How Your Business Can Benefit From Routine Roofing Maintenance

Due to limited resources, facilities teams are required to focus more and more on vital systems, such as safety infrastructure or uninterruptible power in data centers, resulting in less critical equipment deteriorating sooner. Roofs, facades, and parking lots that aren't active mechanical equipment and are typically overlooked when it comes to preventive maintenance. Because things like roofing systems are expensive, not replacing them and doing routine maintenance may significantly speed up the deterioration and cause a lot more expensive harm down the road.

Consider your building's roof as a car: if you never changed the oil or rotated the tires, your automobile would break down far more quickly than if you did so on a regular basis. You'd have to put up with expensive repairs or buy a new car much sooner than you intended, and that's a lot more money than a few oil changes. The same is true for your facility's roof: regular roof care will prevent you from having to replace your roof sooner than necessary, which will save you money in the long term.

And the numbers back up the case for prevention. The Roof Asset Management Program (RAMP), an effort of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, has been managing the roofing repairs and replacements for six sites across the country under one contract since 2005. The program emphasizes strategic, proactive repairs intended to extend roof life, and to date has:

• Saved $7 million in construction costs
• Added $19.3 million in value to the roofing portfolios of these facilities through life-extending repairs
• Increased average remaining life of roof inventory by 25 percent

A pound of prevention is said to be worth an ounce of treatment. When it comes to key systems, such as your roof, however, prevention pays out big time in your facility's budget. And it's a worthwhile investment.

You can find out about the repair and maintenance programs Rodd Roofing offers here: