Franzoso Contracting Receives Prestigious National Award

Franzoso Contracting, Inc., of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, has received the most prestigious contractor award GAF offers: The GAF President’s Club Award. This highly coveted award recognizes Franzoso Contracting as one of the “elite of the elite” residential roofing contractors in the entire United States.

GAF is North America’s largest roofing manufacturer, and only GAF Master Elite® Contractors can compete for its residential President’s Club Award. To qualify for this award, a residential roofing contractor must meet specific criteria in at least one out of three different pathways:

Performance pathway - where contractors focus on giving their property owners the best possible service, quality, and protection.

Reliability pathway - where the contractor has a long history of offering their customers the best quality and products.

Service pathway - where contractors consistently offer their customers the best protection available in the marketplace.

Franzoso Contracting has been a GAF Master Elite® Contractor since 1998. To become a Master Elite^® Contractor—a status that less than 2% of roofing contractors nationwide are able to achieve—a candidate must demonstrate proper licensing (in states that require it), maintain insurance, have a proven reputation, and show commitment to ongoing professional training.

“We value our certified contractors for raising the industry standard year after year by installing the best roofing products and systems. Our President’s Club award recognizes only those contractors who have distinguished themselves by the highest standards of excellence, customer satisfaction, and dependability,” said Jim Slauson, GAF’s VP of Certified Program & Services.

“With a stellar name for home remodeling in our area, Franzoso Contracting is hired primarily for the reputation that we are known for, one that provides excellent service and excellent workmanship. We bring to the job more than 38 years of experience and countless awards, year after year after year, trying to be at the top of our field,” said Mark Franzoso, President of Franzoso Contracting.

The reputation is well deserved. Since 1980, Franzoso Contracting has been a leader in Westchester, Putnam, and Rockland Counties in New York and Fairfield County in Connecticut, providing services in siding, windows, roofing (both new and repairs) and gutters, doors, and skylights. In addition, Franzoso offers roof cleaning and ice dam removal. “With our entry into the solar market, we are now mastering the solar contractors,” adds Franzoso.

Communication and great products are the hallmarks of service at the company. “We make our first impression from the moment the phone gets answered in the office. All parties communicate at all stages, from the sales associate making the presentation to the production department to the installation crew to the onsite foreman,” said Franzoso.

“I pride myself on being an innovator and bringing new product lines to the customers before my competitors do. When GAF establishes new styles and colors, such as when GAF introduced the Timberline® American Harvest(TM) shingles, we utilize that to separate us from other roofers,” added Franzoso.

Franzoso Contracting has an enormous commitment to community. “Our customers are hiring a company with strong ties to the area, through a lot of civic organizations,” said Franzoso. The company works with or supports diverse organizations, including: the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce; the Rotary Clubs; The Friends Network, supporting children with special needs; The Support Connection, a women’s breast- and ovarian-cancer support group; and Habitat for Humanity.

The company also does a lot of work with veterans. Franzoso is proud to be vice president of the Downstate chapter of Purple Heart Homes: “We redid steps and installed new railings for a Korean War veteran who had mobility issues—now he can get in and out of the house safely. In another opportunity to help veterans, GAF supplied materials for us to put on a new roof, gutters, and leaders for a Vietnam veteran in Putnam Valley. We love to get involved and help.”

About Franzoso Contracting, Inc.

Franzoso Contracting is located at 33 Croton Point Ave., Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 and can be reached by phone at (914) 271-4572 or online at www.franzoso.com. Starting in 1980 as a roofing and siding replacement contractor, Franzoso Contracting has grown to include three divisions: the replacement division, Franzoso Contracting; Franzoso Remodeling, for inside work; and Franzoso Energy Solutions, which handles solar and air sealing. A member of the Certified Contractors Network, the company maintains an A rating with the Better Business Bureau.

About GAF:

Founded in 1886, GAF is the leading roofing and waterproofing manufacturer in North America. As a member of the Standard Industries family of companies, GAF is part of the largest roofing and waterproofing business in the world. The company’s products include a comprehensive portfolio of roofing and waterproofing solutions for residential and commercial properties as well as for civil engineering applications. The full GAF portfolio of solutions is supported by an extensive national network of factory-certified contractors. GAF continues to be the leader in quality and offers comprehensive warranty protection on its products and systems. The company’s success is driven by a commitment to empowering its people to deliver advanced quality and purposeful innovation. For more information about GAF, visit www.gaf.com.