Why material staging deserves more attention

By Emma Peterson. 

Experienced distribution partners play an important role in helping contractors manage site constraints, moving materials efficiently and keeping projects progressing without unnecessary delays. 

When contractors try to plan ahead for issues on the jobsite, they often are thinking about things like weather delays and unexpected additional repairs. What they don’t often think about is the staging process. However, this process can easily make or break a project. Nick Fryer explained how staging impacts your entire project in an article for Roads and Bridges:  

Construction sites are connected. It’s why one mistake can have such far-reaching consequences. Bad staging that blocks an access route for a day might not seem like a big deal, but it can lead to deliveries being delayed, construction vehicles getting stuck and the whole schedule being thrown off as a result. 

So, how do you avoid your entire project getting thrown off by site constraints and material delivery issues? The best thing you can do is partner with the right distributor. Take SRS Distribution for example.  

Their teams are specifically trained for handling the logistics of delivering to commercial jobsites. This means that they are already expecting site constraints and have time-tested solutions to overcome them. The SRS team also has a comprehensive fleet of trucks and knuckle booms, ensuring that your materials don’t just make it to your jobsite, they make it to where they need to be on the jobsite – whether that’s on the ground or on the roof.  

This type of support can be game-changing in the field. As the writers behind RoofCon put it, “The movement of materials from delivery to installation represents one of the biggest opportunities for efficiency gains in roofing projects. Creating a smooth flow requires careful coordination between suppliers, delivery crews and roofing teams.”