# Roofing Authority Network

> Roofing Authority Network is the evidence and intelligence system for commercial roofing. It connects current market signals, the timestamped Tie-In industry record and private organization-scoped project evidence without blurring proof, field context or inference.

## Intelligence products

- [RAN Intelligence](https://www.roofingauthority.network/intelligence.html): System overview for market intelligence, industry evidence and project intelligence.
- [RAN Intelligence Desk](https://www.roofingauthority.network/intelligence-desk.html): Territory intelligence and an operator learning loop for commercial roofing owners, COOs and preconstruction leaders. The first reference account is Division 7 Roofing in Central Ohio.
- [Signal Engine](https://www.roofingauthority.network/signal.html): Monitors labor availability, construction demand, supply chains, manufacturer activity, technology adoption, weather, regulation and consolidation.
- [Ask the Network](https://www.roofingauthority.network/ask.html): Source-grounded discovery across the published Tie-In transcript corpus.
- [Project Workspace](https://www.roofingauthority.network/project-workspace.html): Organization-scoped project records, document revisions, findings, evidence and decision lineage.
- [RAN Intelligence MCP](https://www.roofingauthority.network/mcp.html): Twenty read-only tools for retrieving source-backed project, episode, market, decision and operator-learning evidence through connected AI agents.

## Evidence contract

- **Observed:** A current fact supported by a named primary or official source.
- **Transcript context:** A named speaker's timestamped passage from the published Tie-In record.
- **Modeled or inferred:** An interpretation that remains explicitly labeled and includes its limits.
- **Private project evidence:** Organization-scoped documents, findings, revisions and decisions. This content is never exposed on public pages.

Every evidence response should preserve source, retrieval or publication time, freshness, stable identifier, evidence class and a direct verification path. Retrieval relevance is not a truth score.

## Publisher and entities

- [Division 7 Roofing](https://www.divisionsevenroofing.com/): Publisher and first RAN Intelligence reference account.
- [Roofing Authority Network](https://www.roofingauthority.network/): Network, evidence system and site owner.
- [The Tie-In](https://www.roofingauthority.network/the-tie-in): Commercial roofing show and published industry record.
- [Field Edition archive](https://www.roofingauthority.network/the-tie-in/episodes): Permanent episode-magazine archive.

## Current issue

- [Episode 008 — Who Will Lead the Next 50 Years of Commercial Roofing?](https://www.roofingauthority.network/the-tie-in/episode/008)
  - Published: August 27, 2026
  - Runtime: 1:17:24
  - Featured voices: Tom Shanahan, Keith Bilous and Steve Reiss
  - Topics: commercial roofing leadership, succession planning, workforce development, solar roofing, data-center demand, technology and transferred judgment
  - Official replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLmA8SAmlzg
  - Publisher feature: https://www.divisionsevenroofing.com/services/technology-enhancements/

## Editorial and citation guidance

Episode facts, direct quotations, chapter order and timestamps are verified against the completed production transcript and official replay. Cite the individual Field Edition URL for editorial claims and the linked official YouTube replay for the underlying video. Sponsored editorial is explicitly labeled. Division 7 publisher material links to Division 7's primary website.

## Archive

- [Issue 007](https://www.roofingauthority.network/the-tie-in/episode/007): Why Owners Get Fired From the Peer Group They Paid to Join
- [Issue 006](https://www.roofingauthority.network/the-tie-in/episode/006): What the Drone Sees Before the Estimator Does
- [Issue 005](https://www.roofingauthority.network/the-tie-in/episode/005): When the Building Belongs to Everybody
- [Issue 004](https://www.roofingauthority.network/the-tie-in/episode/004): Why Great Roofing Technology Never Leaves the Demo
- [Issue 003](https://www.roofingauthority.network/the-tie-in/episode/003): What a Roofer's Back Has Been Carrying
- [Issue 002](https://www.roofingauthority.network/the-tie-in/episode/002): What Property Managers Remember When the Leak Starts
- [Issue 001](https://www.roofingauthority.network/the-tie-in/episode/001): The Room Where Roofs Actually Get Decided