There was no panic among the staff at Murton Roofing Corp., Miami, when they won a 1.2 million square foot roofing job at the new Dolphin Mall nearby. Even when faced with labor shortages, damage from other trades, and 60 change orders just for the roofing, Murton Roofing stayed on course and delivered a quality roof with a 12-year, no-dollar-limit (NDL) warranty to boot.
Murton has paid his dues and now enjoys his desk job, but can’t resist getting into the nitty gritty details of a project. He’s able to blend a national focus with his own regional realities, like labor. For instance, he avoids leasing laborers even in such a tight market because of the company’s focus on production. “If I add 20 more laborers to the project, my squares per man day go down dramatically,” Murton explains. “There’s no way we can make money just by putting guys up there.”