Water, fire, mold, storm damage, office renovation, tenant improvement, roofing, or new construction?

Call (480) 204-9035 — RCS Builders handles the property from emergency response through finished construction.

Office & Professional Buildings · Restoration · TI · Renovation · Construction

When Hundreds of Units Share the Same Property, One Building Problem Can Become an Operations Problem Fast.

• A monsoon damages the roof.
• Water enters a row of units.
• A vehicle hits a wall, gate structure, or building corner.
• A fire affects several storage spaces.
• A plumbing failure damages a climate-controlled building.
• A roof reaches the end of its useful life.

Or ownership simply needs facility repairs, an office renovation, a capital roofing program, or a larger property improvement completed.

RCS Builders handles restoration, reconstruction, roofing, repairs, renovations, capital improvements, and construction for self-storage facilities throughout Greater Phoenix.



Insurance or direct pay. Emergency or planned. One damaged unit or an entire multi-building property.

Emergency Property Restoration

Insurance & Direct-Pay Damage

Roofing & Structural Repair

 Facility & CapEx Construction

 Custom Property Response Agreements

Self-Storage Is Simple for the Customer. The Property Is Not.

Rows of Units Create Their Own Construction Challenges.

A storage facility may include:

• Drive-up storage buildings
• Climate-controlled buildings
• Interior corridors
• Multi-story storage
• Leasing offices
• Manager spaces
• Restrooms
• Gates and controlled-access areas
• Covered drive lanes
• Canopies
• Long roof runs
• Exterior walls
• Roll-up or swing-door systems
• Mechanical and electrical systems
• Multiple buildings across one site

A construction problem can interfere with:

• Customer access.
• Security.
• Drive lanes.
• Unit availability.
• Leasing.
• Gate operations.
• Stored contents.
• Staff workflow.

And the longer an affected area remains offline, the more complicated the property becomes to manage.

RCS approaches self-storage construction around both the building and the operation happening around it..

One Contractor Across the Property Cycle

Respond. Restore. Rebuild. Repair. Improve. Build.

Something happened? RCS can restore it. Nothing happened? RCS can improve it.

Emergency Property Damage

The First Goal Is Control.

A property emergency may affect only one portion of the facility.

The response should keep it from becoming a larger property problem.

Self-storage losses may begin with:

• Roof leaks
• Wind damage
• Water intrusion
• Plumbing failures
• Fire
• Smoke
• Mold
• Vehicle impacts
• Fallen trees or debris
• Structural failures
• Other physical building damage

Depending on the event, RCS can manage or coordinate:

• Emergency stabilization
• Temporary protection
• Water extraction and drying response
• Moisture documentation
• Selective demolition
• Affected-material removal
• Mold remediation
• Roof-related emergency work
• Structural stabilization
• Damage documentation
• Reconstruction planning
• Specialty resources where required

The event does not have to become an insurance claim for RCS to respond.

If ownership chooses to handle the repair directly, RCS can assess, price, repair, restore, and reconstruct the building as a direct-pay project.

Water Damage Restoration

Water Does Not Care Where One Rental Unit Ends and the Next Begins.

Water intrusion may travel through:

• Roof assemblies
• Exterior walls
• Shared partitions
• Ceilings
• Corridors
• Climate-controlled spaces
• Leasing offices
• Utility areas
• RCS can mobilize and manage the mitigation response based on the type and scale of the loss.

Typical work may include:

• Water extraction and drying response
• Moisture documentation
• Selective demolition
• Affected-material removal
• Drywall
• Insulation
• Ceiling systems
• Flooring in applicable areas
• Wall and finish reconstruction
• Office repairs
• Climate-controlled area repairs
• Roofing
• Exterior construction

Where larger drying capacity or specialty resources are required, those resources can be coordinated through the project.

Fire & Smoke Restoration

One Fire Can Affect Several Units Before the Construction Scope Is Fully Understood.

A fire may involve:

• One storage unit
• Several adjacent units
• Roof structure
• Exterior walls
• Corridors
• Mechanical systems
• Electrical systems
• Office areas
• Smoke-affected building areas
• Suppression-water damage

RCS can manage reconstruction involving:

• Selective demolition
• Framing
• Structural components
• Roofing
• Drywall
• Insulation
• Doors and openings
• Interior finishes
• Exterior finishes
• Office areas
• Common areas
• Full affected-building reconstruction

Specialty fire cleaning, environmental services, engineering, or other professional scopes remain with the appropriate qualified providers where required.

RCS manages the construction through the rebuild.

Mold Remediation & Reconstruction

Hidden Moisture Can Develop Behind the Areas Customers See.

Potential conditions may occur around:

• Roof leaks
• Plumbing
• Exterior walls
• Climate-controlled spaces
• Offices
• Restrooms
• Mechanical areas
• Previous water-loss locations

RCS performs mold remediation where appropriate within our capabilities and can continue through reconstruction.

Where environmental testing, industrial hygiene, or clearance is required, those services remain with the appropriate qualified professional..

Storm Damage

A Single Monsoon Can Affect Several Buildings Across the Same Facility.

Self-storage properties often combine:

Large roof areas.

Long exterior walls.

Multiple buildings.

Canopies.

Drive lanes.

Gates.

Exposed corners.

Detached structures.

That means one weather event can produce several distinct construction problems.

RCS can manage storm-related work involving:

• Temporary protection
• Roof damage
• Water intrusion
• Wind damage
• Fallen debris
• Exterior-wall damage
• Structural components
• Canopies
• Interior water damage
• Multi-building restoration
• Full reconstruction where required

A multi-building storm should be managed as one property program — not a dozen disconnected repair tickets.

Structural & Vehicle Impact Damage

Self-Storage Properties Put Buildings Close to Moving Vehicles.

Drive-up units create convenience.

They also create exposure.

Cars.

Trucks.

Moving vans.

Trailers.

Delivery vehicles.

A vehicle impact may damage:

• Building corners
• Exterior walls
• Framing
• Columns
• Canopies
• Unit openings
• Door systems
• Gate structures
• Bollard-adjacent building components
• Interior finishes
• Roofing tied to the affected structure
• RCS can manage the construction from stabilization through finished repair.

Depending on the condition, work may include:

• Temporary protection
• Emergency stabilization
• Shoring where required
• Selective demolition
• Framing repair
• Structural-component replacement
• Wall reconstruction
• Roofing
• Stucco or exterior finishes
• Masonry tied to the damaged structure
• Interior reconstruction
• Door/opening repair coordination

Where structural engineering is required, RCS executes the approved engineered repair.

Roofing

On a Self-Storage Property, the Roof May Protect Hundreds of Individual Customer Spaces.

That changes the consequence of failure.

A roof problem may affect one unit.

Or an entire building run.



RCS handles commercial roofing involving:

• TPO and low-slope systems
• Foam
• Modified bitumen
• Metal
• Localized repairs
• Full replacement
• Storm-related roofing
• Planned CapEx roofing
• Multi-building programs

Some roofing projects begin with a loss.

Others are planned years in advance.

RCS handles both.

When roof failure has already caused interior building damage, RCS can also manage the restoration below.

Storage Unit & Building Reconstruction

The Repair Has to Restore the Building Without Creating a Bigger Access Problem.

Depending on the loss, reconstruction may involve:

• Framing
• Walls
• Roofing
• Insulation
• Drywall in applicable areas
• Interior corridor finishes
• Exterior panels and finishes
• Unit openings
• Door coordination
• Climate-controlled areas
• Electrical components
• Office areas
• Restrooms
• Full sections of damaged building

RCS develops the construction around the actual damaged property.

The objective is not simply to make the building look repaired.

It is to return affected portions of the facility to usable service.

Insurance & Direct-Pay Property Damage

Not Every Property Loss Needs to Follow the Same Funding Path.

Some losses become insurance claims.

Some are below the deductible.

Some ownership groups choose to pay directly.

Some losses involve both covered and owner-paid work.

RCS can handle the physical construction regardless.

Insurance-Related Projects

RCS can support the construction side through:

• Damage documentation
• Photos
• Construction estimates
• Scope review
• Repair requirements
• Supplement documentation where appropriate
• Reconstruction progress
• Completion documentation
• Coverage remains the responsibility of the appropriate insurance parties.

Direct-Pay Damage

Ownership can also engage RCS directly to:

• Assess building damage
• Develop the repair scope
• Price the construction
• Perform appropriate mitigation
• Complete structural repairs
• Restore damaged areas
• Reconstruct the property

Insurance changes how the project may be funded. It does not change what the building needs.

Tenant Contents & Building Damage

The Building and the Property Stored Inside It Are Not Always the Same Claim.

Self-storage losses can involve both:

Damage to the facility itself

and

damage to tenant-owned contents.

RCS focuses on the physical construction and property controlled by the facility owner or operator.

That may include:

• Roofs
• Walls
• Structure
• Building systems
• Office areas
• Corridors
• Common areas
• Unit construction
• Exterior building components

Tenant contents, coverage questions, responsibility determinations, and personal-property claims remain with the appropriate tenant, insurer, owner, operator, or other responsible party.

RCS does not determine coverage or legal responsibility.

We handle the building construction.

Keeping Access & Security in the Plan

Construction Cannot Treat an Operating Storage Facility Like an Empty Jobsite.

Customers still need access.

Staff still need to lease units.

Drive lanes may need to remain open.

Security cannot simply disappear because construction is happening.

Depending on the project, RCS can coordinate work around:

• Building access
• Drive lanes
• Customer movement
• Gate operations
• Work-zone separation
• Material staging
• Unit-access restrictions
• Area-by-area sequencing
• Temporary protection
• Daily cleanup
• Phased turnover

The exact approach depends on the work.

But the operating property has to remain part of the construction plan.

Facility Repairs

Not Every Repair Needs to Become a Major Capital Project.

Self-storage operators may need help with construction that has moved beyond ordinary maintenance.

RCS can handle work involving:

• Drywall
• Ceilings
• Walls
• Doors and openings
• Exterior finishes
• Office repairs
• Restrooms
• Flooring
• Painting
• Selective demolition
• Water-loss put-back
• Roofing-related repairs
• Structural repair
• Multi-trade corrections

Leasing Offices & Customer Areas

The Front Office Is a Different Environment Than the Storage Buildings Behind It.

Self-storage properties may include customer-facing areas such as:

• Leasing offices
• Reception areas
• Restrooms
• Retail/storage-product displays
• Manager offices
• Hallways
• Climate-controlled entry areas

RCS can renovate or reconstruct these spaces as part of:

• Property damage
• Planned renovation
• Brand refresh
• Accessibility work
• Larger CapEx programs

Potential construction may include:

• Flooring
• Painting
• Ceilings
• Drywall
• Doors
• Millwork
• Counters
• Restrooms
• Interior reconfiguration
• Associated building-system work

Climate-Controlled Storage

These Buildings Create a Different Construction Environment.

Climate-controlled facilities may include:

• Interior corridors
• Insulated assemblies
• Mechanical systems
• Finished walls and ceilings
• Controlled access points
• More complex water-loss conditions

RCS can manage construction involving:

• Water restoration
• Fire restoration
• Mold remediation
• Drywall
• Insulation
• Flooring where applicable
• Ceilings
• Doors
• Interior finishes
• Mechanical-area construction
• Renovation and repair

HVAC design and other required professional or specialty work remain with the appropriate qualified parties.

Painting, Flooring & Building Improvements

Some Facility Work Is Planned Long Before Anything Fails.

RCS can manage planned improvement projects involving:

• Exterior painting
• Interior office painting
• Corridor finishes
• Office flooring
• Customer-area flooring
• Wall repairs
• Interior refresh work
• Building repairs
• Multi-building improvement programs

These can be completed as standalone scopes or rolled into a larger CapEx program.

Accessibility Improvements

Customer-Facing Areas Still Need to Work for the People Using Them.

RCS can construct identified accessibility improvements involving:

• Parking-related conditions
• Accessible routes
• Entrances
• Doorways
• Thresholds
• Restrooms
• Counters
• Ramps
• Handrails
• Leasing offices
• Customer-access areas

RCS executes the defined construction scope.

Where accessibility design, architectural review, engineering, or jurisdictional determination is required, those responsibilities remain with the appropriate qualified professionals.

CapEx & Multi-Building Improvement Programs

A Storage Facility Can Repeat the Same Construction Need Hundreds of Times.

Roofs.

Buildings.

Doors.

Exterior finishes.

Office areas.

Lighting-related construction.

Repairs.

A multi-building property benefits from repeatability.

RCS can structure capital work around:

• Standard scopes
• Building sequence
• Material planning
• Procurement
• Access
• Tenant impact
• Progress tracking
• Photo documentation
• Trade scheduling
• Punch-list control
• Phased turnover

Potential projects include:

• Roofing
• Exterior repairs
• Painting
• Office renovation
• Accessibility improvements
• Building restoration
• Structural repairs
• Multi-building upgrades
  

Portfolio Construction

One Facility Is a Project. Multiple Facilities Become a Relationship.

Self-storage ownership and management frequently extends beyond one location.

RCS can support repeat construction across multiple properties depending on:

• Geography
• Scope
• Volume
• Schedule
• Project type
• Response expectations

That may include:

• Emergency losses
• Direct-pay repairs
• Insurance restoration
• Roofing
• Facility repairs
• Structural impacts
• Office renovations
• CapEx
• Multi-site construction programs
• The value is not just completing one project.

It is reducing how often the operator has to restart the contractor relationship from zero.

Property Response Partnerships

The Best Time to Decide Who Handles the Loss Is Before the Roof Is Leaking Into Twenty Units.

RCS can establish a property-response relationship with self-storage owners, operators, facility managers, regional teams, and portfolio groups before an emergency happens.

That gives the organization a known construction contact for:

• Water damage
• Storm response
• Roofing
• Fire
• Mold
• Vehicle impact
• Structural damage
• Direct-pay losses
• Insurance losses
• Reconstruction

And the same relationship can continue into:

• Facility repairs
• Office renovation
• Painting
• Accessibility
• Roofing
• CapEx
• Multi-property programs
• Larger construction

One contractor for the unexpected problem and the planned project.

Custom Property Response Agreements

Your Portfolio Should Not Have to Fit Into a Generic Contractor Program.

A single-location operator has different needs than a regional portfolio.

A drive-up facility operates differently from a multi-story climate-controlled property.

One ownership group may centralize every approval.

Another may give local managers defined authority.

RCS can discuss a custom property-response agreement structured around the way your organization actually operates.

Depending on the relationship, that may include:

• Defined emergency contacts
• Property information
• Portfolio information
• After-hours procedures
• Approval and authorization procedures
• Documentation expectations
• Insurance and direct-pay workflows
• Emergency mitigation and stabilization
• Roofing
• Reconstruction
• Structural and vehicle-impact repair
• Facility repairs
• Multi-location support
• Planned CapEx work
• Other mutually agreed project procedures

The goal is not to force every self-storage property into the same response model.

It is to establish the construction relationship in advance and build it around what makes sense for the operator.

Ground-Up Self-Storage Construction

When the Project Starts With the Site Instead of an Existing Facility.

RCS can pursue ground-up self-storage construction depending on project size, location, design, delivery requirements, and overall scope.

Potential work may include:

• Preconstruction
• Budgeting
• Constructability coordination
• Site-related construction serving the project
• Foundations
• Structural construction
• Building envelope
• Roofing
• Electrical
• Plumbing
• Mechanical systems
• Interior buildout
• Leasing office
• Restrooms
• Climate-controlled areas
• Storage-unit construction
• Accessibility-related construction
• Required inspections
• Punch list
• Turnover

Architectural, civil, structural, mechanical design, engineering, and other professional services remain with the appropriate qualified professionals where required.

Who We Work With

Self-Storage Construction Usually Serves More Than the Person Standing at the Front Desk.

Why RCS Builders

More Than an Emergency Vendor.

How We Work

The Project Can Start Three Different Ways.

PROPERTY DAMAGE

PLANNED / CAPEX

GROUND-UP

Frequently Asked Questions

Office Property Services

Emergency Response Through Ground-Up Construction.

Greater Phoenix

Office Restoration & Construction Across the Valley

Based in Tempe. Serving office owners, business owners, property managers, asset managers, facility teams, tenants, and developers throughout Greater Phoenix.

One Unit, One Building, or the Entire Facility.

A leaking roof.

A monsoon.

A vehicle impact.

Water intrusion.

A fire.

Mold.

A direct-pay repair.

An insurance reconstruction.

A roof replacement.

A leasing-office renovation.

A capital program.

A new facility.

RCS Builders can support the property throughout the construction cycle.

Respond when something happens.

Restore what was damaged.

Rebuild what was lost.

Repair what needs attention.

Improve the facility.

Build what comes next.

And for owners and operators that want the relationship established before an emergency:

RCS can discuss a custom property-response agreement built around your facilities, portfolio, and operating structure.

Call RCS Builders at (480) 204-9035

Office & Professional Buildings · Emergency Response · Restoration · Reconstruction · Construction