The Schreiber family began as a roofing company in 1916 as Schreiber Roofing Corporation in Detroit, Michigan. However, the company’s roots date back to the late 1800s in New York City. Edward Schreiber, the 4th generation of this roofing family, joined the business in 1945 after graduation from the University of Michigan. During the 1950s’ the industry was booming with many new contractors entering the industry. At that time, Schreiber Roofing Corporation started losing large contracts. Edward Schreiber soon recognized the problem. Other contractors were installing inferior roof systems that were failing. Subsequently, all roofers were suffering the loss of trust brought on by inferior competitors. On a mission to restore confidence in the roofing industry, he left the family business convinced a thriving business could be based on the prevention of roof trouble, and Construction Consultant Inc. (CCI) was born in 1959. CCI became the first roofing consultant to act as the owner’s advocate in the roofing industry.

Working with the U.S. Air Force in the early 1970s, CCI developed a roofing consultant model based on a proactive philosophy of anticipating and correcting small or potential problems before becoming larger issues. In 1985, Building Technology Associates (BTA), a new roofing company formed by Edward Schreiber, introduced computer technology specially developed to leverage their experience and create an automated, standardized approach to roof asset management. BTA has won numerous awards over the decades, including when our Roof Asset Management Program won the U.S. General Service Administration (GSA) Achievement Award for Real Property Innovation for our work with the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).