Featured Projects

The building was in a good location but was doing little to promote the creativity of designCraft, a Madison, WI advertising agency. To create a new look for their dated headquarters, the owners hired a local architectural firm who ultimately transformed the structure from tired to terrific. Materials incorporated on the makeover included wood and Wave metal wall panels from McElroy Metal.

Desoto County (Miss.) Schools wanted to create a learning environment for its future vocational student population with a goal of strengthening work force development in the region. Morin, a Kingspan Group Company, provided a multitude of profiles for the new 58,000 square foot building that met the aesthetic goal of reflecting the work going on inside.

The major expansion of the Destin Commons shopping center in Destin, Fla., further establishes its reputation as a premier open-air lifestyle center offering the best in shopping, dining and entertainment on Florida’s Emerald Coast. The Phase II expansion, featuring PAC-CLAD metal roofing by Petersen, adds 100,000 sq. ft. to the 500,000 sq. ft. family-oriented shopping environment.

Converting a casino into a public safety administration building requires some imagination. More than 90,000 square feet of insulated metal panels from Metl-Span® assisted with the transition and helped the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters become the city’s first facility to achieve LEED®-certified status.

Situated on the shores of the Oklahoma River, the Devon Boathouse and Chesapeake Finish Line Tower – featuring architectural metal products from CENTRIA - provide world-class river sport facilities to the residents of Oklahoma City and the surrounding region. Over the past decade, the river has become a first-rate destination for competitive river sports, attracting Olympic hopefuls and river sport enthusiasts with its training facilities, race course and pristine waters.

Completed in 2019, the eco-friendly and state-of-the-art DeWitt Family Science Center creates a grand entrance to the campus of Northwestern College in Orange City, IA. The 61,000 sq. ft. facility is clad with metal panels from Quality Metalcrafts, finished in Fluropon® 70% PVDF coil coatings from Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings. The building serves the health science programs at the college.

The centerpiece of an emerging commercial and industrial site in Springfield, Mo. is a new trucking facility that brings both innovative design and more jobs to the small city. The new 60,000-square-foot facility for Diamond International, a service and supply company for the trucking industry, was built by Varco Pruden Builder™ Rich Kramer Construction Inc.

Diamond Jo Casino is a state-of-the-art casino and entertainment facility located at the Port of Dubuque in Iowa. The complex includes almost 1,000 slot machines, a bowling alley, restaurants, bars, retail stores, an entertainment theatre and parking ramp. The casino features 35,000 square feet of 24-gauge UNA-CLAD™ UC-4 no-clip standing seam metal roofing, soffit panels and trim stock. All the metal was supplied with a Hemlock Green paint finish.

A new boat storage and sales location for DiMillo's Yacht Sales opened in Freeport, Maine in May 2018. The 12,432 sq. ft. operation features Rigid Frame construction from Varco Pruden Building Systems. DiMillo's Yacht Sales was selected as a winner in the Retail category in the 2019 Varco Pruden Hall Of Fame presentation.

The Discovery Park of America is a striking new multi-million dollar education center and tourist attraction in Union City, TN, a small town of approximately 11,000 people located in the rural, western area of the state. The centerpiece of the 50 acre park is the 100,000 sq. ft. Discovery Center, featuring metal roofing from Petersen Aluminum.

Clad in gleaming white Reynobond® Aluminum Composite Material (ACM), a unique structure rising alongside of Interstate 69 in Western Tennessee has literally brought traffic to a standstill. Surrounded by flatlands, the new Discovery Center at the Discovery Park of America can be seen for miles. The effect is exactly what Robert Kirkland, the co-founder of the Kirkland’s home store chain, had in mind for the project he created to bring educational opportunities to his hometown of Union City.

Approximately 9,000 sq. ft. of Citadel Architectural Products’ Envelope 2000 aluminum composite material panels were an integral component on the expansion of the Discovery Center in Springfield, MO. The Discovery Center is an interactive, hands-on museum committed to inspiring a love of learning and an appreciation of our world.

Forty-five miles southeast of Flagstaff, AZ in a place called Happy Jack, situated at a dark sky site on the Coconino National Forest, is the 4.25-meter Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT). Built for the Lowell Observatory, in partnership with Discovery Communications, DCT was designed to serve as a powerful research tool to be applied to a wide range of topics, including Near Earth Objects (NEOs), extrasolar planets and the exploration of the Kuiper Belt and is scheduled to be operable by 2011. To house the telescope, the Lowell Observatory commissioned a dome to be built which features Kingspan Insulated Panels’ 200 Inverted Rib wall and KingZip® Insulated Standing Seam Roof System.

In the heart of Washington D.C. lies District Wharf, one of the area’s most ambitious development projects. District Wharf is both a destination and a community as it has a broad promenade, dining, shopping and easy access to water activities. A featured material on six new buildings there are insulated metal panels from Kingspan.

When the sun beats down on the DLA's new 1.7 million square foot warehouse in East Cumberland, PA, Solarwall® solar thermal collecting wall panels from Conserval Engineering of Toronto Ontario, Canada go to work. Installed on portions of the massive warehouse's east and south walls, the panels heat the warehouse interior, lowering heating costs by an estimated $350,000 a year.

Doc B’s Fresh Kitchen in Chicago was established to become an extension of its customers' own kitchens; a place to grab something quick and healthy off an extensive menu, stay for a productive business meeting or gather with friends and family. To enhance the environment further at its Gold Coast location, the restaurant's owner installed a bifold door from Schweiss Doors. In the open position, it allows diners to enjoy good weather.

The new Dordt University Agricultural Stewardship Center in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a 26,325 sq. ft. facility constructed with Ridge Frame and Continuous Beam framing from Varco Pruden Buildings.

The new corporate headquarters of Dots, the national fashion specialty retailer, was designed to create a “wow factor” for both employees and visitors. Located in Solon, OH, the facility includes 192,000 sq. ft. of office and distribution space. A unique 40’ tunnel—which doubles as a runway—links the reception area to the core of the building. Approximately 180 linear feet of 3 5/8”, 20 gauge Flex-C Trac® was used to help create the dramatic effect.

In Nevada's Douglas County, 30% of the 46,000 residents are senior citizens; thus the need for a senior community center had been vocalized for decades. The Douglas County Community and Senior Center was built, with the help of metal panels from MBCI, to become the focal point of the community as a whole - for all ages.

The new Dover Air Force Base Chapel in Dover, DE was designed so that the materials and equipment satisfy functional and operational requirements, and exceed minimum acceptable quality including aesthetics, durability, maintainability and reliability specified in the RFP. The project features products from American Buildings Company.