Unique Library Created With Metal Systems

The City of San Antonio paid a visual tribute to the traditional Texas red barn with the design of the new John Igo Branch Library, the latest addition to the city’s library system. The unique project features metal building framing, roofing and wall panels from Ceco Building Systems.

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Posted: Sep 1 2010 7:19AM

UNMC Durham Research Center II

Click image to enlargeThe new UNMC Durham Research Center II (DRC II) is a 10-story tower that’s almost a mirror image of the first Durham Research Center (DRC). The matching towers are joined at the base with a covered walkway and two-story, shell-shaped atrium. Marking the atrium's entry is a striking canopy accented by Champagne and Platinum-finished ACM panels fabricated from Alcoa Architectural Products' Reynobond material.

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Posted: Aug 30 2010 7:33AM

Norton Brownsboro Hospital

Click image to enlargeNorton Brownsboro Hospital is the first new full-service hospital to open in the Louisville, KY area in more than 20 years. The five-story, 298,000 square foot facility features the latest in healthcare technology and an innovative patient and family-centered care model. Featured on the building's exterior are insulated metal wall panels from Metl-Span.

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Posted: Aug 27 2010 8:04AM

Shelby Baptist Medical Center

Click image to enlarge.As the biggest single healthcare project in the history of Shelby County, AL, the new South Tower at Shelby Baptist Medical Center features over 100 new private patient rooms, an intensive care unit twice the size as the previous unit, and a new covered patient pickup and drop off area. The four-story addition includes 37,000 square feet of Bright Silver Omega-Lite aluminum composite panels, manufactured by Laminators Incorporated of Hatfield, PA.

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Posted: Aug 25 2010 7:48AM

Saft Passive House

Click image to enlargeWhirlwind Solar, a Division of Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc., in conjunction with Corey Saft, an Architecture Professor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, has completed the first application of Solar Laminates on a certified ‘Passive House’.  The solar array,  laminated to the Whirlwind Weather Snap metal system, is sized at 3.264 kW.

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Posted: Aug 23 2010 7:36AM

Las Vegas Wash Trail Shelters

Click image to enlargeIn Nevada, the Las Vegas Wash Trail system is being developed on a phased basis to connect a network of paths stretching across the valley from northwest Las Vegas to the Clark County Wetlands Park. The trails provide routes for pedestrian and non-motorized vehicles and are dotted with a series of curved-roof structures that feature metal roofs crimp-curved by Curveline Inc. of Ontario, CA.

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Leading, Managing & Motivating In The Construction Industry
Posted: Aug 31 2010 7:46AM

By Ted Garrison
Ted Garrison.jpgAudio Interview with Mark Breslin

Mark Breslin has four generations of contracting in his family. He has served as the CEO of the Engineering and Utility Contractors Association, one of the largest and most innovative contractor organizations in the Western U.S. for over 25 years. He is also the author of Alpha Dog: Leading, Managing & Motivating in the Construction Industry. Listen to Breslin offer some practical advice to ensure your project members are prepared to do their job.
Investment Vs. Expense
Posted: Aug 24 2010 7:31AM

By Jayme Broudy
Jayme Broudy.jpgDear Jayme: I hear you talk about cutting expenses but not cutting investments. Seems to me that money’s money. When things get tight, I stop spending. What else am I supposed to do? - James

Dear James: In a weak economy, the knee jerk reaction is to cut anything that doesn’t seem to make a direct, immediate contribution to the core operation of the business. But in the rush to get rid of the bathwater, the baby sometimes gets tossed as well. Investments are the babies.

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