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When the Town of Surf City, NC, made plans to construct a building that would consolidate the police department and other emergency services operations, durability was a main consideration. To meet the high-wind requirements of the coast, the architectural roofing choice was McElroy Metal’s Maxima standing seam metal roofing, featuring a 3-coat paint finish from Sherwin-Williams.

Reviving a historic site is always rewarding. But a historic reroof project is truly successful when those involved recognize that they don’t have to recreate history—they can improve it. The Surf Mall in Ocean City, NJ, recently became the enhanced highlight of the Ocean City boardwalk because of a new metal roof from Drexel Metals, Inc., Ivyland, PA.

The new Surrey Recycling and Waste Center in British Columbia opens its Schweiss Doors bifold liftstrap door to the public for easy disposal of recycling and waste products.

The Keystone Trust Company, a former bank building circa-1924, lends itself as the entrance to the Susquehanna Art Museum as part of this retrofit project in Harrisburg, PA. Metal and glass are the materials that make up the panel envelope of this grand museum, providing both function and beauty to the building’s façade. The new metal façade - using products from CENTRIA - is now a work of art itself.

AEP Span’s architectural metal panels were products of choice for Sutter Health’s new Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital which opened in October 2014. The facility’s design integrates sustainable building strategies from the ground up and complies with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteria.

A Florida roofing contractor is known for giving its customers what they want, and what the Solid Waste Authority of West Palm Beach County, FL wanted was a solution to a leaking roof. Advanced Roofing Inc. provided it by adding Roof Hugger sub-purlins to SWA's foliage collection building, and then installing 238T aluminum roofing by McElroy Metal.

Founded 125 years ago as the Home of Mercy, Chicago’s Swedish Covenant Hospital has come a long way since the days of iron beds and wooden washstands. The latest modernization, completed in March 2012 under the direction of BSA Life Structures of Indianapolis, IN, included efforts to trim the maintenance costs and enhance the aesthetics of the non-profit, independent hospital. It was to those ends that ALPOLIC aluminum composite material was incorporated into the exterior renovation design.

Located in the foothills of the scenic Cascade Mountains, the new Swedish Medical Center in Issaquah, WA is one of the most energy efficient hospital campuses in the nation. Among the materials utilized for the 550,000 square foot, two-phased project's construction were Metl-Span insulated metal wall panels.

Swire Coca-Cola needed more storage space and came up with the idea of renovating an aging facility on its grounds in Denver, CO. The trick was converting this old building, with abandoned rail access and no efficient loading dock access, into a functionally efficient, modern-looking facility at a reasonable cost. Insulated metal panels (IMPs) from Metl-Span, installed as roofing and a composite wall system, helped complete the successful project.

Swiss Re, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, offers reinsurance products and related financial services around the world. It has offices located in more than 25 countries, including a new 80,000 sq. ft. regional office building in Fort Wayne, IN. Featured on the building's exterior are two types of metal wall panel systems from Citadel Architectural Products. Company officials describe the new building as one of the most energy efficient in Northeast Indiana.

The Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values is one of the newest structures at the University of Tampa. Early in the design process, stainless steel was considered for the 15,000 sq. ft. building’s roof as a reference to the stainless steel minarets that grace the University’s historic Plant Hall. But RHEINZINK zinc was ultimately used instead because of its visual softness and ability to diffuse light as required by the design. In addition to being used for the roof, RHEINZINK is featured on the building’s fascia and soffits.

The Hayner Hoyt Corporation of Syracuse, N.Y. was awarded the American Buildings Company (ABC) 2016 Building of the Year Award for its work on the Syracuse University Ensley Athletic Center building, a 95,149 sq. ft. recreation building with an interior clearance that peaks at 65 ft.

One of the largest and most eco-friendly clear-span buildings in Washington state features more than 8,000 square feet of metal wall and soffit panels from Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation. The 83,590-square-foot Tacoma Recovery and Transfer Center in Tacoma, WA receives, sorts and transfers municipal solid waste and separates recyclable materials.

More than 36,000 sq. ft. of Metl-Span CF Architectural wall panels were installed in a horizontal configuration to provide a modern look for Takao America Corporation’s new manufacturing facility in Canton, MI. Takao is a major provider of die manufacturing, pressing and welding for the automotive industry. The panels were finished in two custom colors, Ascot White and Silversmith, and were highlighted with contrasting painted accent striping running the length of the building. The building was designed by GHAFARI Associates of Dearborn, MI, with SDI Exterior Systems of Farmington Hills, MI, handling the insulated metal wall panel installation.

The owners’ vision for the design of their new Tallahassee, Fla. home was that it have a “sophisticated farmhouse” look, as architect Brandon Ingram of C. Brandon Ingram Design in Tallahassee described it. “They wanted it to be comfortable but a little more ‘tailored’. We worked together to create a stylish look that realized their vision.” Petersen's Snap-Clad roofing panels are a key design element in achieving that vision.

Ohio Gratings, Inc. (OGi) of Canton, Ohio recently provided its aluminum bar screen product for the Tao Condominiums project in Sunrise, Florida. This complex includes both living quarters and a parking structure, both of which were designed to utilize materials that were aesthetically appealing as well as durable, secure and economical. Approximately 13,000 sq. ft. of OGi's aluminum bar screen, with a clear anodized finish, was used in three different areas of the development.

A former call center in Buffalo, NY is now a charter school. Trautman Associates of Buffalo developed the plan for converting the 47,000 sq. ft. building into a contemporary, invigorating environment for learning and used Omega-Lite ACM panels from Laminators Inc. to achieve its design objectives.

Target Field may not have a fancy retractable roof, but it is a fan-friendly facility boasting a great seating plan and one of the largest fixed roof canopies in all of baseball. Charged with wrapping the canopy in metal was M.G. McGrath, one of the nation’s leading fabricators and installers of metal panel systems. The company's work on the new stadium was extensive and included the installation of nearly 270,000 sq. ft. of metal panel products.

The newest addition to the University of Calgary campus in Calgary, Alberta, Canada is the Taylor Family Digital Library. It houses over 9 million assets including 32,000 print monographs, over 1 million maps and aerial photographs, and 847,461 architectural drawings, amongst its wealth of resources. The innovative and sustainable educational center is incomparable to any other facility in North America and competes on a global scale in its support of research and learning. The building’s design incorporates a stainless steel mesh façade by Cambridge Architectural of Cambridge, MD.

While the pair of orange-painted frameworks in front first draw the eye, it is the building behind that's essential to the varied operational needs of Taylor Motors. Within the confines of its 18,612 sq. ft. home in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Taylor Motors manages its used car business, an auto body shop and a lease car franchise. Utilized for the construction of the new building was a metal building system from Robertson Building Systems.