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Commercial Roof Warranties: Installment 2 of 3
The Fine Print
Steps to Secure Funding for a Capital Paving Project
Be prepared with funding requests and consider these three steps.
Benchmark, Inc. is Growing: Employees Help Replace Trees
Benchmark employees planted 57 trees to replace flora destroyed during the derecho that hit the Cedar Rapids area in August 2020.
Supply Chain Shortage Update
Special Bulletin 2021 – UPDATE
2021 Webinar – How You Can Reduce Change Orders and Control Costs on Future Paving Projects
Real world practical steps you can take to reduce the risk of change orders on your next project.
Essential Elements of Quality Pavement Rehabilitation Design
Essential elements for the development of a quality pavement rehabilitation design.
Commercial Roof Warranties: Installment 1 of 3
WARRANTY 101
How Can Your Next Roofing Project Help Fight Smog Pollution
Smog, or air pollution, is a silent killer present across the globe. Using this sustainable roofing material your next roofing project can help fights this global killer.
2021 Webinar – Roofing Material Shortage and Pricing Volatility: A Facility Manager’s Dilemma
During this educational webinar titled, Material Shortage and Pricing Volatility: A Facility Manager’s Dilemma, you will learn about the conditions impacting the material supply chain and hear real life stories …
Rooftop Solar Webinar 2021
A discussion on the relationship between roofs and photovoltaic systems.
Why Should You Have A Management Plan For Your Pavements?
To ensure you are managing this asset and related costs effectively, consider executing a pavement management plan for your site.
Labor-Saving Roofing Products
With a skilled labor shortage and roofing systems becoming more technical in nature, what can we expect in the future?
CAUSE AND EFFECT: A CASE STUDY ON BUILDING OCCUPANCY USE CHANGE
It’s important to understand the impact change in building occupancy use has on the building’s roof system and structural elements.
Why Is My Metal Roof Leaking?
Are you responsible for a problematic metal roof and are struggling with differing opinions on the cause of the problem?
Rooftop Solar. Is Your Roof Solar Ready?
Rooftop Solar Webinar Benchmark President Ron Harriman and Joe Cain of Solar Energy Industries Association discuss the growing use of rooftop solar, changes to the I-Codes, and real-world experiences in …
Professional Roofing Mechanics…How do you know?
Are the mechanics installing the materials are trained and qualified to install the specific products in your roofing assembly?
FM Global: Very Severe Hail (VSH) Update
New Product development vastly expands number of qualified assemblies
FM Global Loss Prevention Data Sheets Update
Summary of several revised roofing-related Loss Prevention Data Sheets (LPDS).
Reduce the Risk for Roof Collapse: Planning for Snow Removal
Reduce the risk of a roof collapse caused by excessive snow loads
Pavement Asset Management Town Hall
Mike, Elise, Jason and Troy answer questions submitted by facility managers.
6 Root Causes of Pavement Failure
Elise Schmidt and Troy Kaiser discuss 6 of the root causes of pavement failure. Both asphalt and concrete pavement is discussed.
Roof Design: The Critical First Step
Join Andrew and Ben as they discuss how roof design is the critical first step to long term roof performance.
Pavement Rehabilitation and Design Goals
Elise and Troy discuss ways to extend the service life and reduce the risk of total reconstruction for your pavement assets.
Benefits of Construction Phase Services
Any pavement rehabilitation project, regardless of size, can benefit from employing a construction observation professional.
Roof Asset Management Town Hall
Andrew, Mike and Jennifer participate in a town hall discussion about roof asset management.
Strategies to repair and maintain roof assets during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Learn a few tips to maintain your roof assets during COVID-19
Roof Evaluations: Reduce cost, extend asset life, and manage risk
Eric and Brad discuss roof evaluations and strategies to reduce cost, extent asset life, and manage risk.
Are you at risk of missing building your projects due to COVID-19?
Eric, Andrew, and Troy discuss the impacts of COVID-19.
Pavement Management – Three strategies to manage your pavement assets.
Troy Kaiser and Elise Schmidt discuss pavement management and three strategies to best manage your pavement assets.
2020 Benchmark, Inc. Announces Additions to Ownership Team
Three partners join the company’s ownership team.
Paving Projects and the Benefits of Winter or Early Spring Bidding
Designing and bidding your pavement project early in the year is essential to ensuring a successful outcome.
Roofing Industry Recollections
Reflection of 42 years in the roof industry
A Case Study of the Cost of FM Global’s Very Severe Hail (VSH) Rating
Very Severe Hail Rating
Roof Design and Building Codes: Making the Pieces Fit
Good roof design starts with identification and evaluation of the project-specific criteria.
Steps to Fast-Track a Late Season Project
Cost benefits to planning ahead.
Celebrating 25 Years
1994-2019
Making the Right Decision
The importance of a timely and consistent preventive maintenance plan or a structured pavement rehabilitation program.
Is Roof Recover an Option?
Factors considered to determine the best past to restore roof.
Benchmark, Inc. Announces Additions to Ownership Team
Four partners join the company’s ownership team.
Steps to Developing a Five-Year Pavement Management Plan
Managing your pavement assets is the same whether you manage one site or multiple sites.
When Roofs and PV Solar Installations Collide
What strategies can be employed on roofs with solar arrays already in place, or when considering addition of PV over an existing rooftop?
Post-Construction Audits
There are a number of variables that play an important role in constructing a proper pavement.
Two Critical Steps to Ensure Long-Term Pavement Performance
Some common mistakes owners make to ensure pavement performance.
Five Steps to Choosing the Right Contractor
Choosing the right contractor is critical to success of any paving project – as well as an impact on the long-term performance of your new pavement.
Pavement Management Programs
The earlier a PMP is begun, the greater the benefits a facility manager will experience when maintaining their pavements.
Subgrade Impact to Pavement Performance
Geotechnical failures are often the result of not recognizing or adequately evaluating conditions prior to construction of a pavement system.
The Pitfalls of “Corporate Roofing Design Standards”
Roofing Design Standards can be a good starting point, but…
Metal Roof Inspections Part II of II
Part II of II
Asphalt Leveling Course
Installation, Utilization, and Long-Term Benefits
Being a Healthy Organization
Healthy organizations have minimal politics and confusion, high morale and productivity, and low turnover among good employees.
Benefits of Unit Price Bidding on Pavement Projects
There are many ways to competitively bid projects – we have found over the years unit price bidding has many advantages.
Metal Roof Inspections Part I of II
When you inspect or reinspect a metal roof or investigate a roof leak to determine the source and potential solution, where do you start?
Webinar – Low Quality Asphalt: How to Avoid Problems Down the Road
Understand the components of asphalt and best practices in installation.
Hurricane Preparedness
As the 2017 hurricane season approaches, it seems appropriate to review some basic roof-related preparedness activities.
2017 Roof and Pavement Seminar: Getting Better Results
Roof and Pavement Management Seminar
Roofing Contractor or Labor Broker?
Is subcontracting of roof-related work bad or out of the ordinary? Are you experiencing more subcontracting on your roofing projects?
The Specification Process
The following article outlines the procedures Benchmark follows in developing roof specifications and bidding documents.
Advantages of Full-Depth Pavement Reclamation
Save time, money, and the environment on your next asphalt paving project with full-depth pavement reclamation.
Benchmark’s Newest Professional Engineer
Congratulations to Andrew Reynolds, P.E.
Technical Updates: ASCE 7-16 Wind Design Standard Forthcoming
The IBC mandates that a roof’s wind uplift resistance be designed to satisfy the requirements of ASCE-7.
Advantages of Diamond Grinding Concrete Pavement Restoration
Save time, money and the environment on your next pavement rehabilitation project.
The Many Purposes of Taking Core Samples in Roofing
One of the first things most roofing professionals learn is how to take a core sample or core cut.
“Is the Timing of Your Roofing Projects Costing You Money?
Begin with the end in mind.
Managing Aging Roof Assets
Benchmark, Inc., was profiled by Business Day TV with Terry Bradshaw, highlighting the importance of managing aging roof assets in a school district.
Setting the Pace for United Way in 2013
September 2013
Benchmark, Inc. Consultants Earn RRO Certification
November 2013
Benchmark Sponsors Annual Race
November 2013
Three Steps to Roof Replacement
Design, construction and maintenance
Keeping a (Good) Roof Overhead
Undertaking the “monster project” of roofing over a working paper machine
Pavement Drainage Essentials
Reduce your risk of premature pavement failure by installing an underdrain system
Maximize Roof Service Life
Use lifecycle models and cost analysis to raise the ceiling on your roof’s value
Green Your Asphalt Parking Lot
Use perpetual pavement to lengthen service life and reduce raw material use