The challenge
The Mahoning County High School, housed in the P. Ross Berry Middle School building, was leaking regularly even though the facility was only 14 years old. The roof had never had preventative maintenance.
The district also needed budgets for the Choffin Career & Technical Center and the district bus garage, and had never heard of cooperative purchasing before meeting TEMA.
The TEMA solution
TEMA recommended an infrared moisture scan of the entire roof to find exactly where wet insulation was trapped. The results showed where an overlay was appropriate, so the district avoided a full tear-off.
All three projects qualified for cooperative purchasing through The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS). That let the district skip a lengthy RFP process while still using a competitively procured contract. A roof asset preventative maintenance program was added to protect the investment.
The result
The district got a data-backed scope, a lower-cost overlay instead of a full replacement, and a faster, compliant purchasing path for three buildings.
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