Many roofing contractors will tell you that the easiest part of any project is the actual roofing work. This is particularly true of projects that have challenging administrative, safety, and/or installation requirements.
However, when it came to re-roofing the historic St. James Building in Jacksonville, Florida, which serves as City Hall, it was doubly challenging for McCurdy-Walden, Inc., a full-service commercial roofing and waterproofing contracting company based in the city. A variety of factors made this project especially challenging and complicated, including the building’s location and multiple roof levels, access to the roof, staging of the roofing materials, parking for the crew, coordinating the work with City Hall, as well as managing the intense safety and administrative requirements.