Featured Projects

Elk Grove Village, IL, is offering facelift incentives to the owners of aging buildings within an industrial park developed in the 1960s. Architectural Panel Systems recently completed one of the first exterior upgrades, installing products fabricated by Sheet Metal Supply.

A beautiful new Varco Pruden corporate jet hangar, built by Ordell Construction for Lanz Cabinets of Eugene, OR, features a 76-foot wide by 23-1/2-foot tall hydraulic door from Schweiss Doors. The 9,288-square-foot hangar houses several offices, a kitchen, a meeting room and a fireplace lounge.

Materials from Varco Pruden Buildings were used to create the Lanz Hangar in Eugene, Oregon. Ordell Construction LLC was the Varco Pruden Builder for the 9,288 sq. ft. facility and the designer was SSW Engineers; both firms are also located in Eugene.

More than 30,000 sq. ft. of Metl-Span insulated panels, featuring a custom reveal system and several custom module widths, highlight the new Lapel High School in Lapel, IN. The 3” CF Architectural panels were finished in Monroe Bisque and produced in custom module widths of 24”, 28”, 29 ¼” and 32”. They also have a custom reveal that is 4 3/8” tall by 2 3/8” deep. They were specified by the project's designer, Lorenz Williams Clinton of Richmond, IN, and installed by ProCLAD, Noblesville, IN. ProCLAD also assisted Metl-Span with the development of the specially designed panels.

Designed for long-term use and in keeping with Florida’s predominant architectural style, the $20 million Largo Public library is topped with a Drexel Metals jobsite rollformed metal roof system. The panels for the sprawling 90,000 sq. ft. structure were fabricated at the job site and installed by Morrell Architectural Systems Inc. of Tampa, FL. The project’s design architect was the Omaha, NE office of Leo A. Daly, working in collaboration with Collman & Karsky of Dunedin, FL.

An emerging trend in Denver, CO and across the country, involves retrofitting older buildings to make them more marketable to tenants, as well as more energy efficient and sustainable. An ambitious, highly-involved project transformed the Larimer Corporate Plaza in downtown Denver’s financial district. The project involved taking the eight-story, 110,000 sq. ft. office building and giving it a façade redesign and reconstruction. CENTRIA’s Formawall® Dimension Series® was selected for the project.

This stately home in the Martins Point area of Kitty Hawk, NC, showcases metal roofing by Metal-Fab Manufacturing (MetFab). The home features 9,200 sq. ft. of MetFab’s Snap-On 500 panels. The 16”-wide panels were formed from .032 aluminum with a Slate Gray finish. The roofing contractor was Baker Roofing of Norfolk, VA.

Minor league baseball has been in the middle of a building boom the past few years, as local communities and team owners are seeing value in raising the amenities level for their area stadiums. Featuring metal panels from Petersen, the Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin, Nev., home to the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators franchise, is one of the latest entries to this list.

S-5! Metal Roof Innovations, a leading authority on metal roof attachment technology, saw its premier snow retention solution selected for installation on a new state-of-the-art elementary school project in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

The Learning Resource Center at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College recently underwent a complete transformation. Mariposa Hall's renovation and expansion improved functionality and efficiency and gave the building a look befitting its role as campus centerpiece. The new appearance was created with the help of a titanium zinc cladding system fabricated by PeachTree City, GA-based MetalTech USA. The zinc it used was prePatina Blue Gray RHEINZINK, a product of RHEINZINK America, Woburn, MA.

The Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Interpretive Center is the first platinum-level LEED certified building to be constructed in the National Park System. Located in Grand Teton National Park, the 7,500 sq. ft. facility is the focal point of the 1,106-acre preserve donated to the Park Service by the Rockefeller family. One of the materials used extensively in the construction of the new building was RHEINZINK® zinc, manufactured by RHEINZINK America Inc.

The new Lauridsen Amphitheater constructed at Water Works Park in Des Moines, Iowa, stretches toward the sky just like the surrounding oak trees twist and stretch toward leafy canopies in this riverside woodland. The amphitheater’s canopy is clad with aluminum composite material by 3A Composites USA.

Fire stations attract attention. Who doesn’t want to catch a glimpse of a shiny fire truck? In the case of the Lawrence Township fire station in Lawrence, Indiana, it was the damaged roof that was drawing attention, not the shiny fire trucks. When considering replacement materials, the firemen wanted a cost-effective durable product requiring little to no maintenance with a long life cycle. Familiar with DECRA Roofing Systems, one of the firemen brought in a sample of DECRA Shingle - a stone coated steel product - that was selected for the reroof project.

The $1.9-billion New Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was dedicated in September 2013. The 1.3-million square-foot terminal addition features a dynamic design by Denver-headquartered Fentress Architects. The project utilized aluminum composite material from 3A Composites USA.

Located in one of Montreal's most vibrant and sought-after neighborhoods, the new Le Peterson condominiums offer a unique architectural design. The 35-story building is more notable for its signature glass balconies but insulated metal wall panels from Metl-Span were nonetheless integral to its overall construction success.

Conco Construction, an American Buildings Company (ABC) Authorized Builder, developed the new Learjet Flight Test Building 18 structure in Wichita, Kansas. The new metal building provides two, 204-foot clear span hangar doors that were necessary for the aircraft to enter and exit the facility.

The Lebanon Municipal Service Facility in Lebanon, OH consists of three custom-engineered metal buildings by Star Building Systems that total 33,000 sq. ft. The project was started in August 2014 and completed in April 2015.

The uniqueness of a free-standing emergency room is rivaled only by the uniqueness of the design concept of the new Legacy ER in Allen, TX. Described by some as a “metal origami," the facility functions both as a state-licensed emergency facility as well as an urgent care clinic. The emergency room–open 24 hours a day, seven days a week–features on its exterior an architectural robe of zinc panels from RHEINZINK America Inc., Woburn, MA.

Just as farm operations have become more sophisticated through the years, so too have the shop buildings that keep expensive machinery and equipment in tip-top condition. A prime example can be found in rural St. James, Minnesota where the new shop of LeRoy and Dave Leinenweber is a model of efficiency, both operationally and in terms of energy consumption. The metal-skinned shop is large—80’ wide x 120’ long x 38’ at the peak—and features hydraulic doors from Schweiss Doors of Fairfax, MN.

Curtis Lemieux is a successful business owner and an accomplished pilot. He flies for both business and pleasure, keeping his plane in his newly renovated mancave/hangar at the Prince Albert Airport in Saskatchewan. The hangar has many bells and whistles including a pair of hydraulic hangar doors from Schweiss Doors.