Featured Projects

The 88,500 sq. ft. second floor of the Cecil County Administration Building utilized Star Building Systems’ StarASR Roof System in Evergreen color. Completed in November 2007, this county administration building in Elkton, MD, used a combination of a pre-engineered metal building and conventional construction. The structure has a conventional first floor, and sitting atop the first floor is a pre-engineered Star Building.

Even with all of the benefits a metal roof provides, including durability, longevity, recyclability, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, sometimes, it’s still all about the look, and that was important to its specification as part of the renovation of a Texas Lakehouse. The roof was formed from coil provided by McElroy Metal.

In Iowa, the new Cedar Rapids Public Library is a vibrant, multipurpose destination with spaces for the community to mix and collaborate. Commissioned to replace the previous library lost in flooding that devastated the city in 2008, the unique architecture makes a statement that heightens the building’s presence while being easily identifiable as a library. Helping to distingush the building is Reynobond ACM cladding from Arconic Architectural Products.

Everyone is celebrating the new Drexel Metals Galvalume-finish roof on the picturesque Celebration Church located in Kissimmee, FL. The DMC 150SS profile used for the roof is Drexel Metals’ traditional mechanically seamed metal roof system. It is applicable to both light-duty commercial and residential use, and is installed over a solid wood deck with a minimum slope of 2:12. The architectural profile also allows for radius applications.

The new Centegra Health Bridge Fitness Center is located on the 40-acre Centegra Health Campus in Huntley, IL. The 120,000 sq. ft. facility presents a high-tech exterior look that features a “running bond” panel pattern plus random placement of two different silver colors of Metl-Span panels. The running bond pattern creates a distinctive appearance by staggering the vertical joints between panels. Approximately 26,000 sq. ft. of Metl-Span 2” Architectural Flat insulated panels were utilized. The majority of the panels were 24” x 64”.

Toronto is home to one of the largest training schools for transportation technology in Canada - Centennial College Ashtonbee Campus, which was renovated with expanded facilities clad in metal wall panels from Dri-Design. The choice of stainless-steel panels was inspired by the chrome engines being operated on by students. Dri-Design was installed on a new Library & Learning Centre and Student Hub with adjoining Student Centre and Bookstore.

The interior design for the new Centennial Elementary School - serving 500 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Edmond, OK - relies heavily on extensive curves, radiuses and light coves to provide a friendly, contemporary atmosphere. Approximately 4,000 linear feet of 3 5/8” 20 gauge Flex-C Trac® by Flex-Ability Concepts was used to frame the project.

St. Joseph Mercy Health Center in Canton, MI has opened the Center For Advanced Medicine & Surgery. The 53,000 sq. ft. outpatient facility offers a variety of advanced services - some of which are normally found only at full-service hospitals. Several Petersen panel profiles were selected to meet the design objectives for the $20 million project.

The Center for Courageous Kids in Scottsville, KY is a world-class medical camp designed specifically for children living with medical challenges that would prevent them from attending a traditional camp. More than 50,000 sq. ft. of Petersen’s Snap-Clad panels were utilized on multiple buildings at the $16.3 million facility. The 24 gauge panels were finished in Award Blue to provide continuity and a bright look throughout the campus.

Metl-Span insulated metal wall panels provided “the basis of design” for a major auditorium addition to Centerville High School, Centerville, OH, according to the project architect. The new 1,200-seat auditorium project utilized approximately 12,000 sq. ft. of Metl-Span’s CF-30 Architectural wall panels finished in Desert Beige.Design for the project was provided by Levin Porter Associates, Dayton, OH. Installation of the Metl-Span panels was handled by ProCLAD, Inc. of Indianapolis, IN. The general contractor on the project was Peterson Construction Company, Wapakoneta, OH.

Eastern Corporation, an Architectural Metal Systems (AMS) authorized Roofer, developed a new 17,243-square-foot research and media facility for Central Alabama Community College in Alexander City, Alabama. The new building is a two-story facility, which replaced the school’s library built in the late 1960s.

Metal Sales™ Manufacturing Corporation provided 133,000 square feet of roof and wall panels to outfit the Central Arizona College (CAC) Maricopa Campus. The campus consists of three “academic sheds” and a central plant. The project team’s goal was to create highly sustainable structures that complement their surrounding landscape.

Behind every hospital project lies a design-build challenge. To treat and serve its occupants, the building can be sterile and austere. But a cold, clinical environment provides very little comfort to patients enduring sickness or injury. Brett Construction Co., a Varco Pruden Builder, sought to resolve the dilemma in their design and construction of a medical outpatient office for Central Baptist Hospital, a center of excellence focused on the care and treatment of patients in Winchester, Ky.

The new Central Community College Health and Science Education Center in Grand Island, NE is the latest addition to the college’s expanding campus. Providing traditional classrooms, lecture halls and laboratories, the 44,000 sq. ft. facility features Dri-Design metal rainscreen wall panels on the building's exterior and then matching panels inside. In both places the .080” aluminum panels were finished in Crystal Ice.

Philadelphia artist Nancy Blum created the art portion of the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit West Bank Station, titled “Immigration/Migration”, using stainless fabrics from GKD. The station is located in Minneapolis, MN.

Aging roofing and poor details on four adjacent buildings on the Central Georgia Technical College campus in Warner Robins, Ga., got to the point they were beyond another temporary repair job. After approximately 10 years of patching the problem, the college wanted a permanent solution and eventually elected to re-cover the modified bitumen roofing with symmetrical standing seam panels from McElroy Metal.

Los Angeles, one of America’s great cities and the entertainment industry’s leader, debuted her first ever High School for the Performing Arts in September 2009. Situated on 10.2 acres, the school is part of city’s ongoing Grand Avenue project, which includes Arata Isozaki’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Jose Rafael Moneo’s Catholic cathedral and Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall. The school's three focal points are its theater, library and lobby. All incorporate products by Contrarian Metal Resources. The project's composite panel material was manufactured by Alcoa Architectural Products.

A 100-year-old farmhouse in Central Maryland was totally renovated and now sports a brand new RHEINZINK roof that gives it an authentic old-world look and feel. The property, which was originally a dairy farm, has been in the owner’s family since the 1920s.

New Jersey-based companies Suntuity Home and Englert, Inc. recently joined forces on the construction of a one-of-a-kind energy efficient LEED Platinum Certified home in the state of New Jersey.

Designers behind the sleek, $15 million Central New York (CNY) Film Hub specified a high-performance, modern, insulated metal panel façade from Metl-Span to complement the facility’s cutting-edge studio and soundstage – with hopes of bringing a measure of Hollywood’s glitz and glamour to nearby Syracuse.