by Conach Marketing GroupCutting Costs and Ensuring Compliance: Roof Asset Management for Industrial Environments
Within manufacturing industries, your roofing system is a critical business asset and significant investment. In these settings, your roof protects millions of dollars’ worth of tools, equipment, and product, not to mention your day-to-day operations. As a result, poorly managed roof systems or neglected repairs easily culminate in costly maintenance and unplanned downtime. Investing in comprehensive roof asset management, alternatively, helps protect the people and products that matter most to you and your business operations.
Why Roof Asset Management Matters in Industrial Settings
Before designing a customized roof asset management plan, it’s important to understand why and how industrial settings require more specialized oversight of their roofing system. Firstly, industrial buildings typically include extensive square footage, requiring a larger roofing system in general. This means that any inspections or repairs require more careful planning and oversight, as some parts of an exceptionally large roof may not be easily visible or accessible and can require drone inspections. Additionally, industrial buildings often experience a higher amount of temperature fluctuations and/or chemical exposure due to manufacturing operations and equipment that may produce heat or steam. These can take a toll on roofing systems over time and require more frequent maintenance. All these components combined lead to strict industry regulations, even for the roofing system, to ensure the protection of people, product, and tools.
How RoofSuite® Can Help
Building Technology Associates is committed to providing customized roof asset management plans for customers looking for more comprehensive and efficient oversight of their industrial operations through RoofSuite®, a cutting-edge software program. One of the primary benefits of designing a management plan with this program is that all components of your roofing system and necessary management components are in one streamlined, digital system. Dates for upcoming inspections, measurements and roof specifications, images of problem areas, and more are easily accessible and available in real time for facility managers and inspectors. Additionally, RoofSuite® allows for roof lifecycle tracking, allowing you to make informed and proactive decisions about what type of maintenance is required and when, leading to advanced planning for potential operation disruptions.
Managing your roofing system through RoofSuite® not only leads to an extended roof service life, but also significant cost savings. Roofs are a major expense in general due to their important role in industrial buildings’ overall structural stability, but reactive repairs can be excessively costly. For example, an out-of-sight leak can worsen over time, gradually breaking down roofing materials and causing water damage to equipment below, sometimes invisible to the naked eye. The consequence is hefty repair bills and unplanned downtime, potentially leading to supply chain disruptions, employee disgruntlement, and operational delays. Alternatively, with comprehensive roof asset management, even minor issues can be identified and rectified quickly and more cost-effectively.
Regulatory Compliance
Roof asset management is especially beneficial in industrial settings due to their strict regulatory standards, building codes, and OSHA requirements. Neglected roofing systems are often hit with hefty fines and companies can even be required to halt operations until maintenance is performed, slowing production even further. However, with RoofSuite® liability risks can be identified before they worsen, inspections and repairs can be pre-planned, and all safety and warranty documentation is easily accessible for auditors or inspectors.
For industrial manufacturers, your roof’s health is a necessity, not just a generic overhead expense. Partnering with Building Technology Associates grants access to comprehensive, proactive, and cost-effective roof asset management. Using RoofSuite®’s realtime roof health monitoring system, you can more accurately plan for necessary repairs within your industrial plant, all while maintaining regulatory compliance and cutting costs in the process.