ENGINEERED ROOF SOLUTIONS
Design-Build Reroof
One accountable team manages assessment, design, submittals and installation—reducing delays, coordination gaps and costly finger-pointing.
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One Team, One Accountability, One Roof.
The traditional reroof splits responsibility — a designer specifies, a separate contractor bids, and when something goes wrong, each points the other out. Design-build closes that gap. We take responsibility for the design and installation together, which means the roof is engineered by the same firm that stands behind it.
AVID Roofing & Waterproofing has the depth to do this credibly. With more than $300 million installed and field leadership with decades of experience each, we have seen how roofs are specified and how they actually behave once installed. Design-build lets us put that knowledge to work from the first drawing rather than inheriting someone else's specification.
Design-build is also faster. By overlapping design and construction rather than running them in sequence, and by eliminating the bid-and-rebid cycle, we compress the timeline from decision to completed roof — often meaningfully — on capital projects where every month of delay carries a cost.
Our Design-Build Process.
We start by understanding the building's actual conditions and your operational constraints — what the deck can support, how the drainage performs, what the existing assembly is hiding, and how the property is used. From there, we develop a roof system designed for that building, selecting the membrane, insulation, and detailing that fit the conditions and the budget.
Because design and construction live under one roof, value-engineering decisions happen in real time. If a specification can be improved or a cost can be removed without compromising performance, we make that call collaboratively rather than through a slow chain of RFIs.
Throughout, you have one point of contact who can answer for both the design and the build. There is no triangulation between a design firm and a separate contractor, no waiting on RFIs to bridge the gap between two companies with different incentives.
What You Get and the Risk This Removes.
You get a roof designed and built by one accountable party, a single point of contact, and a warranty that isn't weakened by finger-pointing between the designer and installer. You also get a faster path from decision to completion because the handoffs that delay traditional projects are eliminated.
The risk design-build removes is the most expensive one in commercial roofing: a system specified by someone who never had to install it on a building they never fully assessed. We own both ends, so the gap where failures hide is closed.
You also benefit from decisions made by people who have to live with them. When the firm that designs the roof is the firm that installs and warrants it, every specification choice is made with installation reality and long-term performance in mind — not as an abstraction to be handed off and defended later.
Logistics and Continuity.
A single-source project means a single, coordinated timeline. We sequence design, material procurement, and installation to keep the schedule on track and the building operational throughout. For occupied properties, tenant access and safety are planned into the schedule from the start.
Continuity is the entire point of design-build — the people who designed your roof are the ones who build it and support it afterward.
A single, coordinated timeline means we sequence design, procurement, and installation so the schedule stays on track and the building remains operational throughout. For occupied properties, tenant access and safety are built into the schedule from the start, and a single accountable team carries it from the first drawing to the final warranty.
Design-Build Reroof
Frequently Asked Questions:
A design-build reroof is a project delivery method in which a single contractor handles both specification development and installation — rather than hiring a consultant to spec the job and a separate contractor to build it. AVID develops the drawings, specifications, schedules, and budget, then installs the system. This eliminates the gap between what was designed and what gets built.
Faster project delivery, single-source accountability, and tighter cost control. In a traditional bid-spec model, disputes over scope gaps fall between the designer and the contractor. In design-build, AVID owns both, which means change orders are rare and the installed system matches the specification.
We conduct a full roof assessment — membrane condition, insulation R-value, deck integrity, drainage performance, and penetration inventory — then develop a specification that addresses the building's actual condition, not a generic template. We work directly with building owners, facility managers, and architects throughout the process.
Yes. We schedule design-build projects around occupancy requirements from day one — phasing work zones, controlling noise and odor during business hours, and keeping egress paths clear. Hotels, medical facilities, and retail centers are among our most common design-build clients.
Design-build works particularly well for complex buildings with multiple roof sections, mixed systems, or a high density of penetrations — where a single specification rarely fits all areas. It's also effective for large-scale projects where schedule compression matters and budget certainty is required before work starts.
Yes. Because AVID holds manufacturer certifications across multiple systems, design-build projects can qualify for manufacturer warranties ranging from 10 to 30 years, depending on the system spec. The specification is developed with warranty requirements built in from the start — not retrofitted after the job is done.