New construction and ground-up commercial roof installation across Tampa Bay. Most of this work reaches us through general contractors and design-build firms who want one trade they do not have to chase.
The roof is the milestone everything else waits on
On new construction the roof is not a standalone job, it is a gate. Interior trades cannot start until the building is dried in, so a roof that slips takes the whole schedule with it. We plan crews against the deck schedule rather than a date on a calendar, stay in contact with the superintendent as framing moves, and dry the building in as soon as the deck is ready and inspected.
The deck decides most of the detail
Steel, concrete and wood decks each change how the system is attached and what goes down first. Steel deck takes mechanically fastened insulation and is the common case on new commercial construction here. Concrete usually means an adhered system. Wood shows up on smaller institutional and light commercial buildings. Getting attachment right for the deck is the part nobody sees once the membrane is on, and the part that matters in a storm.
Drainage gets designed, not retrofitted
This is the real advantage of new construction: drainage can be right from the start. Tapered insulation, drain and scupper placement, and crickets behind rooftop curbs are designed in rather than added later. Correcting ponding on an existing roof means opening it back up. Getting it right before the membrane goes down costs a fraction of that, and it does more to decide how long the roof lasts than the brand of membrane does.
Who we build for
The buildings behind this work are mostly churches and Christian schools, retail and automotive, offices, and multi-family, with Pinellas our heaviest footprint. What a general contractor is buying is not really a roof. It is a trade that shows up when the deck is ready, does not hold up the interior trades, and does not leave a punch list at closeout.
Choosing the system before the drawings are final
The cheapest moment to change a roof system is before it has been specified. Single-ply is the default on low-slope commercial work and it is a good roof when the attachment matches the deck and the drainage is designed in. Where the building has real slope, or the owner intends to hold it for decades, metal is worth pricing against it. If we are brought in while the drawings are still moving we can tell you which of those actually suits the structure, and that is a far cheaper conversation than a revision after bid.
Paperwork a general contractor can hand straight over
Permits pulled, inspections scheduled and passed, manufacturer warranty registered, closeout documents delivered in the format the GC actually needs. On commercial work the documentation is part of the deliverable, and the trade that hands over a clean package is the one that gets called for the next building.
What backs the work
Every commercial system we install carries a five-year Allstar labor warranty on our workmanship, alongside the manufacturer system warranty on the materials. Licensed CCC1337558 and insured. Request a free commercial roof assessment and we will walk the drawings with you.