Precautions Your Commercial Roofing Team Should Be Taking
Selecting a commercial roofing company can be a challenge. With the Internet at your fingertips, it only takes a quick search to find a seemingly endless list of potential options to tackle your roof repair, maintenance, or installation. Not only are you choosing a company to contribute to the long-term integrity of your building, but you’re also trying to balance factors like budget and project timeline in the process. However, the most critical factor to analyze should be the safety standards of the commercial roofing company you’re considering.
Risky Business: Mitigating the Hazards of Roofing
Roofing is inherently dangerous, but with meticulous planning and proper precautions, injuries and accidents don’t have to be inevitable. Falls, Skylights, and Openings There are no roofs on the ground, so height and gravity are the most obvious hazards. Even a fall from a modest height can have serious consequences. Employees working within six feet…
Safety on the Roof Requires Planning on the Ground
A roofing company with a stellar safety record can earn a contract even when their bid isn’t the lowest. Why? Because roofers with strict safety practices protect not only their employees, but also the building owners and general contractors against legal exposure from accidents and injuries. What’s The Average RIR? Roof safety starts on the…
Hiring a Safe Roofer: The Signs of a Diligent Business
No roofer bidding for a contract is going to admit that they don’t take safety seriously — that they have a lousy history with accidents and injuries or that their crew isn’t trained very well. It’s up to the GC — or any decision-making entity — to determine the record of a business they’re considering…
Flat Roof Safety Starts With Training But Doesn’t End There
There’s an old saying: “Safety doesn’t happen by accident.” It takes careful planning, and continuous education for worksite crew and clients alike. A professional roofing contractor will make sure that a building owner or site superintendent is as well-versed in the safety measures of a work site as their own work crew, before the team…
Hazards Up High: Protect Your Roof
The three most common threats facing a newly installed roof are punctures, cuts, and scratches. The reason for this has to do with the makeup of the roof itself. The Composition of a Roof Roofs are like the Earth—they have three distinct layers and they’re made mostly of salt water. OK, that last part isn’t…
Red Flags That You Have Hired the Wrong Roofer
There’s a lot of responsibility involved in putting a roof over someone’s head. Roofs provide us shelter, safety and warmth; so we shouldn’t trust just anyone to provide and install this complex component of a construction project. A good roofing contractor provides not only skilled craftsmanship, but honest, open communication, plus a commitment to get…
Best Practices: The 3 Pillars of Roof Work Safety
Safety practices are important in all industries, but especially so in the roofing business as it naturally requires workers to scale heights and complete tasks well above ground, sometimes on uncompleted surfaces.