Rooftop Equipment Support Frame

Our scope on this job was fabricating and installing the steel support frame on the roof ahead of the mechanical contractor's equipment delivery. The frame was built in our shop, brought to site, and welded into position so that by the time the crane showed up everything was ready to receive the unit.

The crane set is where all the preparation either holds up or doesn't. The unit coming down from above has to land directly onto the frame, which means the frame dimensions, the anchor points, and the positioning on the roof all have to be exactly right before that crane is ever called. Our crew was on the roof guiding the unit into position as it came down and it set exactly where it needed to.

That kind of coordination between our work and the mechanical contractor's schedule is something we manage on a regular basis. The steel has to be done and signed off before the next trade can move and on this job we held that sequence without any delays. It is the kind of behind the scenes work that nobody notices when it goes well, which is exactly how it should go.