Roofing by Property Type in Davenport, IA

Same city, same storm, and two very different roofs. One belongs to a plant that runs three shifts. The other covers a hospital wing where nobody can pour hot asphalt near the air intakes.

The building decides the schedule, the access and the risk. The membrane is only part of the answer. In Davenport, IA we plan each reroof, repair and inspection around what happens under the roof, then pick the system that fits.

Kimberly Road is a 6.1 mile arterial through central Davenport, with retail, apartments and offices along it. NorthPark Mall alone is a single-level enclosed building of 1,074,000 square feet with two vacant major-tenant spaces, and a vacant space under a leaking roof is still a problem for the whole property.

A big box store wants roof work done overnight. A hotel wants quiet rooms preserved. An apartment community needs a tenant notice, a phased plan and a clean parking lot at the end of each day.

The Iowa Army National Guard built its Davenport Readiness Center on West Kimberly Road as a one-story, 87,000 square foot facility with a drill hall and vehicle work bays. At Davenport Municipal Airport, a Guard armory houses the 1/109th Aviation Battalion, and Rock Island Arsenal sits on its island in the Mississippi. Each has its own access rules, and on the Arsenal they start with a visit request.

A job on a National Guard armory, an aircraft hangar or an Army installation begins with that paperwork. The Readiness Center sits along the Kimberly Road corridor, so crews and materials share an arterial with retail traffic.

My building does not fit a neat category. Does that change the plan?

A little. Mixed-use buildings and additions tend to have two or three roofs on one address, each with its own age and membrane. We walk each section separately, write up each one on its own and then give you a combined schedule so a single mobilization does as much as it can.

Who should be on the first walkthrough?

Have plans, the schedule, access rules and a contact who knows the building below. We can mark tie-ins, staging areas and weather-sensitive work before roofing goes into the look-ahead.

What should a general contractor have ready for the first roof walkthrough?

Bring the latest plans, schedule, access rules and a contact who knows the building below. We can mark tie-ins, staging areas and weather-sensitive work before the roofing scope goes into the look-ahead.

Can one bid cover several buildings with different uses?

Yes, if each property is measured and scoped separately. We keep the shared requirements together, then note the different access, tenant, production and schedule limits on each building.