About
Independent by Design
A roofing recommendation should never depend on who profits from it.
Heartland Roofing Consultants was built around one principle: the person who inspects your roof should have no financial stake in what you decide to do next.
The founding principle
Built independent by design. Not as a positioning statement.
Most roofing firms are contractors first. They carry crews, manage material supply chains, and earn their margin on what gets installed. When a contractor recommends replacement, they are recommending their own revenue.
Heartland was structured to remove that incentive entirely. No crew. No material contracts. No manufacturer relationships. The firm earns its revenue from documented findings and accurate reports. The recommendation is the product, and its only value is whether it is correct.
The Level 3 certification
The highest thermography certification available. The only one in Nebraska.
The Level 3 infrared thermography certification is not a marketing designation. It is the highest competency tier recognized by the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, the governing body for thermography in industrial and commercial application.
Level 3 is the highest certification tier issued by the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT).
A Level 3 thermographer designs inspection protocols, interprets ambiguous readings, and validates the work of lower-tier technicians.
Most firms operating in commercial roofing hold Level 1 or Level 2 certification, which qualifies for data capture but not independent interpretation.
Heartland Roofing Consultants is the only firm in Nebraska certified at Level 3.
The certification is company-attributed. It belongs to the firm, not to an individual who can leave.
The independence model
No crew. No material margin. No manufacturer incentive.
These are not marketing claims. They are structural facts about how the firm operates. They are also why Heartland's findings are usable in contexts where a contractor recommendation is not: insurance claims, bond deliberations, capital planning, and procurement processes where independence is required.
No crew
Heartland does not employ roofing installers. There is no payroll pressure to find work for a crew. The inspection is the entire scope.
No material margin
Heartland has no supply agreements with membrane manufacturers, insulation suppliers, or roofing distributors. What we recommend is never influenced by what we can sell.
No manufacturer incentive
Many inspection firms hold manufacturer certifications that create implicit bias toward those manufacturers' products. Heartland holds none.
The team
The people behind the work.
Heartland operates as a focused consultancy. Every engagement is handled by the same team, which means consistent methodology and no handoff risk.
Zach Williams
President
Consultant, project oversight, thermal roof inspections, and roof condition assessments. Zach holds Level 3 certification in infrared thermography from the American Society for Nondestructive Testing. That certification is the highest tier available and the only one held by any firm in Nebraska. It is what makes independent interpretation of thermal data possible, and it is what every HRC finding is built on.
Trevor Szegda
Service Manager
Consultant, leak diagnostics, service project oversight, and roof condition inspections. Trevor manages the operational side of every engagement from scheduling through final report delivery. His role ensures methodology is consistent across every project and that nothing falls through the cracks between inspection and documentation.
Service area
Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Missouri and Kansas.
Based in Elkhorn, NE. 1706 N 203rd St, Elkhorn, NE 68022.
Next step
Get an independent answer before you spend another dollar.
No sales pitch. No crew. No material margin. Just an honest assessment of what your building actually needs.