Featured Projects

2012 marked the 20th anniversary of Orioles Park at Camden Yards and the Baltimore Orioles had a newly upgraded ballpark to mark the historic occasion thanks to MetFab, a Drexel Metals Company. Camden Yards used to be the railroad center of Baltimore, Maryland and has since transformed into a beautiful baseball facility where families can go to on summer afternoons to watch the Orioles play ball.

Hot on the heels of several other notable airline industry projects, Varco Pruden Builder™ Lemartec announced the completion of two pre-engineered hybrid steel airport hangars at the Opa-Locka Executive Airport, a former military training airport gaining popularity as a full-service station for private jets.

Dri-Design Perforated Panels with custom painting created the trademark lion symbol for the Orlando City Soccer Club at its new stadium, the Orlando City Stadium in Orlando, FL. It was for many reasons that the perforated panels were the ideal choice for the scoreboard that displays the Lion Nation Pride.

Lorin Industries, Inc., a global industry leader in the innovation and production of coil anodized aluminum, partnered with Laminators Incorporated to develop anodized aluminum panels for the new Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences North Hall Academic Facility.

OTTO Brewerytown is a two-building, two-phase project, with a total of 52 high-end, high-tech condo units. It is located in a rapidly developing neighborhood, just five minutes to Philadelphia’s Center City. ATAS International's custom Grand C panels in three colors - Patina Green, Silversmith and Brilliant Green - in .032 aluminum, and Versa-Seam panels - in Silversmith - in .040 aluminum, were used to create an eye-catching design for the building’s exterior.

Situated in Wichita Falls, Texas, the new Our Lady Queen Of Peace Catholic Church Worship Center features metal building systems and related products by Varco Pruden Buildings, a division of BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc. Completed in July 2009, the 21,890 sq. ft. worship center utilizes Rigid Frame and Continuous Beam framing systems. The unique center section of the structure features four gables and valleys, allowing for four wings that give the overall building a cross configuration.

Since its construction in the mid-1930s, Ouray School in Ouray, CO has undergone many changes. Among the most recent was the addition of a new metal roof. Installed along with it was a snow guard system from S-5!, thus ensuring the school’s students, faculty and visitors will never have to worry about a potentially dangerous chunk of ice or snow sliding off the roof when they are right below.

The Rochester (Minn.) Public Schools District teamed up with LHB on a $171.4 million bond referendum to ask the voters to construct three elementary schools and a middle school. The first of the schools completed was Overland Elementary School. To help ensure the facility would stand the test of time, copper Flat Lock Tiles from Sheet Metal Supply of Grayslake, IL were specified and installed on the school.

The dream of a convention center has become a reality for officials in the City of Overland Park, KS. It features more than 237,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space, meeting/multi-purpose areas and ballroom space, and is linked to an adjacent 412-room Sheraton Hotel, which has an additional 25,000 sq. ft. of meeting space. Visually connecting the two buildings are 35,000 sq. ft. of Envelope 2000® metal composite panels from Citadel Architectural Products. The metal panels are finished in custom Seafoam Green and were attached using Citadel's progressive Reveal System.

Overmountain Vineyards, a family-operated vineyard in Polk County, NC, wanted to offer its visitors comfortable overnight accommodations. Working with some talented designers, the plan was to construct two 1,300 square foot guest houses, using insulated metal panels (IMPs) from Metl-Span for the walls and roofing.

Owego Elementary School is a part of the Owego Apalachin Central School District, which serves 2,125 students in Owego, New York. In 2011, the school was irreversibly damaged by a flood, calling for reconstruction that began in 2014. The new, larger facility - featuring a range of products from CENTRIA - sports more durability and sustainability features than its predecessor.

Although the Owensboro, KY metro area includes only 110,000 people, the population is now served by a new 780,000 sq. ft. replacement hospital that larger cities would be envious of. Located on a 145-acre site, the Owensboro Medical Health Center transforms healthcare delivery through a flexible design that accommodates streamlined processes, new technology and future growth. Featured on its exterior are insulated metal panels from Lewisville, TX-based Metl-Span.

Completed in early 2014, the new Owensboro-Daviess Convention Center is a premier meeting and event venue not only for Owensboro and Daviess County, but for all of western Kentucky. The project is contemporary in design and features on its exterior an anodized aluminum panel rainscreen cladding system engineered and fabricated by MetalTech-USA. The Class I anodized aluminum finish was from Lorin Industries.

Showcasing an impressive mix of aesthetics, functional layout, natural lighting and ventilation is the Oxbow Public Market - a specialty food and wine store in Napa, California. The market's enticing, yet functional layout was achieved through the use of a 19,815 square foot pre-engineered metal building system by Metallic Building Company, topped off by IPS RWP 250 insulated metal roof panels.

Oxford Pallet of Norwich, Ontario is efficient to the point that they repair pallets and recycle pallets that are not reparable. When looking to expand with a new assembly facility and a new grinding building, the hope was to erect energy efficient buildings. Insulated metal panels from Metl-Span quickly became a selling point for Brouwer Construction, an authorized Nucor Building Systems dealer, of St. Catharine’s, Ontario.

The new Life Science Technology Center at Ozarks Technical Community College—South Campus in Ozark, MO had specific design requirements and specific budget limitations too. Among the products utilized on the exterior of the building to give it a high-tech look at an affordable price were Envelope 2000® metal composite material wall panels. Manufactured by Citadel Architectural Products Inc. of Indianapolis, IN, and featuring a Desert Sand paint finish, the panels were installed using Citadel's progressive Reveal System attachment method.

As a groundbreaking new structure in Costa Mesa, CA, Pacific Medical Center’s unique metal and glass facade sets the building apart from others in the area. Metal wall systems from Kingspan Insulated Panels and Kingspan Morin helped contribute to the new building’s desired aesthetic and were selected for their energy-saving qualities.

The Pacific Plaza building in downtown Tacoma, WA was once a four-story, decades-old, crumbling parking garage. Now, the striking new six-story structure is state-of-the-art and Washington’s only LEED Platinum core and shell construction project. Featured on the exterior of the $35 million, 250,000 sq. ft. project are insulated metal wall panels from Metl-Span.

The Painted Rock Estate Winery, overlooking the eastern shore of Skaha Lake in Penticton, British Columbia, has added the new 1,600 sq. ft. one-story Painted Rock Estate Winery Tasting Room, which opened in September 2013. The facility's exterior walls features aluminum composite material from 3A Composites USA.

Renowned for its mesh exteriors on newly constructed parking structures throughout the United States and Canada, Cambridge Architectural has developed its very first metal fabric system for an existing parking structure. Distinct segments of mesh dramatically and creatively bring elegant texture to the parking garage serving the Palliser South Professional Building and Office Tower in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.