Selected Services – Roof Consulting

the Architects Incorporated has been offering roof consulting services to our clients since 1985. Since that time, we have designed over 2 million square feet of roofs for our clients.

Our roof design process begins with familiarizing ourselves with the history of your roof. Besides reviewing any existing drawings of the building, collecting history of leaks from the client, we, as you would expect, physically make a visual survey of the roof. We will walk the entire roof field area in 3 foot wide paths, taking field notes and photographs of all the perimeter edge and all roof penetration edge conditions. As part of the survey, we make physical roof test cuts to determine conditions of the roof membrane, the thickness of roof insulation, types of roofs, and to determine the number of roofs.

After careful review and analysis of the facts, we will determine the type, the quality of existing roof installation, and whether or not it is candidate for repairs, or a candidate for recover or should be totally replaced. And, most importantly of all, we will recommend the type of roof system or systems that should be installed and prepare budget prices for the various recommended systems.

This “guesstimate” package of budget prices are firmed up by our process of getting feed back from one or two roof contractors who we know will bid the project. Large size details are produced by our office to facilitate real prices from the contractors. During this period we will develop our own roof cost guesstimate. The final “guesstimate” is developed by comparing the contractor’s guesstimate and the architect’s guesstimate. This comparison is reviewed with the client for approval to seek bids on the roof.

Once the works begins, our services include on site inspections and administration of your roof project. Our unique detailed close out documents are given to the client the completion of the project.

The bottom line to the client is our ability to select the best type of roof system that will provide the finest roof for the longest period of time and that will meet the client’s budget. Basically, “the biggest bang for the buck”, or otherwise known as VALUE.