Law & Mortar

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent & John discuss the new Corporate Maintenance for your Business, coatings, and slip-resistant underlayments.    

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent & John discuss the new Mental Health Awareness and Safety in your Company, Contractor License Issues, the Economy, Inflation, and the Future Outlook.

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent & John discuss the new OSHA Expansion of the Electronic Recordkeeping Rule, the New EPA Proposal to ban the ongoing use of Asbestos, and the never-ending supply chain issues.     

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent & John discuss their plan at IRE 2022, update on vaccine mandate, tips for contractors regarding the collection, and come up with the best way of negotiation to release funds when you have a holdback.

In this episode of Law & Mortar, John greets special guest Kelly Tanner, Client Engagement Manager at Cotney. Kelly tells John about her experience at Durn-Last Inc. in Nashville. John & Kelly discuss clients' feedback about Cotney subscription plans and how plans can help your business. John is interested in what Kelly thinks regarding Cotney's estimating training and how it ben...

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent and John talk through updates regarding new OSHA ETS, licensing-related issues, upcoming speaking engagements such as TARC, Chicago Trade show, and IRE. John gives a brief overview of the new Project Management Program and Cracking the Code training from ShopCotney.com . In addition, the speakers discuss how to measure the revenue per crew.

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent and John discuss the damage from recent storm disasters in Kentucky and Tennessee, the repercussions of material shortages, cardinal change in the construction industry, and the difference between Gross Profit & Net Profit in the roofing business. In the addition, they give an overview of the upcoming Project Management Training Suite on ShopCotney.co...

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent and John discuss the updates on OSHA ETS and other vaccine mandates, tricky contractors provisions, upcoming John’s speaking engagements, and Special Holiday deals on ShopCotney.com . John and Trent share their legal & professional opinion on whether the employer should pay commission to the employee that has left the company.

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent and John discuss the current state of vaccine mandates in the U.S and how to prepare for mandate reform as the new Covid-19 variant spreads. John and Trent also share how Cotney provisions can proactively help your business. Make sure to follow Cotney's social channels to take advantage of upcoming year-end ShopCotney discount codes. 

In this episode of Law & Mortar, John hosts the podcast with a special guest Christie Coston. John and Christie talk about essential contract provisions for contractors, what awaits the infrastructure industry in the future, and what the contractor should do if he signed the contract and some terms in it are not favorable to him.

In this episode of Law & Mortar, John hosts the podcast with a special guest Whitney Beasley. John and Whitney discuss the infrastructure bill passed in Congress, why people are leaving the workforce, Cotney helps Metropolitan Ministries, upcoming Black Friday & Cyber Monday sales on shopcotney.com , IRE in February 2022, and how to keep your workers from leaving the company.

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent and John discuss new Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) regulations by OSHA, what employers should do regarding vaccination, how it is going to affect both employers and employers. On the other note, Trent talks about his upcoming business trips, when John presents the new Director of Estimating program from Cotney Consulting Group. Program is available t...

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent and John chat about upcoming changes to Law & Mortar podcast, the new Cotney office in Ecuador, Roofing Training programs, handling negative reviews online as a contractor, and new OSHA Heat & Injury regulation.

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent and John discuss the recent National Safety Expo, virtual NRCA Legal Conference, International Federation for Roofing Trade, state government reaction to vaccine mandates order, Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021, pandemic impact on every industry on the market and what are the solutions, and how to handle post-review on an employee who is leaving your com...

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent and John discuss METALCON 2021, vaccine mandates, new OSHA regulations regarding hot weather, the National Safety Expo coming this December in Orlando, FL, and the best beginner/ intermediate level training for roofing estimating in the industry.

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent and John talk about Best of Success & Western Roofing Expos, roofing estimating certificates PREC and CPRE from Cotney, and how to settle an argument with the other side, if they do not want to resolve it peacefully.

In this episode of Law & Mortar, John and Trent discuss manufacturers releasing pricing news, Project Management Training from Cotney coming soon, the new Covid-19 "Mu" variant, and how employers should deal with withholdings when an employee is leaving a company.

John and Trent discuss John's new World of Roofing Podcast,  vaccine mandates and developing policies & procedures to protect your business and employees from OSHA,  and John and Trent's upcoming presentations at Best of Success and Western Roofing Expo 2021!

In this episode, Trent Cotney and John Kenney discuss last weeks webinar on OSHA safety, generational legal & business differences in the workforce & an upcoming webinar on how to navigate this, Tesla’s humanoid robot and how it will impact the construction industry, and the importance of cyber security.

In this episode Trent and John discuss the last week’s IRE, policies for encouraging employees getting COVID-19, an upcoming FREE OSHA webinar from experts of the industry on August 18, and advice on handling your former employees that became your competitors.

In this episode, Trent Cotney and John Kenney this week's IRE 2021 convention, possible COVID-19 vaccine mandate, E-Verify and what kind of SOPs you should have to ensure everything is being done correctly!

In this episode, Trent Cotney and John Kenney talk about Cotney's Spanish Advanced Roofing Estimating Training Program, the recent FRSA expo, COVID-19 mandates reoccurring & what to expect in the industry, Contractor's rights with price increases and long lead times, and IRE 2021!

John and Trent discuss the upcoming FRSA tradeshow & what to expect from Cotney,  Biden's new Executive Order & what it means for the construction industry, & bubble testing.

John and Trent discuss safety and Cotney's new safety consultant, Keven Yarbrough's safety tips during OSHA inspections, electrical safety tips from John, and details about the release of Cotney's Advanced Roofing Estimating Training Program. 

John and Trent discuss contractors, distributors, and manufacturers relationships due to material shortages, existing and outdated shipping methods and tech that could change it, and our upcoming tradeshows.