The material shortages in the roofing industry continue to adversely impact job scheduling causing delays in both residential and commercial projects. The industry faces shortages of key roofing components such as fasteners, plates, ISO, cover boards, foam adhesive, and sealants, among other things. With the hail season underway and hurricane season rapidly approaching, additional pressures will be put on the supply chain to meet the ever-growing demand of roofing contractors throughout North America.
Moving forward, roofing contractors should pay keen attention to contractual terms and include things like a price acceleration clause, material availability clause and the like. However, one contract provision that many contractors overlook is the reasonable substitution provision, which allows a contractor to replace a specified material or piece of equipment with an equal and reasonable substitute.