Local requirement
Rooftop equipment must be screened to the height of the highest equipment or integrated with the building design.
Custom steel rooftop equipment screening for Phoenix commercial buildings - fabricated to the Valley's heat, wind, and plan-review requirements, with service access details that hold up when RTUs are running hard all summer.
Phoenix plan-review material explicitly requires rooftop equipment to be screened to the height of the highest piece of equipment or integrated with the building design. This is a hard plan-review item - it shows up in comments if it is missing from the drawings.
Rooftop equipment must be screened to the height of the highest equipment or integrated with the building design.
Camelback Corridor Class A office, Downtown Phoenix mixed-use and multifamily, Scottsdale Road retail, medical office, and hospitality, Tempe and ASU-adjacent mixed-use and student housing.
Rooftop plans, elevations, attachment details, finish schedules, and service access paths.
High-visibility corridors include Camelback Road - Phoenix's primary prestige commercial corridor between Downtown and Scottsdale; rooftops visible from the road and from Camelback Mountain, Central Avenue (Downtown Phoenix) - the urban spine of Downtown, where high-rise and mid-rise buildings are visible from light rail platforms and from surrounding hillside neighborhoods, Scottsdale Road - the Valley's primary north-south retail and office corridor, highly visible from the road and from McDowells to the east. Rooftop screening quality is easy to see from streets and nearby buildings in this market.
Summer heat limits outdoor work hours - most rooftop install work starts at dawn to beat afternoon temperatures that can reach 115°F+, Roof surface temperatures in summer can exceed 175°F on dark membrane roofs - crew safety and material handling are real planning items, Monsoon season (July–September) creates wind event risk during install and early occupancy.
We structure shop drawings to support AHJ review and reduce permit comments.
TGIC polyester powder coat with high-UV resistance rating - standard specification for all Phoenix projects, Light and medium neutral tones (tan, warm gray, beige) that reflect heat and match common desert stucco palettes.
We align screen scope to local permit triggers from the start.
Every system is built for your exact roof and equipment layout.
Doors and clearances are planned so techs can do the work safely.
We keep details plain so install crews and PMs can move fast.
Phoenix plan-review requires rooftop equipment to be screened to the height of the highest piece of equipment or integrated with the building design. If this is not shown and specified on your drawings, you will get a plan-review comment. We help structure the documentation to address that requirement directly.
Thermal expansion is a real engineering consideration when steel panels are exposed to 150°F+ roof temperatures. We detail expansion joints at panel connections, specify hardware rated for high-heat environments, and design access doors that do not bind in extreme heat. This is standard in our Phoenix shop drawings.
Yes. We work across the entire Phoenix metro. Each municipality has its own plan-review process and we are familiar with the requirements in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Peoria, and Glendale.
Yes. Phoenix RTUs run harder and longer than almost anywhere else. Service access doors, clearance to equipment, and hinge and latch hardware rated for high-heat service are standard details in our Phoenix screen layouts. We coordinate service aisle widths with the mechanical engineer's equipment layout.
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