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Why Everyone Should Care About the Heat
This year we have seen record-breaking heat waves. While experts on both sides debate the causes, the facts are clear. More and more men and women who work outside are being exposed to harsher conditions. This is especially true in the roofing, construction, landscaping, and street maintenance fields to name only a few. In order to deal with the potentially serious and even deadly effects, Cornell, like many other trades, is starting our days earlier and ending before heat-stroke or other serious repercussions impact our workers. We know sometimes this means showing up on a jobsite while it is still dark.
We hope everyone understands it’s no fun getting up at 2am but we try our best to keep our men and women safe while working so they too, can put food on the table.
Recent tragic news of a small child dying inside a van shows just how fast things can go wrong. It was estimated the temperature was over 100 degrees within 10 minutes and 110 within 20.
From all of us at Cornell, please stay safe this summer and enjoy the weather by being aware and looking out for each other.
Today Marks the International Women’s Day of 2019
Cornell Roofing & Sheet Metal is celebrating the 2019 International Women’s Day (IWD), by supporting this year’s theme; “Balance for Better.” According to the day’s official website, the holiday is “a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.” The first unofficial celebration of the day was in 1911. Beginning in 1913, the IWD has been celebrated each year on March 8th.
A Global Perspective
From its very beginnings in Copenhagen, the IWD has been, and is, a truly global event. The United Nations celebrated the IWD for the first time in 1975. The women’s movement has changed over the long history of the IWD. The globalization of media access, possibly best highlighted by the rapid growth and expansion of social media, has helped heighten the awareness of women’s issues.
A 21st Century Focus
Recognizing much has changed, both here at home and around the globe, the IWD is committed to celebrating more than a day marking the accomplishments of women. That realization is reflected in today’s focus on gender parity, an issue that impacts people in all countries regardless of gender. This focus will remain as one of the IWD’s top priorities moving forward.
All of us at Cornell wish women both here in the Greater Kansas City area and around the globe, a wonderful and prosperous day, not just on March 8th, but throughout the year. In more and more fields including both the public and private sectors, women are taking on leadership roles, breaking through barriers and working side-by-side with their male counterparts to get the job done.
For more on the IWD and how you can get involved and for events surrounding today, click: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/About
There you will find additional links. From watching inspirational videos to lists and videos of women who have made a difference in many areas, the IWD urges us all to think globally but act locally on the issue of gender parity.[fts_facebook type=page id=117559644971824 access_token=EAAP9hArvboQBAG2FnnoJvrmEBJ1rWunhq7rmS5UDStZCPjQ7kj9MTfLdjvppPglZAAr8UhNqs0a3fMXHiYNU11dzyV83xeWI3ZCaaysZBUXgkCGRjcCQu6cxG9w38vBp33F6VTDY8SPXbzZBQLJ0LzZCBynirxJigZAn9OkMZAVEaAZDZD posts=6 description=yes posts_displayed=page_only]
Let’s Go Chiefs!!!
Cornell Roofing & Sheet Metal, Proud To Be Part of The #Chiefskingdom! A Great Team Effort And Some Mahomes’ Magic Will Bring The Lamar Hunt Trophy And A First Ever AFC Championship Win To #KC! Mahomes Said, “It would be awesome to get that to Clark,” And all Of Us At Cornell Will Be Cheering The Chiefs On Today To Get The Job Done!!! #Arrowhead!!! #KCChiefs.
Building the Future of Construction
Independence area high schoolers gained valuable insight into the many career opportunities available in the Construction Trades. Cornell’s Bob Hoover, Repair and Maintenance Manager and Victor Speers, Assistant Project Manager took part in Turner Construction & Building Trades (C&BT) Expo held at Wyandotte High School.
The Independence School District’s Freshman Academy introduced students from Truman, Van Horn and William Chrisman high schools to five academies focused on helping freshman build a solid academic foundation as they start their individual paths towards higher education or a career in a trade represented by the Industrial Technology Academy. These five Academies represented pathways with Capstones featuring a variety of potential directions for these young people to explore during their high school years. The Industrial Technology Academy featured the largest number of Capstones with nine areas including the Construction Trades. Students are trained through a combination of high school and trade classes. College courses and internships were also highlighted.
In an era of spiraling college debt, Cornell remains committed to doing its part to help spread the word that a career in roofing or sheet metal can be a rewarding and fulfilling choice. For more information, visit www.cornellroofing.com/careers/ to learn more about the career opportunities at Cornell Roofing & Sheet Metal.
#TurnerConstruction #ISD #C&BTExpo #ibuild #WCOE #KC #womenbuild #WBENC
Happy Holidays!
All of us at Cornell Roofing and Sheet Metal give our warmest wishes to our friends, co-workers, fellow trades and customers this #holiday season!
#HappyHolidays
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Happy Thanksgiving!
As we celebrate this Thanksgiving and all the wonder of the holiday season, we would love to hear your favorite Thanksgiving story. Whether it’s inspirational, goofy or a downright turkey of a story, please reply to our Facebook Post and share it with us. Cornell will donate a turkey in your name to City Union Mission Women and Family Center for the best 20 stories!
So, share your story on our Facebook Post and help feed those less fortunate!
You can also help them directly at: https://cityunionmission.org/women-and-family/
Ditch Diggers – Poem
This poem says a lot about the construction world. If you are at work, play or home today it was a team of tradesmen and women in construction that built where you’re working, playing or you are comfortably resting. Homes, Offices, Schools, Hospitals, Airports, Highways etc.
Share if you enjoy Eric’s rendition.
Happy Halloween!
All of us at Cornell Roofing & Sheet Metal wish everyone a fun and safe Halloween. May it be filled with pumpkins, smiling children and enough candy so we all get to binge out when the clock strikes 12. Hopefully, a lot sooner!!!
This is What Happens When You Don’t Have a Plan Dad!!!
This is What Happens When You Don’t Have a Plan Dad!!!
This is a Father’s Day tribute to my Dad, Jim McNamara, always and of course the best Dad ever.
My Dad and his choices of careers had an enormous effect on my life. My Dad was a CPA in Michigan from the time he left college until he was 50 years old. Unusual for those days, he made a huge career change going to work for my uncle, Don McNamara’s roofing company, FJA Christiansen Roofing, in their Chicago offices. The year was 1978 and I was going into my senior year of high school and this would be the fifth time during high school that I switched schools. While this was hard on many kids, it was exciting for me. Moving to Chicago sounded kind of cool.
My Dad would come home with stories about work and he would study at home in the evenings learning all about roofing. He was so very happy. Over time, he would talk more and more about the projects he worked on, equipment that broke down and, of course, the people he worked with and met. Over the years the business thrived, and my Dad just loved it.
Looking at pictures, I remember my Dad talked a lot about McCormick Place around 1985. It was always McCormick, McCormick, McCormick. By then, I was married and living in Kansas City. As it turned out, McCormick Place was a pretty big job and that was putting it mildly. Actually, it was one of the largest jobs in the country. Back then it was a $3.7 million-dollar job. In today’s world, it would be close to $10 million! After finishing that job, Dad spent time speaking to other groups of roofers about the logistics of a job that size.
Late 1987 came rolling along and I had been whining about my job (No Plan), to my Dad in Chicago. He told me to “send this guy your resume”. I knew it was for a job but I had no clue what the job was, where it was, what it paid, etc., I just knew it was in Kansas City.
Somehow I got the job (Shocking), so in the first week of 1988, I started my career in roofing. The building was an old shuttered facility that was dirty, no phones, and no clean bathrooms. I thought, Hmm, out of this we are going to build a factory that will make roofing materials? Thanks Dad, it was the best advice you ever gave me.
By 2007 I had purchased a roofing company that I could call my own and have grown it to a respectable size and with a good reputation for our work. I can only hope my work at Cornell Roofing & Sheet Metal will continue to grow into the kind of legacy you created with your work Dad.
Somehow, we both graduated from college with accounting degrees and ended up as Roofing Contractors. For me, it has been the best years ever. Thank you for your guidance through the years and confidence that I could do whatever I wanted to – Even when you don’t have a plan!
Happy Father’s Day Dad!!!
Happy Father’s Day to all you Father’s out there as well! Please share your best Father’s day story with us by commenting here or posting to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Cornellroofingandsheetmetal/