b'MEMEBER PROJECT HIGHLIGHT100% TALILOR-MADE ROOFUniversity of CincinnatiAlbert H Vontz Center for Molecular StudiesGenevieve Kramer of WM. Kramer & Son, Inc., MRCA Young Contractors Council Committee & Women in Roofing CommitteeH ave you ever been fitted for aLogistically, this job faced many difficulties. With this custom-madesuit?Made-to- building being in the heart of the UC main and medical order, perfectly fitted, tailored- campuses, surrounding streets and sidewalks needed to made suit just for YOU!?It is often aremain accessible for emergency vehicles, medical staff, long process; starting with identifyingstudents, other trades, etc. Project planning, crane lift the suits purpose (wedding, business,schedules, mobilization charts, site specific safety plans, special occasion), then budget, next choosing of fabrics,etc. are just a piece of this projects puzzle.followed by measurements and fittings, accessories, etc.Access to the roof was the next piece of the puzzle, and the list goes on! It can be a lengthy process but the resultsthe Vontz Center proved this to be one of the more difficult are noticeably pleasing and worth all the time and work. tasks. The surrounding landscape made stair tower set TheUniversityofCincinnatihasoneofthemostup almost impossible. The stair tower seen in the above architecturally diverse campuses in the United States andpicture barely fit between the bending walls of the MLK home to the iconic Albert H. Vontz Center for Molecularstreet-facing side of the building. Two more stair towers are Studies. The building is nearing 20 years and is in need of alocated on the back side of the building, granting access new roof, or should I say, a new TAILOR-MADE roof?! Justto other roof areas that are otherwise not accessible via by looking at the exterior of the building, one can see thatrooftop.no wall is the same, no angle repeated, no measurementA 70-ton crane was used to assist in the disposing of 9 alike. Now imagine yourself on top of this building, wheredifferent roofs, made up of approximately 3 of insulation, there are multiple roof areas, all with different slopes,EPDM membrane, and a pavered ballast system. All with pitches, and details along with those funky curved wallsdifferent safety plans, interior sensitivities, roof access, you see from the ground that make the parapet walls ofsurrounding landscapes, but only ONE granted dumpster the roof system. location. Nearly 30 dumpsters and 20 different crane visits 42 www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer'