026 Annual Meeting

EIMA Meeting Highlights Housing Policy Shifts, Growing Advocacy Push

HUD officials and lawmakers outlined housing, funding and regulatory changes as EIFS contractors increased advocacy efforts during EIMA’s first-ever meeting in Washington, D.C.
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Tanja Kern
March 31, 2026
From regulatory reform to Capitol Hill meetings, EIMA members left Washington with a clear message: more opportunity ahead but only for those actively shaping policy.
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Tariffs

SCOTUS Ruling Brings Mixed News for AEC Trades

IEEPA duties are out, but Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum remain — and distributors may be slow to pass along savings
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Tanja Kern
Lindsay Lewis is the Editor of Building Enclosure magazine.
Lindsay Lewis
February 23, 2026

The Supreme Court's 6–3 ruling invalidates the broad emergency tariffs the Trump administration imposed on imports from nearly all trading partners. For the AEC industry, the decision removes one major cost pressure — but Section 232 duties on steel and aluminum stay in place, and any pricing relief is likely to arrive slowly.


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