Education Roofing

University of Miami, Florida International University, Miami Dade College, and Miami-Dade County Public Schools represent one of the largest concentrations of educational roof assets in the Southeast. We work within public procurement frameworks, active academic schedules, and the safety requirements that come with facilities used by students.

Miami-Dade County's educational institutions collectively manage millions of square feet of commercial roof area, from the University of Miami's 239-acre main campus in Coral Gables to Florida International University's two major campuses in University Park and Biscayne Bay, to Miami Dade College's eight campuses spread across the county, to the 500-plus school buildings operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools under an active capital improvement bond program.

Educational roofing in Miami-Dade carries a specific set of obligations beyond the standard NOA and HVHZ requirements. M-DCPS roofing work goes through the School Board's capital projects procurement process, which requires licensed roofing contractors who have completed the School Board's vendor prequalification and who carry the insurance certificate language the School Board requires. FIU and UM have their own bid processes and documentation standards. Miami Dade College, as a state institution, operates under Florida's public procurement requirements for capital construction work.

The academic calendar creates the primary scheduling constraint. K-12 school roofing must be phased to avoid disruption during the school year — which in Miami runs from late August through June, leaving a compressed summer production window. University roofing is somewhat more flexible because class schedules vary by building, but research lab buildings, housing, and administrative spaces have their own continuous-occupancy requirements. We plan production phasing around the academic calendar as the first scheduling input, not an afterthought.

M-DCPS Bond Program and K-12 School Roofing

Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates one of the largest public school systems in the United States, with approximately 525 school buildings across Miami-Dade County. The M-DCPS capital bond program — the most recent of which authorized several hundred million dollars in capital improvements — funds roof replacement as a major component of facility upgrades across the district.

M-DCPS roofing contracts go through the Office of School Facilities' capital projects procurement process, which includes vendor prequalification, design-build or design-bid-build project delivery depending on project size, and close coordination with the district's project manager from pre-bid through final inspection. The documentation requirements for School Board projects are more extensive than typical commercial work — certified payroll, FHWA wage compliance, specific insurance certificate language, and milestone payment applications tied to project schedule.

The summer production window for occupied school buildings runs approximately 10 weeks from mid-June through late August. Large-footprint elementary and middle school buildings — many built in the 1960s through 1990s on sprawling single-story plans — can cover 100,000 square feet or more of low-slope roofing. Completing a full replacement on a school building in a 10-week window requires aggressive crew deployment and a production schedule that leaves no weather contingency slack. We staff school building projects to hit the academic calendar deadline, not to the minimum crew that could eventually complete the work.

University of Miami Campus Roofing

The University of Miami's main campus in Coral Gables contains a mix of mid-century construction, post-Hurricane Andrew rebuilds, and 2000s-era academic and research facilities. The UM facilities team manages roof assets across this portfolio on a multi-year capital plan. Replacement projects typically go through a competitive bid process with specific requirements for NOA documentation, bonding, insurance, and construction milestone schedule.

Research buildings on the UM campus — the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science on Virginia Key, the Miller School of Medicine adjacent to Jackson Memorial Hospital, and the research facilities on the main campus — carry laboratory and research equipment that is sensitive to water intrusion. The consequence of a leak in a research building is not just ceiling damage; it is potential loss of ongoing research data, equipment calibration, and in some cases irreplaceable biological or physical samples. Our maintenance contract scope on research buildings prioritizes those sections above lab spaces for quarterly inspection and same-day emergency dry-in response.

UM Health's facilities on and adjacent to the medical campus — including the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center — share the healthcare roofing constraints described in our healthcare industry page, with the additional layer of the University's facilities management procurement process.

Florida International University Roofing

Florida International University operates two major campuses: the main University Park campus at SW 107th Avenue and SW 8th Street in Sweetwater, and the Biscayne Bay Campus in North Miami. The University Park campus is the larger facility with the majority of FIU's academic and administrative buildings. The Biscayne Bay Campus carries a different exposure environment — bay-adjacent, lower elevation, with salt-air exposure that affects metal component service life.

FIU is a Florida public university and its capital construction procurement follows Florida Board of Governors and state Department of Management Services requirements for public construction contracts. Roofing projects above the competitive bid threshold go through FIU's Facilities Management competitive solicitation process. We maintain the documentation — bonding capacity, insurance, license, and project reference requirements — for FIU's standard contractor qualification criteria.

FIU's Engineering and Computer Science building, the Modesto Maidique Stadium, and the Health and Life Sciences facility on the University Park campus each represent large-footprint institutional roofing with active occupancy constraints. We are familiar with FIU Facilities Management's project coordination process and inspection requirements.

Miami Dade College Multi-Campus Roofing

Miami Dade College operates eight campuses across Miami-Dade County, from the main Wolfson Campus in Downtown Miami to the Homestead Campus at the southern end of the county, with interim campuses in Hialeah, Kendall, and North Miami Beach. Each campus has its own mix of building ages and roof conditions, and MDC's capital program manages replacements across the system on a prioritized capital plan.

As a Florida College System institution, MDC's capital procurement follows the Florida Board of Governors procurement framework. Roofing contracts are publicly bid through the Florida Vendor Information System. MDC's facilities team manages the bid process and contractor qualification at the district level, with campus-specific project management during construction.

MDC's Wolfson Campus in Downtown Miami — a cluster of mid-rise buildings in the heart of the urban core — presents crane access and material staging challenges similar to Class A office buildings, including the right-of-way permitting required for street-adjacent staging. The Medical Center Campus adjacent to Jackson Memorial Hospital operates in the same active-facility environment as the healthcare facilities surrounding it.

Frequently asked questions

Do you work on M-DCPS school building projects?

Yes. We are familiar with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools capital projects procurement process, vendor prequalification requirements, and the Office of School Facilities' project management and documentation standards. School Board projects require certified payroll compliance, specific insurance certificate language, and milestone payment applications — we maintain these as standard documentation for school board work.

How do you complete school building reroofs during the summer window?

We staff school building projects to the production rate the academic calendar requires, not to a minimum crew. A 120,000-square-foot elementary school with a 10-week summer window needs a crew deployment that can complete that footage — including permitting, tear-off, and final inspection — within the window. We present a specific crew size and daily production rate projection at the pre-bid stage so the school district can evaluate the schedule commitment before the contract is awarded.

What is the procurement process for university roofing projects at UM or FIU?

Both University of Miami and Florida International University run competitive bid processes for roofing projects above the applicable threshold. UM is a private institution with its own facilities management procurement process; FIU follows Florida public university procurement requirements. Both require contractor qualification documentation — bonding capacity, insurance certificates, license, and project references — before the bid submission. We maintain current qualification documentation and can submit on short notice for projects in the solicitation window.

How do you handle research lab buildings where leaks could damage ongoing research?

Research buildings get a higher-frequency inspection cadence in our maintenance contracts — quarterly inspection of sections above lab spaces and critical research equipment areas, in addition to the annual full-roof inspection. Emergency response to leak calls in research buildings is prioritized to same-day dry-in because the cost of a research disruption event can dwarf the cost of an emergency repair call. We document the sections above all critical research spaces in our initial inspection and flag them explicitly in the maintenance contract scope.

Get a written roof assessment for your Miami educational facility.

Our project managers understand the academic calendar constraints, public procurement requirements, and active-campus scheduling that educational roofing in Miami-Dade requires. We will document the condition and deliver a written scope that works within your timeline and procurement framework.

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