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Running a Roofing Crew: What Every Crew Lead Should Know
Learn how to lead a successful metal roofing crew while maintaining installation quality, productivity, jobsite coordination, and customer trust.
Leading a successful metal roofing crew requires balancing installation quality with productivity.
In this video, metal roofing expert Thad Barnette and Stephen Davis, Sheffield Metals’ Regional Sales Manager for Texas, explain how crew leaders and project managers can run a metal roofing crew, prepare jobs, manage unexpected problems, and keep standing seam projects moving without sacrificing quality.
Stephen draws on his contractor and project-management experience to discuss:
- Preparing crews, materials, equipment, and deliveries
- Planning around weather and unexpected deck conditions
- Maintaining installation quality without sacrificing productivity
- Staging panels, dumpsters, and other jobsite materials
- Addressing an underperforming employee or subcontracted crew
- Inspecting roll-formed panels and troubleshooting material issues
- Building strong relationships with suppliers and manufacturers
- Communicating with property owners and generating referrals
