MF BorrowerCommercial Roofing

ACR

Ammons Commercial Roofing

Building a Legacy Through Performance

Andrew Ammons didn't start a roofing company to be average. He started one to be the best. And when you set that kind of standard, you need capital that can keep up.

The Story

Andrew Ammons built Ammons Commercial Roofing on a simple premise: do the work right, treat people well, and the reputation will follow. That sounds like something you'd read on a motivational poster in a dentist's office, except Andrew actually lives it.

In commercial roofing, “doing the work right” means something very specific. It means your seams don't leak in year three. It means your crew shows up on time, every time. It means the GC calls you back for the next project because the last one was flawless. It's the kind of business where your reputation is literally waterproof — or it isn't.

Andrew launched his company with high standards for performance, service, and results. Not the kind of standards you put on a website and forget about — the kind that show up in every detail of every job. The quality of the membrane. The precision of the flashing. The cleanliness of the job site when the crew packs up and leaves.

The problem with high standards is they're expensive. Cutting corners is cheap. Excellence costs money upfront. And in commercial roofing, “upfront” means before anyone has paid you a dime.

What They Do

Commercial roofing is a different animal from residential. You're not slapping shingles on a ranch house. You're installing engineered membrane systems on buildings that span tens of thousands of square feet. The tolerances are tighter, the stakes are higher, and the projects are measured in weeks and months, not days.

New Roof Installation

Full commercial roof systems for new construction — from warehouses and retail centers to office complexes and industrial facilities.

Roof Replacement

Tear-off and replacement of aging commercial roofing systems. Complete removal, deck inspection, and installation of modern, warrantied systems.

Roof Repair & Maintenance

Leak repair, membrane patching, flashing replacement, and preventive maintenance programs to extend roof life and protect the building envelope.

Emergency Response

Storm damage repair and emergency tarping. When a commercial roof fails, the clock is ticking on interior damage, inventory loss, and business disruption.

The Capital Challenge

Commercial roofing is one of the most capital-intensive specialties in construction. Materials alone for a single job can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. And that's before you pay a single crew member, rent a single piece of equipment, or buy a single gallon of adhesive. Here's what that looks like in practice:

Material Costs

A single commercial roofing job can require hundreds of thousands of dollars in materials before the first invoice goes out. TPO, EPDM, modified bitumen, metal panels, insulation, fasteners — it adds up fast and suppliers want payment upfront.

Labor Mobilization

Skilled roofing crews don't wait around. You need to pay your people whether the GC has paid you or not. Mobilizing a crew for a commercial roof means weeks of payroll before you see a dime from the project.

Payment Timelines

Commercial construction runs on 60-90 day payment cycles. Sometimes longer. The roof is done, the building is watertight, and you're still waiting on retainage and final payment while your next project needs funding today.

Add it all up and you've got a business that needs serious working capital just to operate. The bigger the project, the bigger the gap between when you spend money and when you get paid. Andrew Ammons was winning bigger and bigger contracts — which is exactly the kind of success that can bankrupt a company without the right financial partner.

The Mobilization Funding Partnership

This is where Mobilization Funding comes in. And this is why construction-specific financing matters.

A traditional bank looks at a roofing company and sees risk. They see a seasonal business with lumpy revenue, high material costs, and receivables that take 90 days to collect. They want collateral. They want personal guarantees. They want three years of audited financials. And even then, they'll give you a line of credit that wouldn't cover the materials for a mid-size warehouse roof.

Mobilization Funding looks at a roofing company and sees something different. They see signed contracts. They see a GC with a track record of paying. They see a subcontractor who knows what they're doing and has the project pipeline to prove it. They underwrite the project, not just the balance sheet.

For Ammons Commercial Roofing, that meant being able to say yes to larger projects without sweating the upfront capital. Materials? Covered. Crew mobilization? Covered. The gap between starting the work and getting paid? Bridged.

The partnership gave Andrew the financial breathing room to compete for — and win — the kind of projects that build a company's reputation. Not the small patch-and-repair jobs that keep the lights on, but the full-scale installations that put your name on the map.

That's the whole point of Mobilization Funding. They don't just lend money — they unlock growth. Andrew Ammons had the skills, the crew, and the standards. What he needed was a financial partner who understood that a signed contract from a reputable GC is as good as gold — and who could move fast enough to keep up with the pace of commercial construction.

The bottom line

Ammons Commercial Roofing is proof that the right financial partner doesn't just fund your business — they accelerate it. Andrew Ammons built something worth investing in. Mobilization Funding recognized that and gave him the capital to match his ambition. That's how legacies get built.

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