How Much Can Roofers Rely on Technology?
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Construction Business Review | Friday, October 23, 2020
The industry that has the most possibilities to be benefitted from the advancement of technologies is roofing.
FREMONT, CA: It is out in the open now that technology is having a significant impact on every facet of commercial real estate. Looking at the constant shortage of laborers with rising demands, roofing technology has turned out to be quite an essential feature for more efficient and mighty working, starting from lead generation to job completion.
In the case of commercial roofing, the trickiest parts that the companies face are identifying viable lead, regularly. In the present time, there are more efficient and persuasive methods to generate high aimed commercial roofing leads, concerning new constructions, wide-ranging repairs, renovations, and much more. Roofers can make use of lead generation platforms besides the company’s standards, such as website, marketing, referrals, and word-of-mouth, to find and recognize properties. By exporting the capabilities, they can also export the entire search list filters, along with the contact details of property owners in it.
Identifying leads with such a level of target in only minutes provide the commercial roofers with a remarkably efficient lead generation method, and meanwhile allows direct contact with the decision-makers.
Moreover, it enables the contractors to immediately build a list of damage leads and contact the owners instantly in case of urgent work.
The mobile revolution is considered as a precious asset for on-the-go roofers group when it comes to paperwork and other tasks. Rather than physically visiting the building’s roof or spending a lot of time on paperwork and building estimates, roofers can use mobile apps to perform the necessary tasks, starting from measuring building roofs, sharing pictures and videos across the company, building roof reports, sending estimates to clients, creating invoices, generating leads, and much more.
Nevertheless, roofing technology trend has also brought drones into the attentions, which are now growing into a more and more common amongst roofers to inspect buildings. By following the necessary local regulations, commercial roofers can utilize drones to evaluate and study the structure from every possible angle. Drones that provide high-resolution images can be leveraged as well with different apps.
