Since its founding in 1908, Mack Kirk has stood the test of time as British Columbia’s only surviving roofing company from that era.
What began as a small, single-service roofing business has evolved into a comprehensive building-envelope specialist, offering a broad suite of integrated services across the residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors. Under its current ownership, the company has recently embraced a clearer, more focused brand identity, dropping its original “Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd.” to position itself simply as Mack Kirk, a name that reflects both modern intent and historical gravitas.
The rebranding to Mack Kirk reflects a deliberate transition toward a streamlined corporate presence that more accurately encapsulates the full scope of the company’s operations. This name change is a strategic acknowledgment that the company’s services now extend far beyond roofing alone. It is a signal to industry partners, architects, general contractors, building owners, and other stakeholders that Mack Kirk brings both clarity and integrated delivery to building envelope-related work. The new moniker aligns with a renewed visual identity, websites, service narrative, and operations that underscore the company’s broader capabilities.
Although roofing remains a foundational pillar of the business, Mack Kirk has expanded into eight distinct service divisions, offering end-to-end solutions across the building envelope. Its flat and sloped roofing divisions handle everything from commercial warehouses and educational institutions to hospitals and multi-family residential buildings. Flat roofing services particularly stand out, with the company providing full-system replacements for deteriorated membranes, including insulation and decking remediation, ensuring weatherproof integrity after completion.
Sloped roofing installations, meanwhile, leverage quality asphalt shingle systems, offering durability and aesthetics tailored to a wide variety of property types.
A growing area of focus for Mack Kirk is parkade waterproofing replacement, driven largely by a heightened need stemming from the underperforming waterproofing systems of the past, which failed to adhere properly to concrete surfaces. Mack Kirk’s specialist crews handle the full restoration process, stripping old paving, preparing concrete decks, installing modern membranes, root barriers, and drainage mats, and repairing any spalled concrete—all performed by in-house teams. By tackling demolition, excavation, waterproofing, landscaping, and concrete work internally, Mack Kirk ensures higher quality and faster turnaround.
Complementing these core services is an advanced metal roofing and cladding division, supported by a state-of-the-art fabrication department. Equipped with computerized brakes, guillotines, roll-forming machines, and welding stations, this department produces customized railings, staircases, ladders, flashing, anchors, and wall panels in steel or aluminum. After shop fabrication, components undergo hot-dip galvanizing or powder coating, then are crane-lifted to site for erection, all provided within Mack Kirk’s self‑performed scope.
Incorporating both coatings and PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) systems, Mack Kirk delivers high-performance surface finishes that provide waterproofing, durability, and energy efficiency. These systems are ideal for both new construction and renovation projects requiring seamless, polished results.
At Mack Kirk, maintenance and repairs are treated with as much importance as installations. The company’s fully staffed repairs division includes a Repair Manager, a full-time coordinator, eight skilled technicians, and 12 fully equipped repair vans. This team handles emergency leaks, annual spring/fall inspections, debris removal, drainage clearing, and early detection of issues, actions designed to prolong roof lifespan and prevent costly failures. Notably, the company maintains 55 roofs at the British Columbia Institute of Technology Burnaby campus and five additional satellite campus buildings, a testament to the team’s capacity and reliability.
In new construction, Mack Kirk partners directly with general contractors to deliver envelope solutions from the foundation upward. Whether flat or sloped roofing, below-grade waterproofing, metal cladding, or PMMA systems, the company remains flexible, competitive, and integration-ready within the GC team.
A key competitive differentiator for Mack Kirk is its dedicated self-performance model, underpinned by a fully owned and operated fleet and fabrication infrastructure. The company manages excavation, demolition, heavy lifting (with multiple cranes), aerial platform operations, welding, sheet metal fabrication, and more, all without relying on labour-only subcontractors. This structure allows for tighter quality control, accelerated completion schedules, and easier coordination across multiple divisions on complex projects.
Mack Kirk has held continuous WCB coverage since 2003 and carries a $10 million liability insurance policy, in addition to bid and final bonding services. The company is a member and is certified under major industry organizations such as RCABC, CRCA, BBB, Contractor Check, Comply Works, and BCCSA COR. All RoofStar warranties issued by Mack Kirk have no claims against them, reinforcing the company’s reliability as a top-tier applicator.
The team’s commitment to occupational health and safety is equally comprehensive: it maintains a robust OH&S manual, QR-coded safety forms, Safe Work Practices (SWPs), Safe Job Procedures (SJPs), and Safety Data Sheets for all equipment. Dedicated Health & Safety supervision is integrated into the company’s leadership, ensuring consistent compliance and a safe working environment.
Moreover, expertise is systemically embedded throughout the company, from senior management and estimating teams to field crews and sheet metal supervisors. Regular communication with building envelope consultants keeps the workforce updated on new materials, technologies, and standards.
With an extensive portfolio displayed in its project gallery—ranging from elementary schools and aquatic centres to seismic upgrades and heritage structures—Mack Kirk demonstrates its adaptability and technical range. Key projects include Vancouver’s Blue Mountain Elementary School, UBC Henry Angus Roofing & Wall Cladding, Mission Library, Burnaby PNE Auditorium, SFU RC Brown North Deck, and numerous parkade and seismic upgrade assignments. This diverse experience showcases the firm’s ability to navigate complex logistical constraints, tight schedules, and multiple service lines simultaneously.
Mack Kirk has embarked on a strategic growth trajectory, marked by a new administrative and fabrication facility designed to increase shop capacity, streamline logistics, and enhance production quality. This expansion will support advanced metal fabrication projects and more intricate architectural services.
The company is also venturing into green roofing in alignment with its sustainability objectives, offering vegetated systems that aid stormwater management, increase thermal efficiency, and promote urban biodiversity. While these systems are just beginning to emerge in Mack Kirk’s service mix, they demonstrate the firm’s proactive approach to evolving environmental standards.
Rooted in its founding principles of trust, hard work, and team orientation, Mack Kirk remains committed to hiring the best professionals and investing in their development. Offering cross‑training, mentorship, and integrated project communications, the company fosters internal advancement and career pathways across its roofing, sheet metal, fabrication, coatings, and waterproofing divisions.
Common guest descriptions of Mack Kirk include “quality, personal service, guaranteed work, professionalism, efficient and effective, clean and polite”—attributes that align with repeat and referral business. The company’s efficiency models emphasize early detection of asset risks, fast emergency response, and coordinated multi-scope delivery. Clients benefit from one-stop envelope services that reduce rework, clarify accountability, and optimize lifecycle asset management.
Mack Kirk’s evolution from a century-old roofing provider to a comprehensive envelope contractor is underscored by consistent investments in expansion, equipment, team development, safety, and innovation. The new facility will amplify fabrication outputs, while green roofing and PMMA divisions position the company to meet emerging regulatory and environmental demands. Mack Kirk’s integrated structure spanning roofing, waterproofing, coatings, fabrication, and restoration enables the firm to deliver large‑scale, multi-faceted projects under a single umbrella.
In essence, the streamlined name Mack Kirk is more than a branding refresh; it encapsulates a century of evolution and readiness for future challenges. As the company broadens its footprint across the Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast, and Fraser Valley, its full-spectrum approach and unwavering attention to quality continue to distinguish Mack Kirk as a leader in building envelope excellence.
