Roofing accounts for building surge – Plainview Daily Herald

Roofing accounts for building surge

This year a rash of spring hailstorms brought on a torrent of insurance claims and resulting surge in roofing activity. It also cause a sharp jump in the value of construction permits issued by the City of Plainview.

Since the first of the year, the city has required construction permits for both commercial and residential roofing projects. Through the end of June, the city has issued 267 roofing permits for a combined value of $3,783,751.08. In June alone, the city issued 121 roofing permits for a combined value of $1,656,610.55.

With the strong support of the roofing industry, Plainviews overall building permit total for June is $3,090,710.55 for 145 projects. The year-to-date total is $5,686,599.99, for 346 projects.

During the same period in 2016, the City of Plainview issued 125 building permits for projects valued at $3,310,749, which does not include any roofing activity. Nonetheless, the 2016 total-to-date falls almost half a million short of what has been permitted in 2017 roofing projects alone.

Other than roofing, the city issued 24 permits for construction in June. Those projects, and corresponding values, include: two residential additions, $3,500; two residential remodels, $2,600; one residential demolition, $10,000; 10 garage/carports, $18,000; one storage building, $20,000; one commercial addition, $640,000; three commercial remodels, $710,000; and four signs, $30,000.

For the year-to-date, building permits have been issued for 14 residential additions, $50,750; 11 residential remodels, $2,600; one residential demolition, $10,000; 20 garage/carports, $31,350; three storage buildings, $25,500; one new commercial, $21,000; three commercial additions, $809,988; eight commercial remodels, $754,600; one commercial demolition, $20,000; three commercial accessory buildings, $23,000; and 14 signs, $128,877.40.

Two certificates of occupancy were issued during June, to Nearly New, 713-715 N. Broadway; and Western Equipment, 910 N. Date.

Non-roofing construction projects in June include:

--Wellborn Sign Co., 1220 S. I-27, sign

--Covenant Hospital MRI expansion, 2601 Dimmitt Rd., commercial addition

--Covenant Hospital MRI expansion, 2601 Dimmitt Rd., commercial remodel

--Bernardo Martinez Jr., 304 SW Alpine, garage/carport

--Guadalupe E. Ybarra, 1107 Quincy, garage/carport

--Jose A. Leon, 1411 Travis, garage/carport

--Jose and Armida Botello, 226 SE 10th, garage/carport

--Randy Ortegon, 1603 Galveston, garage/carport

--Josefina Hernandez, 2609 Denver, residential remodel-porch

--Antonia Ramirez, 1004 Joliet, residential remodel-windows

--Mark James, 219 Bryan, garage/carport

--Precision Metal Works, 600 S. Broadway, storage building

--Fred Constancio, 106 St. Louis, garage/carport

--Dora Pardo, 2505 Lexington, residential addition-laundry

--Bill Wells Chevrolet, 501 S. I-27, three sign permits

--Legacy Farms Corporate Offices, 108 Kirchwood Rd., commercial remodel

--Francisco Herrera, 608 W. 27tyh, garage/carport

--Paul Kammerdiener, 204 Thomas Blvd., residential addition-patio

--Jose G. Salayandia, 1505 Dallas, garage/carport

--College Heights Baptist Church, 813 Portland, residential demolition

--Dos Jefes Restaurant, 4009 Olton Rd., commercial remodel

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