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Jack Gray’s Roof Observations provides roof observer services to roof consultants, building owners, property managers, and facility directors who need roof quality assurance during roof installation and major repair projects. Jack Gray is located in Connecticut and is primarily available for projects in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Westchester County, but can work anywhere in the US for an additional negotiated per diem.
Jack Gray’s Roof Observations was started by John Steele Gray (Jack), a principal roof consultant at the Moriarty Corporation, an award-winning building enclosure consultant firm that was founded in 1967. Moriarty was dissolved as a corporate entity in 2022, after the majority owner (and main specification writer) decided to retire.
Jack Gray
Mr. Gray has over 25 years of experience in the roofing industry.
He has years of experience managing the roof portfolios of corporate and institutional building owners and real estate asset managers, helping them get the longest possible service life out of their existing roofs and overseeing all aspects of the roof replacement process.
He has both training and long practical experience in roof safety, building and energy codes, general building envelope knowledge, roof design and specification, roof installation, roof inspection, roof quality assurance, roof maintenance and repair, and roof asset management.
He has attended numerous roofing industry continuing education seminars, roofing manufacturer certification courses, and hands-on roofing classes to ensure that his roofing knowledge is in-depth and up-to-date.
Jack was the point of contact and primary roof consultant for some of Moriarty’s biggest clients.
He has worked on all kinds of roofs, including EPDM, TPO, PVC, PIB, CPE, modified bitumen, built-up asphalt and coal tar pitch, liquid-applied roofing, PTFE fabric, asphalt shingle, wood shingle, clay and concrete tile, and many different types of metal roofing.
Jack was awarded the Registered Roof Observer (RRO) professional credential from the Roof Consultants Institute (now IIBEC) in 2009.
He has been directly involved with roof replacements and new roof installations totaling over 10 million square feet.
He performs roof condition assessments and due diligence inspections, writes reports, develops roof plans and details, produces specifications and scopes of work, handles pre-bid and pre-construction procedures, performs on-site quality assurance inspections, and signs off on punch lists and other close-out items.
He has managed roof asset management and maintenance programs that covered over 20 million square feet of roofing, ensuring that manufacturers’ warranties are fulfilled, overseeing leak response and roof repairs, preparing budgets, recommending roof replacements, and documenting and maintaining records for all roofing activity.
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In high school, Jack spent most of his summers working for his father, a remodeler and custom home builder, and he helped install his first roof (cedar shingles) at age 14.
Jack served as an infantry paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division from 1991 to 1993, becoming a squad leader in an 81mm mortar platoon (battalion mortars). He even helped make a few emergency roof repairs in Miami-Dade County during the Hurricane Andrew relief deployment.
After leaving the Army he attended Cornell University, where he received a bachelor’s degree. He also spent time working in construction during the summer to pay the bills, and he ended up putting on a few roofs in Ithaca while he was there.
Jack began working for the Moriarty Corporation in 2001. He began managing the company’s Dallas office in 2004 and spent 18 years overseeing roofing projects, roof maintenance programs, and leak response for hundreds of client roofs throughout Texas.