b't=- _;_ ::r::1-\'e-\'__Co\' m .:._ _ __________________ ~ o_n_t r_ r :: m _e n_t s _=\'\'It Paysto Do Your Homework\'\' ,:RCAencour all inter n that it was impossible tosheets. The contractor involved in \'. agesumerous es:ea:;:emberssubmit storiestake asample with a the last project even neglected to tocoreconvenoforstration to be con tional coring tool.performtheproper detailwork successfrusidered tor printingthe MidwestOne-foot squares had to be cutaround rooftop equipment, penein Roofer. Monty Banner has beenout and extracted in order to reachtrations, and perimeters. involvedthe rootingtorthe deck. As it turned out, aThe owner expressed her coninindustrytotal of over twenty-sixar and is pres six membranes werek oncern for ajob to be perye sstac edproper identndofRooting, Inc.top of each other, making aformed this time,andshe india CEOArkthickbased in Irving, Texas. Mr. Ban ness of three to four inches of roof cated that the p be roposals would ner is a facult member of theingmaterials. Werealizedthisscrutinized very carefully. y oofing Indu surpr tohave R stry Education Insti wouldbe aisethe cus Iseen many proposals that tute {RIEi) and isauthor of atomer, sowedocumentedourinclude aslittleone page of theas rooting repair ma alnumer inspection by taking photographsinformation. Ark Roofing\'s stannu and o technical articlesbyof the layers we removed.dard propo package typically uspublishedsal various roofing journals.Ban Two of the previous roofing jobscontains over 50 pages, including Mr. "Gathering allner is aofNRCA,were half-hearted attempts consist the following sections: an openmemberMRCA, letter proposal the necessaryRC!, CS!, RCA T, and NTRCA, andingofAPPModifiedBitumening, adocument, has served as officer, committeesheetsthathadbeeninstalledperformance references & industry information andchairman, and committee memberdirectlyoverthesurfacemem involvement, technicalspecificain his focal androoting con brane. Aberglass base was nottions,, product litpresenting it in anstatefi detail drawingstractorpresentunder e oftheMBerature, and photo documentation. associations.ither understandable It is afor concommon practice format may meantractors tothe customer~ provide the differencewith aquotation for a~~~ freeroofing project.Sometimes this service betlveen losing orcan require ale:- i. :1considerab amount~- ."\' .~ contract."of work by the contractor in orderlanding a.( to produce adible and accurateJ~-:g:;: cre -proposal. Gathering allneces the : ,. sary information and presenting it in an understandable format may mean theerence be een losdiff twing or landing aIt can contract. also help assure that an adequate profit margin is realized when the complproject iseted. Ain point is aing that casebuildwasoriginallyconstructedin 1930. Ark Roofing, Inc. was asked.~ to inspect it and submit al;,\'-:~-. proposafor a newroofingsystem. Four~ = \\~: failed roofing systems had b ~-een onspan installedit in aof just ten years. It was the o er\'s under ~\\, wns ing thatold roofing\' tand thematerialsbeen removed e he hadac timaroof was installe yete newd,thexisting layers of roofing were sorooftotaled thre to Six layers ofmembraneefour inches of roofing material. byMontyBanner ,ArkRoof i ng,Inc .'