Featured Projects

An all-too-typical problem had surfaced in the Somerset Independent School District in South Central Texas: the junior high school built in 1986 for 350 students now housed 600. Enter a $13 million bond issue, Gamma Construction, OCO Architects and Ceco Building Systems, and now the students are comfortably housed in a spacious, extremely striking metal and glass facility.

Soraa, a leading developer of solid-state lighting products, was established on the principles of revolutionary product research and development. It’s only fitting that the company’s new, 82,500-square-foot manufacturing facility showcases the industry’s most modern, high-performance building envelope technology by Metl-Span.

Sometimes it’s the little things that count. Case in point is the Sorensen Station Parkade and Transit Terminal in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. The design of the three-story parking deck was elevated significantly by the incorporation of a relatively small amount of 4mm-thick Prismatic-finish ALPOLIC/fr aluminum composite material (ACM). Burnt orange-colored Prismatic-finish ACM panels trim the structure’s curved rooftop canopy while multiple colors of Prismatic-finish panels adorn the parking structure’s sidewalls.

The leaders of the Soul City Church on Chicago’s west side sought help with plans for expansion to meet the needs of a growing congregation. The project evolved into a 29,000 square foot addition and 20,000 square foot renovation of the existing building, complete with insulated metal panels from Metl-Span.

Among the more than 175 diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C., few stand out more than the South African Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue’s Embassy Row. Marked by its iconic Nelson Mandela statue, the embassy’s twin Dutch Colonial buildings are now joined in the middle by a new glass atrium shaded with a striking Cambridge Architectural wire mesh façade.

Metalwërks® provided design assistance and materials for highly-customized, vertically-oriented exterior louver fins for the South Boston Waterfront Transportation Center. Located in the dynamic Seaport District of Boston, MA, and partially spanning the existing I-90 tunnel structure, the new facility covers 650,000 square feet and contains around 1,500 parking spaces across nine levels.

Originally built in 1978, the South Florida Community College (SFCC) Theatre for the Performing Arts received a complete renovation, reopening in 2010. Now seating 1460 people, the interior glows with the contrast of brass architectural mesh panels–created with woven mesh by Cambridge Architectural–against red velvet trim and upholstery.

The South Seattle (Washington) Transfer and Recycling Center has been transformed into a more advanced transfer station, thanks to the hard work of PHI Construction Inc., an American Buildings Company authorized Builder. As a result, PHI Construction received Building of the Year honors in the 2013 American Buildings Company Excellence in Design Awards competition.

The South Shore Bone and Joint Center is one of the latest improvements to the South Shore Hospital Health System. A joint venture of the South Shore Hospital and South Shore Orthopedics, this new outpatient facility will serve more than 700,000 residents in the southeastern Massachusetts region. Architectural metal products from CENTRIA played a key role in the facility’s design.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the South Street Seaport was revitalized as an entertainment and retail destination for Manhattan locals and New York visitors. Within this re-emerging East River waterfront community, Pier 17 rises as a beacon of shops, restaurants and public spaces. The 300,000-square-foot building showcases an attractive, resilient four-story façade featuring wall panels made with RHEINZINK prePATINA® zinc.

It was built in hopes of encouraging students to stay and utilize resources on campus. If the building’s appearance plays any role in such decisions, then surely the goal has been met. Clad in brick, the North Academic Classroom building on the McAllen campus of South Texas College is made more inviting by the presence of colorful Thermolite ACM panels from Laminators Inc.

South Texas College officially opened its Technology Campus expansion in McAllen, Texas, in January 2018. The $9.3 million 72,000-square-foot STC Technology Campus expansion features offices and classrooms as well as computer, training and robotics labs and sits adjacent to the current campus.The project features 15,200 square feet of Alucobond® aluminum composite material by 3A Composites USA.

The South Texas Research Facility is the newest addition to the University of South Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. The length of approximately three football fields, this $150 million facility provides an additional 200,000 square feet of medical research space. Featured in the design are architectural metal products from CENTRIA.

One of the most spectacular features of the Southern Cross Station in Melbourne, Australia, is the innovative Kalzip standing seam wave form roof that utilizes passive ventilation technology to extract exhaust fumes from the enclosed space, reducing the station’s energy consumption and contribution to carbon emissions.

Goodgame Company Inc. of Pell City, Alabama was awarded 1st Runner Up in American Buildings’ 2022 Excellence in Design Awards, as well as 1st Place in the Office category, for the Southern Food Brokers project in Lincoln, Alabama.

Cladding specialists James & Taylor have created a shimmering, high-tech façade for Glasgow’s new £17 million maternity unit - reflecting its world-class status in a project involving the biggest ever single investment in Scottish health services. The stunning finish to the new unit at the city’s Southern General Hospital was created using five different acid-etched processes on Senses aluminum (aluminium) tiles with an anodized finish.

Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, NY, has grown rapidly since its inception in 2002. It now produces more than 30,000 barrels of beer annually. One of the primary reasons for this rapid success is its owners’ attention to the consistent quality of its award-winning products. The company’s new building reflects that same close attention to quality and detail. Constructed with a metal building system and components from Kansas City, MO-based Butler Manufacturing, the structure’s architectural style also reflects its location.

When Southside Bank in Texas began a campaign to modernize its brand, management understood that the buildings it occupies play a significant role in branding. The existing flagship branch in Tyler, Texas, was re-imagined and renovated inside and out to reflect the contemporary way the bank now interacts with its customers. Metal products from Petersen were key design elements.

At the Orlando International Airport, Southwest Airlines re-roofed a 75,000 sq. ft. hangar using several metal construction industry veteran companies. Commercial Siding & Maintenance (CSM) of Houston, Texas was the contractor; Force Engineering & Testing of Humble, Texas provided engineering services; Roof Hugger Inc. of Odessa, Florida furnished their factory-notched sub-framing system; and McElroy Metal furnished the new metal roof system.

Southwest College, a Los Angeles-area community college in the Westmont neighborhood of the Inglewood district, has chosen Custom-Bilt Metals Cool Roof standing seam metal roofing to significantly reduce its energy costs and contribute to green building energy certification. Custom-Bilt Metals roofing products cover the college’s recently-completed new construction of facilities that include a student services and activities center, maintenance and operations center, parking structure, field house, and general use and concessions building.