- Author
- Rossiter, W. J. | Cullen, W. C. | Mathey, R. G.
- Title
- Roof Management Programs.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD Cullen (William C.) Associates, Potomac, MD
- Sponsor
- Postal Service, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 85-3239, November 1985,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- roofs; construction management; roofing; design; maintenance | quality control
- Abstract
- Roof management programs are used by private and public sector organizations in the United States to help assure that low-sloped roofing systems will perform as intended over their intended service lives. This report reviews those programs. Three general types of roof management programs are identified and discussed. The three types of roof management program currently conducted are: (1) total roof management which treats the design, construction, and maintenance of new and existing roofing; (2) new construction management dealing with design and installation; and (3) maintenance management which considers the maintenance and repair of existing roofs. Four elements are considered essential to an acceptable roof management program: (1) the roof system criterion; (2) quality assurance; (3) quality control; and (4) responsibility. In addition to the roof management programs that have been developed in the private and public sectors, several companies have organized to provide owners with total or partial roof management services.