About Commercial Roofing and
Sheet Metal Architecture in Wisconsin
SRS Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. was founded on July 1st 2005. Our 11 owners and the majority of our employees came from one of the largest, most successful roofing and sheet metal companies in the mid-west. Founded in 1975, that company operated from its main office in West Allis, WI and attained annual revenues in excess of 24 million dollars while employing more than 200 people.
After many years of success, that local company was acquired by a large national firm based in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, making it the largest roofing company in the United States. The goal was now volume and large national customers. Improvements in operating efficiencies and reduced overhead costs through centralization of accounting and management services were the main focus of the new national owner.
After a few years of limited success, the entire national organization was acquired by another investment firm in Aurora, CO and reorganized. After some management changes and unit closures to improve overall profitability, the entire organization was once again sold, this time to a large national competitor.
Those of us who founded SRS Roofing and Sheet Metal decided that while continuing our journey with that large, national company may have short term security and benefits, long term success and stability would only be more likely through the formation of our own company, SRS Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc . A company that would be employee owned and operated locally.
It is our belief that, more than any other industry, construction is a relationship business . People do business with people they trust. The ability to live up to our commitments to our customers and to our vendors could only be guaranteed by local ownership and management.
Many of our owners and managers were with that original firm when it was founded in 1975 and as a group we have more than 300 years of combined experience in the roofing and construction industry. That experience has brought us to where we are today.
We believe that having "An owner on every project" has benefits that no other roofing and sheet metal company can offer. Benefits for our customers, benefits for our vendors and benefits for our employees that could not be replicated without local ownership, local management and the commitment that comes from employee ownership.
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