Michigan Commercial Roofer Lutz Roofing Helps Rebuild Detroit's Osborn High School

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. - July 1, 2016 - PRLog -- It is not fun‑nor is it safe‑to attend classes, eat one's school lunch or play in gym class when the building's roof is leaking.  At Detroit's Osborn High School, it was cold, wet and slippery inside.

         Fortunately, Lutz Roofing of Shelby Township, Michigan, along with other contractors and suppliers, answered the call when the Life Remodeled program choseOsborn High School and the 4.5-square mile Osborn Neighborhood for its keystone 2015 community effort.

         Opened in 1957, the Osborn High School complex now hosts three Detroit Public School System high school programs: Osborn College Preparatory Academy; Osborn Collegiate Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology (Osborn MST); and Osborn Evergreen Academy of Design and Alternative Energy.  The school itself needed substantial repairs, while multiple roof platforms covering nearly the entire complex leaked badly, according to Domenic Morelli, veteran roofing consultant and vice president of Life Remodeled, the Detroit-based non-profit community group.

         A new gym-inside and out.

         As Morelli explains a tear-off and replacement roof was estimated to cost $2.4 million, which the school district could not afford.  Instead, through donation of or reduced costs for supplies and donation of or reduced costs for labor, LifeRemodeled was able to raise enough funds to replace about 70 percent of the roof complex, leaving only unused areas without better protection.

         While contractors worked repairing and remodeling the school gym, Lutz Roofing assumed the task of applying a new 60 mil EPDM (ethylene polymer) roof over the existing 12,000-square foot modified bitumen flat roof at a substantially reduced labor cost.  Good choice, as Lutz Roofing is one of the prominent EPDM installers on a national basis.

         "Lutz Roofing was one of the first contractors to jump in when we announced the project," Morelli notes. "I know Lutz's President Bill Borgiel and we worked at the job site with Brian Davis, Lutz's Vice President for Operations."

         The work on the Osborn High School complex, including roofing, was completed during the months of June through December 2015.  In addition to the school repairs, a highlight of the Life Remodeled program was a special week in August, where nearly a thousand volunteers worked with Osborn Neighborhood residents to mow lawns, clear brush, help repair inhabited homes and board up vacant ones.  In 2016, Life Remodeled will conduct a similar effort for Detroit's Denby High School and its surrounding neighborhood.

         "The entire Lutz Roofing team and executives are extremely happy that we were able to help out in this way," Lutz Roofing's Davis says, "Students and teachers will have a great new gym, inside and out, and the students and their families know that our greater community cares about their safety and achievements in life."

         Privately-owned Lutz Roofing, based in Shelby Township, Michigan, is one of Michigan's leading commercial roofing companies, offering a full range of new build, repair and maintenance services.  The company enjoys outstanding relationships with leading roofing materials manufacturing and technology companies and has been one of the largest EPDM and Built-Up installers in the nation.

         Client responsiveness, ownership attention to each assignment, being well-versed in the latest roofing technologies and practices, worker training and safety, and sound environmental practices are all hallmarks of how "We Cover You."

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