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project was exceedingly durable, which
is a perk for new roofs that want to
take into account a design that accom-
modates “overburdening.” Overburden-
ing refers to future energy enhance-
ments, such as solar panels or a garden
roof, that may be installed later with
minimal impact.The membrane is
tough enough to accommodate the
extra weight and burden of additional
items without affecting the warranty of
the material.
Over the course of 90 years, we have
seen the roofing industry evolve with
changes in technology, much of which
now takes the form of “green” tech-
nologies. Before there was the “green”
buzzword, we called it common sense.
Building owners expect a completed
project to meet or exceed the value of
the price tag.
Cooling and heating costs have
increased significantly in recent years,
and a secure building envelope is the
best hedge for those expenses as well
as to protect the investment in capital
equipment and the comfort of people
living or working inside the building
each day.
A secure building envelope is the
physical separator between the con-
ditioned and unconditioned environ-
ment of a building that includes the
resistance to air, water, heat, light and
noise transfer.The three basic elements
of a building envelope are a weather
barrier, air barrier and thermal barrier.
Together, the elements of the envelope
include windows, doors, roofs and
siding/bricks/insulation.With that in
mind, it’s not difficult to see how the
investment in a good roof is the seed
of cost savings across the spectrum of
productivity.
That’s the key – a good roof is viewed
as an investment, where marginal con-
sideration for reroofing translates into
an expense that will have to be revis-
ited time and again.
Once a roof is installed, it is impor-
tant that the installer stand behind
the project and, more emphatically,
the workmanship. It is important that
your vendor does not have a mentality
of “set it and forget it.” Often, building
owners and facilities managers find
that they are forgotten as a result of
not making the best choice for their
installer. Guarantees should include
roof inspections every six months.
These types of inspection programs let
the owner or property manager help
control the life-cycle costs of the roof
system, and extend the useful life of a
new, reroof or retrofit investment.
An additional aspect a building
owner should take into account before
commencing with a quality roof-
ing project is the roofing company’s
commitment to education within
the industry.The continuous educa-
tion on roofing products, architectural
demands, and the science behind
materials and application relative to an
asset’s geography is critical to longevity
and cost savings. It is important that
the vendor stay current with the evolv-
ing roofing trends and technologies.
It is important that building own-
ers and property managers work with
their roofing vendors to define require-
ments and make their asset manage-
ment budgets stretch as far as possible
without sacrificing quality. A roof is
rarely noticed until it is compromised,
but then the consequences to interior
assets and personnel may be so sig-
nificant that the roof becomes the sole
focus, as operating costs soar while
the damage is being incrementally
reversed. And only at that moment
of managing the resulting crisis do
the words ring, “Quality is the only
economy.”
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Lincoln Property Company
Michelle Kelley • Dawn Williams
Naomi Caughey • Tamara Varney • Jill Krose
Mavi Unlimited
Michael Hoover
MC Commercial Real Estate –
Colorado Springs
Gosia Bikker
MC Commercial Real Estate –
Denver
Jim McLure • Dottie Regas • Michelle Tanner
Means-Knaus Partners, LP
Amy R. Hickman
Mountain West Industrial
Properties LLC
Michael Hicks
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank -
Property Managers
Dan Simpson • Theresa Dampier
Orion Real Estate Services, Inc.
Lauren A. Brockman
Panorama Property Management
Don Palik, RPA
Prime West Development, Inc.
Karen Cerny, RPA
Urban, Inc.
Jim Murphy
Vector Property Services, LLC
Matt Smith • Wendy Williams
W.W. Reynolds Companies, Inc.
Marty McElwain
Weststar Management
Michael Hayutin • Kevin Hayutin
Wheelhouse Apartments
Zvi Rudawsky, CPM®
Providence Hospitality Partners
David B. Storm
Sessions Group LLC
Steve Sessions
Simpson Property Group
Todd S. Pope • Sharon Ingram, CPM
Christina Steeg
Spectrum Commercial Real
Estate Solutions
Greg C. Coleman, CPM
St. Charles Town Company LLC
Rick Doris
The Jones Realty Group
Pamela J. Coburn, RPA
The Ross Management Group
Deborah Ross Weseloh, CPM
Transwestern
Lyla Gambow • Rene Wineland
Karla Flower
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