Featured Projects

With its pleasing appearance and superb durability, Contrarian Metal Resources’ InvariMatte-finish stainless steel was deemed the ideal product for the exterior of the new student union at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI. As designed by Goody Clancy and Associates of Boston, MA, the 45,000 sq. ft. dining and meeting hall—dubbed The Commons—features both roofing and flat lock wall panels formed from the architectural-grade metal. A&M Roofing and Sheet Metal of Andover, MA, fabricated and installed the 21,000 sq. ft. of roof and wall panels.

The Community Banks of Colorado building in Denver, Colorado, features a bank on the ground level with office space on the floors above, and an exterior balcony on the third floor. The granite and glass structure’s exterior includes 8,000 sq. ft. of Bone White Omega-Lite® panels, manufactured by Laminators Incorporated in Hatfield, PA. The Omega-Lite panels were fabricated on-site and installed by Sondrup Sheet Metal of Englewood, Colorado, using Laminators’ 1-Piece Tight Fit Molding System.

Cambridge Architectural recently constructed a unique Parkade™ mesh application for a six-level parking garage structure as part of a $170 million expansion at Community Hospital North in Indianapolis, IN. The mesh application achieves beauty, function and economy – a perfect solution for the project’s design requirements. Over 40,000 square feet of metal fabric in Cambridge’s Scale pattern, supported by Eclipse attachment hardware created the Parkade mesh solution, consisting of 60-ft. tall by 15-ft. wide panels.

The shingled roof of the Community United Methodist Church in Circleville, Ohio had been leaking in multiple areas for years, despite repeated temporary repair attempts. The congregation, frustrated with the constant leaking, rallied together to raise money for a more permanent solution which included standing seam metal from The Garland Company, Inc.

For two years, work at Concrete by Design in Montgomery, Ala., had been accomplished under often brutally hot conditions. Employees in the metal building were regularly dealing with heat up to 130 degrees Fahrenheit on hot summer days. The temperature was dramatically reduced by installing the Retrofit MBI System from Covertech, manufacturer of rFOIL reflective insulation.

Located just 50 miles south of New York City and a mere stone’s throw from the Atlantic Ocean, Brielle, NJ, is an idyllic little borough with almost no available building lots. That is not to say, however, that new construction is nonexistent...only that it’s generally of excellent quality and quite expensive. A good example is the Condominiums On Wainwright Place. This single-building project features 10,000 sq. ft. of floor space divided among four living units priced at almost $1 million each. Reflective of its quality of construction, the building is topped with an Englert Series 1300 standing seam metal roof.

The Connecticut Science Center engages everyone who walks through its doors, capturing the excitement and wonder of science, as well as embodying the region’s commitment to education and cultural enrichment. Located in Hartford, CT, the 154,000-square-foot structure is part of the Adriaen’s Landing development, which includes a new convention center, a major hotel and several public attractions along the Connecticut River. Metal panels by CENTRIA played a key role in the science center's design.

As the Pittsburgh Penguins protect home ice at the city’s new hockey arena this winter of 2010-2011, they will be getting an assist from another hometown favorite, PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG). Two products from the Pittsburgh-based company’s protective and marine coatings (PMC) business - AQUAPON® water-based epoxy and PITT-GUARD® rapid-coat, direct-to-rust epoxy - were specified to protect the building’s structural steel from ultraviolet (UV) exposure, rust and other environmental hazards.

Since 1860, CONSOL Energy has met the country’s energy needs by developing vital coal resources. The new corporate headquarters building in Canonsburg, PA is designed to reflect CONSOL’s evolution from a single-fuel mining company into an innovative, world-class producer of both high-BTU coal and gas. More than 36,000 sq. ft. of Citadel Envelope 2000® Rout & Return System metal composite material (MCM) panels were used to help create the desired image.

One of the amenities of the renovated Constitution Center office building in Washington, DC is a one-acre garden courtyard designed to provide relaxation space for tenants. A focal point of the courtyard is a 4,300 sq. ft. compound-radius wall clad with RHEINZINK® Flat Lock Panels. The 1mm, 20-gauge Pre-weathered Blue-Gray panels were fabricated by MetalTech—USA, Peachtree City, GA, and installed by Prospect Waterproofing, Sterling, VA.

The new four-story headquarters for Consumer Direct Care Network in Missoula, MT, stands as an impressive structure in the city’s new business park. For the colorful façade, a metal composite material (MCM) panel from Citadel Architectural Products was just what everyone was looking for.

When officials went into the design phase for building the new Contra Costa County Public Safety Building & Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Martinez, CA, the decision was made to look to Schweiss Doors for one of the hydraulic designer doors.

In 1959 the Milwaukee Housing Authority built Convent Hill, a public housing complex for low-income senior citizens. Today, on that same site stands the new Convent Hill, a 10-story complex of 120 apartments, two retail spaces on the ground floor, a neighborhood computer lab and a Milwaukee County meal program open to those who live in the Milwaukee, WI, urban neighborhood at which Convent Hill is the center. Featured on the new facility are architectural metal products from CENTRIA.

The 124,090 sq. ft. Con-Way LaSalle XLA operation in LaSalle, IL, is an impressive metal building project featuring a custom metal building by Star Building Systems that was chosen due to cost and time restraints. The ability to utilize several wall systems as well as wrap around door jams also made a custom metal building very appealing.

Ray Cook is a retired American Airlines pilot of 40 years, who now winters in Lake Placid, Fla., and spends his summer days at his home in Spring Grove, Ill. He has Schweiss Doors bifold liftstrap doors on hangars at both locations.

The Cooper Family Medical Building in Bradenton, Florida is an 11,000 square-foot single story facility designed to reflect a tropical West Indies-style resort, using varied exterior wall materials, highly detailed exterior trim, trellises, open trusses, wood columns and last but certainly not least, standing seam metal roofing from Englert Inc. of Perth Amboy, NJ.

Cooper University Hospital’s Health Sciences Campus in Camden, NJ, was renovated to accommodate South New Jersey’s growing demand for medical care. Designed with future growth in mind, the hospital’s renovation is the first step in a plan to revitalize the surrounding urban area. The largest renovation was an addition to the existing facility which featured metal products from CENTRIA.

Admiring the look of the standing seam metal roof on a neighbor’s home, a Boulder, Colorado homeowner decided to rip the 13,000 sq. ft. of eight-year-old asphalt roof shingles off his own home and replace it with 17,204 pounds of 20 ounce copper. The new material was formed into an Englert Series 1300 profile which features 1-1/2" standing seams.

Metal construction products are seldom mentioned in the same sentence as New York City, but perhaps the successful restoration of an historic Manhattan building will change that. On the Corbin Building restoration, which was undertaken as part of a larger municipal project, metal from Englert Inc. of Perth Amboy, NJ was fashioned into terra-cotta-style tiles to top a pair of towers that were original to the Corbin Building’s design but had been removed many years ago.

When it comes to high school softball facilities, the complex at Corinth High School in Corinth, MS is hard to beat. In addition to synthetic turf, the complex includes an admissions/ticket building with restrooms and concessions, a field house with locker rooms and a covered batting cage, an aluminum grandstand, a press box and sunken dugouts. Brick construction ties it all together, as does Englert Series 2000 standing seam roofing.