Most industrial facility decisions get made in silos. The roofing contractor talks to the structural engineer. The electrical contractor works from a separate spec. Nobody sits in the same room. The problem with that approach is that these two systems interact in ways that affect the performance and lifespan of both. A poorly insulated roof … Read more
For most of the past decade, “sustainable roofing” was a category that existed slightly to the side of mainstream construction decisions. Developers would consider it when a project specifically required green certification. Contractors would spec it when the client asked. Everyone else defaulted to what they’d always used. That’s changed. Between 2021 and 2024, the … Read more
The roofing industry has a reliable pattern: prices go up, they rarely come back down, and the buyers who get hurt most are the ones who assumed they had more time. 2026 is following that pattern. Major manufacturers announced across-the-board price increases of 4–8% in the first quarter alone, with effective dates between late March … Read more
Six months ago, a contractor we work with in Shandong quoted a client on a factory roof renovation — standard corrugated metal, nothing unusual. The number came back 40% higher than the same job two years prior. The client didn’t walk away from metal because resin was trendy. He walked away because the math stopped … Read more