PITTSBURGH - Eastern Area Special Schools of Monroeville is seeking damages from the parties responsible for an allegedly botched roofing job done at its campus, according to documents filed in February the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
In June 2012, Siemens Industry Inc. was hired by the plaintiff to install a new roofing system. Siemens was tasked with repairing and recoating the existing roof, installing a polyurethane foam and silicone topcoat layer, adding a seven-drain runoff system and replacing delaminated areas of the subroof.
Siemens used roofing system components manufactured by BASF Corporation for the project; this defendant provided a 15-year guaranteed warranty for the components.
By October 2019, so much of the roof was leaking that some of the building was sectioned off as unusable, the suit says.
In June of 2020, the problems with the roof's installation were identified. Due to faulty installation, moisture was being absorbed into the polyurethane foam, the suit says.
The Sunrise campus' structural integrity has suffered as a result of the roof, the suit said, and an entire re-roofing is necessary.
Siemens and BASF are pressed with one count of breach of contract and one count of breach of warranty. The plaintiff demands restitution in excess of the court's arbitrational limits.
Eastern Area Special Schools is represented by Andrews and Price, LLC, of Pittsburgh.