Twenty years ago, consultants came into the industry to protect companies from the corruption and deception.  Unfortunately, many consultants over the past 20 years have become what they were trying to protect.  

In today’s society, a consultant’s goal is to form relationships with clients.  There are pros and cons to this relationship.

Pros

• Develop specs for projects
• Consultants are able to evaluate your roof and determine what needs to happen in order to keep the roof serviceable.
• Review progress
• Consultants are able to follow a project from start to finish and keep you up-to-date on the progress of your project.
• Knowledgeable
• Consultants understand the basics of the roofing industry and can help you navigate your way through the roofing process.
• One contract

Cons

• No additional protection or responsibility
• At no time are consultants ever responsible for the outcome of your roofing project
• Consultants offer no additional protection.
• Bias and soft money
• Consultants have developed business relationships with both contractors and manufacturers promoting their products and services resulting in:
• Biased assessment and recommendations
• Opportunity for soft money to be exchanged.  This comes right from your pocket.
• Rely on specs
• Consultants will relay on specs to ensure a quality roof system is being installed and do not take into consideration any other methods or alternations.
• Consultants often hire inadequate contractors to perform the work to offset their costs.  This puts your investment at risk.
• Unnecessary costs
• Consultants convince you that in order to get a quality roof system they must watch over the contractors while they are on the roof.  If you have a professional on your roof they will not need to be babysat.  This is wasted money for your company.