History of RCA of Southern California
Union Roofing Contractors Assn. Annual Party – December 15, 1947 before it became Roofing Contractors Association of Southern California and it was open to non-union contractors in 1950.
The Roofing Contractor’s Association of Southern California was established originally in 1936 as the Union Roofing Contractor’s Association in order to counteract the growing weight of organized labor, and to attempt to clear up the chaos of prices and restrictions that existed even then.
It was incorporated in 1950 as a non-profit corporation open to Union and Non-Union contractors. The name changed to “Roofing Contractor’s Association of Southern California, Inc.”, and has grown from its eleven original founders to its present size.
The Association once offered a consulting service. It was founded in 1968 through the Roofing Industry Trust. The Roofing Inspection and Consulting Service offered its inspection services to architects, developers of tracts, commercial and industrial projects at an average cost of $1-1/2 cents per square foot of roof area, with a one hundred fifty dollar minimum fee.
Membership is comprised of Non-Union Contractor Members, Union Contractor Members and Associate Members (Roofing Distributors, Manufacturers, Insurance and addition Service Providers).
The Association is governed by an elected Board of Directors. A full-time Executive Director, as well as outside legal counsel.
The Association, like the roofing industry in Southern California, mirrors something of a family tree. Most members have long family or working relationships, or both.
Current members, on the contractor side alone, have either owners who worked together on the roof, two or more generations of memberships, blood or marriage family ties. Firms such as South Coast Shingle, are old and valued Associate members.
Meet the RCA Southern California Officers and Board of Directors HERE
The Roofing Contractors Association of Southern California, Inc. is an Affiliate Member of the National Roofing Contractors Association & Western States Roofing Contractors Association.
OUR MISSION
RCASoCal believes in raising the level of professionalism of the Southern California Roofing Industry by keeping our members well informed and by helping them comply with rules and regulations affecting their businesses, their employees, and their customers.
We strive to foster better working relationships and a more cohesive working environment between contractors, suppliers and consultants; and in supporting the education and the health & safety of our members and their employees.
The Roofing Contractors Association of Southern California is dedicated to supporting the professional growth of the Roofing Contractor, including raising the contractor’s image in the market place.
