Industries throughout the nation – and the world – have been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. At Roberts Roofing, we feel fortunate that we have been able to provide commercial and industrial building owners and facility managers with uninterrupted service.
The Medina Community Recreation Center boasts four swimming pools, including a competition pool and a leisure pool. The city put out for public bid a new premium roof system, with detailed specifications and project inspections performed by Greg Taylor of Taylor Consulting, to cover its recreation center, which consists of a gymnasium and an aquatics center. Roberts Roofing won the bid to replace the roof of the 50,000-square-foot center with a premium system.
Some commercial roof replacements are fairly straightforward jobs. Then there are jobs that call for a special approach. Our work to replace the roof of the Regina Mundi Chapel at Sisters of Notre Dame Educational Center of Chardon fits that description. Roberts Roofing had replaced the chapel roof 30 years ago, and the sisters recognized it was time for a new one.
Cleveland-based Lincoln Electric is a global leader in arc welding and cutting solutions. The 1.6 million square-foot global headquarters of the 125-year-old company measures 1.6 million feet, which runs over a half-mile long, making the company the largest facility in the world dedicated to the manufacture of welding products.
Roof repairs and taxes may not seem to have a lot in common. As a commercial building owner, however, you’ll want to be sure you are taking advantage of recent beneficial changes in the tax code that allow you to depreciate expenses faster.
Let’s face it, it is often challenging to compare quotes for any job you contract out. This is especially true when it comes to comparing quotes for commercial roofing repairs or replacement. Roberts Roofing recommends the following 8 tips to help you evaluate and compare quotes.
If you’re a business owner and you’ve been thinking about replacing your commercial roof, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 passed in December 2017 could make it easier to do so. The TCJA creates certain advantages for commercial real estate owners under its expansion of the IRS tax code.
A section of metal roofing at Mid-West Forge’s facility had been leaking for years. Because of the design of the roof section, the problem had been improperly repaired over the years. At Roberts Roofing, we were prepared to meet this challenge with specialized – even unusual – equipment to get the job done.
A roof blow-off is a disaster that no commercial building owner wants to experience. This unfortunate incident can occur when the commercial roof system fails entirely, or sufficiently enough to allow the system to be completely freed from the roof surface, exposing the structural decking to the elements and allowing rain or snow to directly enter the building in catastrophic fashion.
Though often overlooked in the grand scale of a roof replacement, there are three essential tools that no commercial roofer can do without: the hand welder, the safety harness and – obvious as it may sound – your everyday ladder.
