The newest freestanding academic facility in 33 years at George School in Bucks County, Pa., incorporated many sustainable building elements into its design and construction, starting at the very top with vegetative and metal roofing systems.
Inconsistency and uncertainty characterized the past year, yet neither was necessarily a show-stopper for those of us in the roofing industry that have successfully focused our efforts on continued innovation, value and quality.
James Huntington, President of Indianapolis-based AAA Roofing Co. Inc., credits a deep history, his employees, and company values as three reasons why the family-owned business continues to flourish after being founded in 1923.
Timothy Hershey, President of Thoroughbred
Contractors in Shelbyville, Ky., has been involved in the commercial and
industrial roofing business for nearly 25 years.
Roof consultant Mark Kelly estimates that in the United States alone there are
more than 250 billion square feet of residential roofing and over 750 billion
square feet of commercial roofing. Kelly has more than 30 years of experience
in the design, construction, restoration and preservation of buildings, and his
experiences inspired him to write an in-depth look at the U.S. roofing
industry.
Indiana Tube Corporation is the largest supplier
of refrigeration condensers in North America and one of the major suppliers of
small diameter, single-wall, low carbon steel tubes.
The historic Kent County Administration Building in Grand Rapids, Mich., began its road to renovation with a new roofing system specified to replace an aging modified bitumen roofing system.
The flashing element is the most vulnerable part of any roof system because it is the point at which the horizontal roof deck and vertical surface join. It is also the intersection of two different materials, such as is the case with parapet walls.
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