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Roof 1 Consultants Ltd. can provide the facility manager/owner with a wide array of services that can result in a service life extension of your roof assets resulting in a lower cost over time as well as reducing interruption of facility operations.
- Evaluation of Roof Assets
The Roof Audit Report establishes the condition of your roof assets and the projected service life at a given point in time. This process can encompass as little as one roof or as much as multiple facilities.
Once existing conditions are established an action plan can be formulated that will map out and budget maintenance, repair and replacement requirements over a 5 or 10 year period, enabling an orderly appropriation of funds.
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Non-Destructive Moisture Testing
Roof 1 utilizes state of the art infrared and electronic technology to locate areas of moisture contaminated roofing. Early detection of a problem can be the difference between a small localized repair and a major re-roofing expense.
- Leak Investigation
Roof 1 technicians can determine the source of leakage and specify the necessary repairs to ensure that the scope of work and repair techniques used are in the best interests of the client.
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Defective Roof Investigation
If your roof is not performing the way you think it should, Roof 1 can perform an assessment of the roof system independent from the material manufacturer or the installer to provide you with a unbiased third party opinion.
- Bid Packages
When the time arrives that a roof repair or replacement is necessary, Roof 1 can provide roof system design including specifications, drawings and bid documents. Your Roof 1 consultant will conduct the pre-bid meeting, address all enquiries during the bid period, review the bids and make recommendations for award of contract.
- Quality Assurance
Once a contract has been awarded, Roof 1 can provide on site Quality Assurance observation of the work in progress.
The Roof 1 technician will check all materials against the specification to ensure that only first quality materials are being used
The Roof 1 technician will confirm that the roof system is being installed as specified with no short cuts taken.
At project completion the Roof 1 technician will perform a final inspection of the completed work. This inspection is independent of and in addition to the manufacturer’s warranty inspection which often does not cover all aspects of the project.
- Warranty Compliance Monitoring
Most facility owners/managers don’t realize that roofing system manufacturers often require that documented inspections be carried out on a roof at least once a year and after any major weather event in order for the warranty to remain in force.
Roof 1 can organize your roofing warranties and conduct the required inspection to ensure that your roofing warranties remain in force for their full term.
- Preventative Maintenance
The least costly roof problem is one that is “nipped in the bud”. A small problem if left unchecked can progress over a relatively short period of time to a major roof repair or replacement.
Using visual, infrared and electronic techniques, Roof 1 can conduct Preventative Maintenance inspections that can save you money by limiting the cost of repairs and avoiding damage to the building structure, interior and contents as well as avoiding costly interruption of operations.
These inspections should begin immediately after a new roof is installed and be conducted at least annually and preferably semi-annually (spring and fall).
Architectural and Engineering firms are often involved with numerous aspects of building design from site services and landscaping to foundations and structure, to building envelope and interior finishes.
Some firms may have the luxury of having a large staff that can provide expertise in most areas of building design.
For those firms who do not have the staffing levels to keep up with the ever changing technologies, Roof 1 can provide a valuable resource by providing our specific roofing knowledge and experience to your design team.
- Design Assist/Review
Your Roof 1 consultant can bring a high level of expertise to your design team by either assisting with the actual selection and design of the roof system or by providing a review of specifications and drawings that have already been produced by your design team.
- Field Work
Your Roof 1 consultant can provide data collection of existing conditions including infrared thermal scanning and electronic moisture detection.
- Quality Assurance
Roof 1 can be your eyes and ears on the job site by providing quality assurance observation of work in progress.
Your Roof 1 technician will attend site meetings as required, check all materials for conformance to the specifications and inspect the roof application to ensure that it is being installed as specified.
Your Roof 1 technician will perform a final inspection of the completed work and provide a punch list of any deficiencies to be corrected.
Professional roofing contractors probably have the toughest job of any of the players in the roofing industry.
An aging workforce, recruitment, safety requirements, liability insurance, workers compensation insurance and weather are just a few of the issues that contractors are forced to deal with.
Professional roofing contractors are also constantly battling competition from “low end” contractors.
Professional roofing contractors invest significantly in safety training and equipment, liability insurance, workers compensation insurance, applicator recruiting and training, proper tools and equipment and pay fair wages and benefits.
Most of the “low end” contractors don’t incur these costs which allows them to undercut the bids of professional contractors.
Roof 1 requires the use of pre-qualified professional roofing contractors on our projects.We support the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) in the USA and the Canadian Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA) in Canada.
Roof 1 can provide these valuable services to professional roofing contractors:
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A Professional Project
We recognize the fact that most roofing contractors would prefer to negotiate a job directly with the client.
However, most clients do not obtain just one quote. This often results in an “apples to oranges” comparison of both the solutions offered and the level of professionalism of the roofing contractors bidding.
By recommending Roof 1 Consultants Ltd. to your client, we cannot guarantee that you’ll be the successful bidder, but we can guarantee that you will be bidding against comparable competition on a tightly controlled specification.
- Quality Assurance Observation
Some building owners require that an independent third party observer be hired to inspect the roof application.
This provides an extra level of security for the owner and most contractors report that third party inspection results in less call backs.
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Infrared Moisture Detection
Contractors frequently require infrared thermal scanning to confirm the presence or absence of moisture in a roof system.
- Failure Investigation
Even the best contractors eventually have a project that is problematic. These problems tend to be complex in nature with multiple contributing factors.
Roof 1 can conduct a forensic investigation of the roof in order to determine the factors contributing to the failure and provide recommendations for remedial action.
The roofs of commercial buildings are seldom seen and even less understood by the average person.
Whether acting for the buyer or the seller, realtors are often requested to have due diligence inspections performed on the roofs of commercial buildings before an offer can be made or entertained.
Roof 1 can perform a complete condition evaluation of practically any commercially available roof system.
This is a detailed evaluation which may include infrared thermography and core testing.
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The client is provided with a comprehensive report describing the roof composition, flashings, drainage, equipment, deficiencies observed, projected service life and budget costs for repair or replacement.
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This service protects both the buyer and the seller by establishing the existing roof condition and providing an estimate of the remediation costs.
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Insurance adjusters are faced with making decisions daily as to what constitutes a legitimate loss, the cause of the loss and the dollar value of the loss.
Roof 1 can provide a valuable resource to insurance adjusters by employing our extensive knowledge of roofing systems to investigate roof damage or total failures.
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Your Roof 1 consultant will conduct a thorough site investigation and provide a written report that includes recommendations and budget costs for repair or replacement.
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In addition Roof 1 can prepare specifications for repair or replacement, supervise the bidding process and provide quality assurance inspection of the roofing work.
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