Featured Projects

Informally dubbed “The Building in the Trees,” the new Biological Sciences Building at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga., is located on a major campus pedestrian way that brings students through a wooded area to reach the 158,000 sq. ft. structure. The LEED Gold building, featuring metal products from Petersen Aluminum, is the first in a new precinct of the campus largely devoted to the study of coastal plains biology and ecology.

Approximately 1,500 square feet of Petersen’s new horizontal wall panels were utilized as an important design element on the Georgia State University Piedmont North dining hall addition on the Atlanta campus. The 16” concealed fastener panels were finished in PAC-CLAD® Kynar 500® Sandstone finish color.

VersaTube® Building Systems provided a temporary covered walkway system for use during major construction and facility improvements underway in 2008 at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich. The system layout consisted of a primary curbside 20-foot wide by 660-foot long walkway canopy and a series of connecting “tunnels” ranging from 160 feet to 300 feet in length. The design allowed for quick disassembly and relocation of a connecting “tunnel” along the primary walkway to correspond with the area of the terminal building under construction at the time.

Staying connected and building community are central to the culture of the Gila River Indian Community in Sacaton, Ariz. The recently built 48,577-square-foot Gila River Indian Community District 3 multipurpose building gives the community an opportunity to express its values and gather in a central location. Curves, reflecting the spatial elements of time, life and wellness, were created with Flex-C Trac from Flex-Ability Concepts.

Gilbert Place is a six story, mixed use, class A office building located in historic downtown Blacksburg, Virginia. Developed for the Virginia Tech Foundation, the building serves many functions, in addition to being a showpiece for Kingspan Insulated Panels, provider of both insulated metal panels and the barrier wall system used on 95% of the structure.

Metal played a prominent role in the design of the first of what will eventually be a number of new buildings at the Foster City, California campus of Gilead Sciences Incorporated. Designed by the San Francisco, California office of Perkins + Will, the building’s mix of materials includes 8,766 sq. ft. of UNA-CLAD™ Series 3000 Aluminum Plate Panels. Manufactured by Firestone Metal Products of Anoka, MN, the .125” Silver-colored panels were installed by B.T. Mancini Co. Inc. of Milpitas, California.

When the building team set out to plan a new police facility in Gilroy, CA, the original design called for a concrete tile mansard to match the existing roofs in the neighboring Gilroy civic center. Upon finding that the project was over budget, one of the cost-cutting measures adopted by the architect was to replace the concrete tile with a Met-Tile metal “tile panel” facsimile system from McElroy Metal.

The new Towne Hall building at Give Kids The World Village is the fanciful centerpiece of the non-profit resort that provides cost-free, weeklong vacations for children with life-threatening illnesses, and their families. The structure is clad in vibrant, primary colors reflecting Towne Hall’s cheerful design and candy-coated theme - featuring PAC-CLAD metal roofing by Petersen.

The 2023 Pioneer League baseball season opened with the Glacier Range Riders from Kalispell, Mont., at home at the renamed Glacier Bank Park. Sited in Montana’s Flathead County, just outside Glacier National Park, it features all the amenities fans could want as well as striking mountain views – and with a design that blends into its surroundings. Key in the design of the new park are several products from Petersen's PAC-CLAD lineup.

Completed in mid-2020, Oregon State University's Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building at the Hatfield Marine Science Center combines modern architectural design, state-of-the-art engineering and time-tested natural RHEINZINK prePATINA® Blue-Grey zinc roofing and wall cladding. The RHEINZINK material for the project was supplied by Sheet Metal Supply Ltd. of Grayslake, IL and fabricated into panels by The Bryer Company Inc. of Auburn, WA.

Completed in May 2007, the Glasgow Fire Station in Newark DE, totals almost 8,000 square feet. The builder chose to use Star Building System’s StarShield standing seam roof system and StarTherm wall system, in addition to Star’s steel framing. This project was a perfect fit for Star’s pre-engineered metal building due to clear span spaces required. A pre-engineered building was also chosen for its economic appeal.

The striking new Riverside Museum in Glasgow immerses visitors in the city’s rich history as one of Scotland’s key transportation hubs. Designed by world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid, the soft, flowing lines of the museum’s spectacular architecture presents an impressive sight. The roof and façade, designed to merge into one element, were both clad with RHEINZINK zinc. The walls feature an angled standing seam profile while the roof employs a double standing seam profile.

An intimate community theater in Glencoe, IL owes its beauty and visual drama to the talents of one of Chicago's leading architects, and the extensive utilization of metal construction products on its exterior. The venue's exterior design incorporates more than 6,000 sq. ft. of metal claddings and systems from Petersen, finished with long lasting premium paints by Valspar.

The contemporary new home of Glidewell Investments & Insurance Group in Missoula, MT barely resembles the 1960’s concrete block structure that preceded it. Part of the success of its dramatic transformation lies in the decision to clad the original facade with Flat Lock Tiles in a prePATINA graphite-grey finish from RHEINZINK America.

Global Archery’s business has grown over the years. Headquartered in an older 1980s vintage metal building in Ashley, Indiana, the existing roof had several penetrations for equipment that had long since been abandoned. A new metal roof was installed, without interruption of operations, with the help of products from Roof Hugger and MBCI.

With more than eight buildings, the Gloucester County Dream Park in Logan Township, NJ totals 124,281 square feet. In addition to metal building framing by Star Building Systems, the facility utilized Star’s StarShield and DuraRib Roof Systems totaling 136,009 square feet, along with the DuraRib Walls totaling 42,776 square feet. The agricultural center’s eight buildings consist of a main arena, auction hall, concession link, two show stables, a residence stable, an apartment and a maintenance building.

Count Ben Macrae as a satisfied customer of Littleton, CO-based Metal Building Insulation. Macrae is the general manager of the Goal Kick Indoor Soccer Complex in Spencer, IA. He said the difference in operating costs and comfort was dramatic and immediate following the installation of one of the company's insulation systems in the interior of the steel-framed, membrane-skinned soccer arena. He noted that wintertime heat bills were on average $2,500 less per month since the retrofit was completed.

Chicago is famous for its skyline, innovative architecture and many prominent buildings. Some consider Chicago to be the first truly American city because architecture along the east coast was strongly influenced by the original European settlers as opposed to people born in America. The new Godfrey Hotel continues The Windy City's tradition of architectural excellence, thanks in part to the use of insulated metal wall panels from Lewisville, TX-based Metl-Span on its exterior.

Nestled amid the mountain ridges of Colorado, the Gold Run Circle residence stands apart from other mountain homes due to its unique material palette including weathered steel panels fabricated by MetalTech-USA.

With much fanfare, the $507 million Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento, CA recently opened. While the venue is designed to host concerts and conventions, it will be known first and foremost as the home arena of the National Basketball Association Sacramento Kings.The arena is state of the art in every way, including its incorporation of enormous, glass-paneled bifold doors from Schweiss Doors.