Friends:
Today we will be learning English, and how to translate the words of "Salesmen/women". It's all so grandiose and shiny, but is a simple disguise of the truth. COST and "Measurable Units" matter, you can't get around it.
Right away, I will tell you our public facilities who buy through cooperatives are foolish, and don't do their homework. It is not about "Ease" being the determining factor. "Ease" should not cost a school district in Minnesota, Connecticut, New Jersey, California or all points in between 40% MORE money.
Roofing is the costliest item of any school maintenance budget, and lying cooperatives must come to heel. I will debate U.S. Communities, Garland, or Tremco, anytime, anywhere.
All the school district has to do, is conduct competitive bidding with multiple manufacturers listed in the specifications. This essentially increases your bid pool by 400% . Competition that provides both serviceability and value.
I will refer you to the Ducker-Carlisle Report.
I will refer you to the Ducker-Carlisle Report.
All the Jazz about "We handle it all" is ignorant, expensive, stupid, and horribly unfair to Contractors, Manufacturers,Consultants, and Distributors, who are not allowed to bid on projects that are publicly funded. Can't compete for their own tax dollars?
An administrator may not show even the slightest hint of favoritism, nor should they be able to choose a "Single Source" product.
Speaking of product, Tremco, as well as Garland, don't make half the material they sell. They outsource it to Cooley. Cooley is for another time. No educated person would choose them, other than a retiree in a trailer park. We have lots of them here in Florida, the way they "get over" on the elderly is sickening. I've seen this first hand .
Okay, now to our "English Lesson". It will save your district millions of dollars if you listen to me. It is simple, common sense, and out of the hands of politicians. When you buy Tremco or Garland, you are essentially exporting 70% of your local tax dollars to other municipalities. Money that could be used for future roofing, or repairs..........GONE.
You know I back up every word I say with public record. You can't beat an "opinion" out of me with a stick.
Here comes the pain: My comments are obviously in Blue.
Garland/DBS, Inc.
Roofing Supplies and Support Services
Leading
manufacturer and distributor of high-performance solutions for the commercial
building envelope. "High performance compared to what?"
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Website: Garland/DBS, Inc.
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Email: uscommunities@garlandind.com
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Contract: View Documents ->
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Phone: 800-321-9336
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Fax: 216-883-2055
Overview
Garland/DBS, Inc. is a
leading manufacturer and distributor of high-performance solutions for the
commercial building envelope. Founded in 1895, the Garland organization is 100
percent employee owned, ensuring that every Garland employee is vested in the long-term
performance outcomes of your roofing projects. Their employees are essentially commissioned salesmen, They can be fired on the spot at any time. That's your "Employee owned" translation. So much for We offer public agencies and
non-profits a comprehensive selection of roofing material
solutions and support services, including:
"Public Agencies and non-profits"? That's their main target, because nobody in the private sector is stupid enough to use them. They know government is soft, and it maximizes their predatory sales model.
You are paying for the graft.
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Sustainable systems, such as vegetative roofs, rooftop
photovoltaic systems, and energy-reducing reflective coatings
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Environmentally responsible, low-odor/low-VOC restoration,
maintenance, and repair materials
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High-tensile modified and built-up waterproofing systems
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Architectural and structural standing seam metal roof and
wall systems
Garland's metal roof division is called IMETCO, and runs the same game·
Fluid-applied urethane and acrylic systems
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Online roof asset management database services
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Comprehensive engineering services, including wind uplift
computations and shop drawings Most major manufacturers offer these services at no charge. Garland will cost you two arms, and two legs, before they finally eat the rest of you. You'll look like a carcass in the Mojave Desert when it's over.
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Turnkey construction management services "Turnkey" means full control, isolation of all competition, sign you up, and you're hooked for years . That breeze you just felt is your soul leaving the body.
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This is a joke to anyone in the roofing discipline. We ALL know that major manufacturers offer far better "No Dollar Limit" warranties up to 30 years. If your roof leaks, they will repair or replace it for free, during the term of warranty.
I know this because I've performed warranty repairs many times. It's a simple procedure. I fixed the roof, billed the manufacturer, got paid, and the owner was happy. That's how it should be.
Not only that, but the "Majors" make their own material instead of outsourcing it.
Please don't take my word for it. Take the time to type 'School Roofing Scam" into your browser, or do the same on YouTube. After reading or watching, all that damning evidence, the picture should come into focus.
You will notice Tremco, and Garland dominate the scam business.
Garland even states on their own website that their material costs more, and that public administrators have a "right" to buy anything they want.
Not even HUD says that.
Friends, do YOU believe a public official of any kind has the 'right" to buy anything they want, thereby excluding all competition?
If you said "Yes', I will assume you're in San Francisco.
ALL public projects are subject to independent, third party oversight. Garland and Tremco want to skirt that oversight. They act as the manufacturer (which they are not) salesman, consultant, and in doing so removes privy to the owner in one step.
ALL public projects are subject to independent, third party oversight. Garland and Tremco want to skirt that oversight. They act as the manufacturer (which they are not) salesman, consultant, and in doing so removes privy to the owner in one step.
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Reject negativity in all forms, and always remember to keep looking "UP".
NOTE: Retired 2003, do not solicit, nor accept compensation or personal advancement of any kind.
Respect.
Robert R. Solomon
Public Procurement Analyst
State Certified CCC 1325620
RobertRSolomon@aol.com
Tampa, Florida
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