Polytech.

Polytech has held a Washington contractor registration since 1980, and the state also lists 1980 as the year the business was established. The state lists Andy Louie as a principal since 1980. Its one public-works filing came in 2004, for the City of Spokane, with Polytech as the prime contractor. Work comes in through referrals and repeat customers rather than advertising, and the business travels roughly 25 miles from Spokane, which covers Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Mead, Cheney and Airway Heights. The fit is repair on structures that already stand: a roof that needs fixing or replacing, rot or damage that calls for carpentry, the kind of upkeep a property owner or manager deals with year to year. The property-management class suggests ongoing building care is part of the picture. A ground-up build or a large new framing job sits outside that mix, and a homeowner planning one would want a builder whose work is centered there. Roofing and repair work splits into two kinds of jobs. A quick fix, such as replacing damaged shingles, resealing flashing or patching after a windstorm, rewards a contractor who can come out, find the cause and do the repair without a lot of overhead. A full tear-off or a repair that opens up framing is a bigger undertaking: ask how the decking will be checked, who handles the permit, and how the work fits around Spokane's weather. For the small stuff, a small shop is often the efficient call.