Industries we serve

Commercial and Industrial Roofing by Industry

Every building type fails in its own way. We plan the roof around what happens underneath it.

Work around operations
COR and prequalified
Documented for your files

Overview

A distribution warehouse loses its roof slowly, across acres of membrane nobody walks. A plant loses it around the exhaust stacks. A school loses it in the one week of the year nobody is in the building to notice. Industrial roofing in Edmonton has to start with the building, its schedule and the people inside it, not just the membrane on top.

Rain Roofing works on five main building types. Each page below covers the risks that show up on that kind of roof, the systems that usually fit, how we schedule work so the building keeps running, and the safety paperwork owners in that sector expect.

Planned around operations

Docks, production lines, classes and tenants keep running while we work in phases.

Prequalified for industrial sites

COR-certified, with ISNetworld, Avetta and ComplyWorks registrations kept current.

Documented for your files

Photos, roof plans, product data and warranty papers at closeout on every job.

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Everything under industries

How we plan flat roof work around warehouses, plants, industrial sites, institutions and retail properties.

Five building types, five different roofs

The membrane might be the same on a warehouse and a school. The way the job is planned is not. Access, working hours, who signs off on safety and what can't get wet all change with the building, and those details decide whether a re-roof goes smoothly.

Warehousing and logistics: very large roof areas, rooftop units, drift loads and dock schedules that can't stop.
Manufacturing: exhaust and chemical exposure, heavy maintenance traffic and short shutdown windows.
Oil and gas support buildings: control rooms, shops and warehouses at Heartland and Nisku sites, with prequalification, orientations and hot work permits.
Institutional: schools, healthcare and municipal buildings that stay occupied, with public tenders and summer work windows.
Retail and commercial: plazas, offices and multi-tenant buildings, with tenants, opening hours and restaurant exhaust to work around.

What stays the same on every industrial roofing job

Whatever the building, the basics don't change. We inspect before we price, explain the options in writing, and give you a fixed scope rather than a guess. Every crew works under a site-specific hazard assessment and fall protection plan, and every section is left watertight at the end of the shift.

At the end of the job you get a closeout package: photos, a roof plan, product data and warranty documents. Rain issues a 10-year workmanship warranty on full replacements, and we stand behind the roof for its whole life with ongoing maintenance and repair programs.

Questions

What facility managers ask us

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Do you only work in these five industries?

No. These are the building types we see most. If your building is a commercial or industrial flat roof in the Edmonton region, we can look at it.

Can you work on a building that can't close at all?

Most of our work is on buildings that stay open. We phase the roof in zones, protect what is underneath, and close each zone in before the crew leaves.

What safety paperwork do you provide before a job?

Typically a COR letter, a WCB-Alberta clearance letter, insurance certificates, and site-specific hazard assessments. Industrial owners can also see our records through ISNetworld, Avetta or ComplyWorks.

Which roof system is best for our type of building?

There is no single answer by industry. SBS 2-ply suits most buildings in this climate, PVC suits exhaust and chemical exposure, and TPO suits large, simple roofs. We recommend a system after looking at your roof, your operations and your budget.