It’s just a roof - right? Roofing plays an extremely important role in protecting the building from the elements, but low-slope roofing typically doesn’t get as much attention during design as the other building components. With a wide variety of different roof system types and components used on different building classifications, low-slope roofing can often be especially confusing for designers. This presentation will discuss many of the basics associated with low-slope roof design such as building design parameters, typical roof system components and attachment methods, code requirements, and wind design.