text: BEST Contracting Services, Inc., of Gardena, California, has received GAF’s most prestigious contractor award: The GAF President’s Club Award. This highly coveted award recognizes Best Contracting Services as one of the “elite of the elite” among commercial roofing contractors in the United States. GAF is North America’s largest roofing manufacturer, and only GAF Master Select(TM) [...]	
  The Hearst Castle Re-Roof Project seems fairly simple on paper with around 150 squares of tile and 25 squares of built up roofing, but as the project began there were a few interesting challenges that were overcome to prove BEST Contracting Service’s role as a leader in the roofing industry. One of the challenges was [...]	
  Bundled Bids This is Part 2 of our discussion about awarding one subcontractor with multi-trade contracts for new or major building construction projects. In Part 1, we presented a case for the benefits that accrue to the General Contractor or building owner for such contracts as it applied to project scheduling. This presentation, Part 2, […]
  When subcontractors receive an invitation to bid on the construction or rehabilitation of a non-residential property, there are often several trades involved to provide the owner, GC or public entity with a price to perform the specified requirements. With the benefits to the GC or building owner listed below, it makes sense to get as […]
  A recent project required the installation of rigid solar panels rack mounted on a metal roofed building. The prime consideration for any rack mounted solar system is maintaining the waterproof integrity of the roofing system. Piercing the metal roof, then waterproofing those penetrations is always an issue. For this particular project, the owner understood the […]
  Roofs are generally out-of-sight and out-of-mind until a leak occurs. As a business owner, it obviously pays to stay ahead of the curve and take care of the roof system to prevent this from happening. Once leaks occur, water gets into the building structure and deterioration starts to occur – including dreaded mold issues! Leaks […]