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Product Planning TAKE THE TIME TO PLAN AHEAD Paul Jacobs, SIG Design & Technology’s Installation & Training Manager, looks at what you should consider on a job to avoid surprises. Knowing a flat roofing project inside and out before starting on site sounds like common sense, but it can be easy to take planning ahead for granted. If you take the time in pre-planning you’re more likely to choose the right roofing products first time, hit your profit margin and keep your customer happy. Here is some practical help for roofers wanting to get it right first time: Getting your price right from the start can be tricky! First, look at all the tender documents and ask questions if the drawings aren’t clear. Make sure your quote doesn’t miss out sections of the roof. Sometimes multiple roofs at multiple levels can be split over multiple drawings. Try going back to the drawing board (literally) and colouring up a roof plan as you price – it’s effective, and it works. Talk to the roofing manufacturers and suppliers, most of them are more than happy to give advice on the roof design. Make sure you are 100% certain where your elements stop and start. Is the coping in my package? What about the rooflights or lightning protection? If unsure, either ask the question or put a query or qualification in your tender. Have the discussion before you start rather than after and don’t be nervous about asking obvious questions. As well as trying to get a clear view of the materials required, you should also look carefully at the labour content and schedule of the job. Find out if you can start and stop at sensible break points and how many visits are needed. Do I need to get the VCL down first to create a water shedding environment and then drop back with the rest of the build-up, or will I be fully completing areas as I go? Working in stages can add to the costs of a project. Discuss sequencing, area release schedules and watertight milestones even on simple projects. What about on-site logistics and storage that might affect the delivery vehicle size or type? Is a curtain sider OK or does it need to be a flat bed? If goods can’t be offloaded, you will eat into your programme time and profit margin. You should also consider whether you have the right level of training to install the systems, especially when you have to join different materials together or deal with complicated interfaces. Does your team have the skills and knowledge to cope with all areas of the installation? If the products aren’t installed properly, even with perfect planning you might get call backs. Product training teaches you to do the job right first time. Without it, you might get refused access to the product, miss out on tender lists or be unable to give your customer a warranty when you’ve finished the job. Day to day hassles are part and parcel of the day job, but reducing risk and stress by pre-planning and making sure installers have the proper training has got to be time well spent. Know the project inside out and make sure your team can produce what is required. Don’t forget SIG Design & Technology can offer you pre-tender or onsite support and we offer many options for product-specific training. Our Training Academy SIG Design & Technology offer product-specific training courses in both membrane and liquids application in Shepshed and now Huddersfield, to meet trade association guidelines including SPRA. “If the products aren’t installed properly, even with perfect planning you might get call backs” We work hard to help roofers not only learn the skills to install the main waterproofing elements correctly but also to understand the whole system, including how different build-ups connect with each other or “interface” with other building elements. Contact SIG Design & Technology 01509 501738 www.singleply.co.uk @SIGDesignTech 60 TC OCTOBER <strong>2019</strong>
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