Hot take · 48:04
// THE QUOTE
“how the garland program works is we write performance-based specifications”
— Matthew Simon · The Garland Company, Inc.
Insider candor on public bids: they never name their own product, write tight performance specs so even a competitor must hit the level — credible spec-writing insight that explains why builders see performance specs everywhere.
Full episode at 48:04Commercial Roofing in Atlantic Canada: Lifecycle Management, Conditions Assessments, and the One-Throat-to-Choke Warranty Model (Matthew Simon, The Garland Company) ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Performance-based specs (no proprietary product names) are the only defensible route in public tendering; they still protect quality by setting minimum performance thresholds that inferior products cannot meet.
“we don't actually specify our material by name at all in the public market just the performance spec”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Roofing technology — mod-bit, single-ply, cold-applied, and coatings
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SOURCE: 48:04 of Commercial Roofing in Atlantic Canada: Lifecycle Management, Conditions Assessments, and the One-Throat-to-Choke Warranty Model (Matthew Simon, The Garland Company)