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About dean

Metal building erector and contractor in South Florida since 1985. Owner of Commercial Metal Building Services Corp. and Tailgate Technology. Pushing the boundaries of available technology to complement the best metal building erection crews in the business.

CrewKeeper First Submittal

Submitted the current beta version to the App Store today. It still has some rough edges, and features to complete. I am submitting this version mostly to make sure it passes validation and ultimately that it meets Apple requirements and will be approved. This is my first app to be submitted and I have heard many horror stories so am crossing fingers.

It’s the Installation, Stupid

I was recently on the roof of a metal building, a hangar built 20 to 30 years earlier. We were doing some work on the hangar door system. I’d noticed, from below, numerous obvious roof leak issues. A typical R-Panel type roof, I set out to replace an old screw or two adding value to our service. I walked off the roof, found the noted locations and observed other areas of concern. It became apparent to me that this was another case of a good product, poorly served by a sloppy installation.

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