We’re half way through February and overall industry activity and business seems to be picking up. More people are interested in re-roofing, although margins are still being squeezed, making lean operations all the more necessary. A couple significant rainstorms have exposed the problems with existing and neglected roofing systems and homeowners are beginning to see that they cannot wait until the summer rains or worse a tropical storm or hurricane to get this fixed.
With a diverse business model Garabar has been able to garner work from various industries and weather the industry downturn but the industry isn’t out of the woods yet. Companies have to redouble their efforts to keep costs low and quality high in order to be competitive in the years to come.
