Featured Projects

Metal roofing by Petersen Aluminum was selected for use on a structure that will set the tone for a new college campus. The Bartow Center is the first building on a new campus for Georgia Highlands College, Cartersville, GA, a two-year institution of the University of Georgia system. The 100,000 sq. ft. facility is somewhat of a campus-under-one-roof with class rooms, administrative offices, science labs, library and student areas.

At the entrance to California’s 4,500-acre Diamond Valley Lake lies the Water + Life Museums spread out over a 23-acre campus. The slender steel towers of sister museums – The center for Water Education and Western Center for Archaeology and Paleontology – along with classrooms, offices, gift shops, laboratories and education landscape celebrate southern California’s water infrastructure. From solar panels to interior lighting to CENTRIA’s Formawall® Dimension Series® insulated panels, the building program is a living example of sustainability and conservation.

E-Life Station is a multi-use facility that includes retail and office space with an isolated technology center located in Charleston, South Carolina. The half-million dollar project began in October 2006 and was completed May 2007 and totals nearly 5,000 square feet. A pre-engineered metal building with a standing seam roof system by Metallic Building company was used for the project because of its complexity and uniqueness. The metal system also allowed for an exposed ceiling in the interior space.

Five buildings, totaling approximately 90,000 sq. ft., make up the Pan Pacific Cement facility at the Port Of Sacramento in West Sacramento, CA. VP Buildings supplied the metal buildings that were used for this impressive complex that was completed on a fast track schedule and called for a 200’ clearspan in the main building.

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.

Though covering just 600 sq. ft. of area, the Omega-Lite® panels featured on the Crowne Plaza building in Fort Myers, FL, play a huge role in the building’s look and character. The building was designed by Gora McGahey of Fort Myers and features as its architectural highlight a large wave-form canopy clad with Kynar-finished Omega-Lite® panels in a custom yellow color. The panels were manufactured by Laminators Inc. of Hatfield, PA.

In 2006, with the need for more space paramount, the owners of the 25-year-old Atkinson Toyota Scion dealership in Bryan, TX commissioned architects R.L. Payne & Associates, Inc. of College Station, TX to almost triple the size of the showroom, re-configure the service areas and update the look of their aging facility in accordance with Toyota's current corporate construction guidelines. The architect's design for the revamped facility integrated new and old spaces, and unified their look on the outside by creating an all-new facade using Reynobond® Aluminum Composite Material and other products from Alcoa Architectural Products.

Thom Mayne, founder of Morphosis and the 2005 Pritzker Prize Winner, in association with KZF Design, Inc,. is one of the innovative minds behind this extremely complex facility. The University of Cincinnati Campus Housing and Recreation Center is designed as five buildings in one—an athletic core, six electronic classrooms, housing, restaurants/dining, and stadium grandstands comprise the 350,000 square foot complex. A key element of the design CENTRIA’s Formawall® Dimension Series® wall panels.

In Port Hueneme, CA, a cozy coastal enclave along California's Gold Coast, the low-maintenance and energy-saving benefits of metal roofing by Custom-Bilt Metals' are helping to make The Bungalows at Beach House a carefree getaway experience. Located along Oceana Drive one block from the ocean, the John Laing Homes community of second homes offers Titan standing seam metal roofs with Titan® Cool Roof reflective coatings.

A clean, finished look was the goal for the 22,560 sq. ft. shop area of the newly-constructed Freeman Lexus facility in Santa Rosa, CA. This was the main reason the auto dealership was initially interested in using the HIGH-R insulation system for the shop ceilings. After the installation began, however, the difference in the daily heat could be felt by the construction workers as they made the comparison between the area where HIGH-R had already been installed and the areas that weren't yet insulated.

The Lutheran Social Services Center for Children & Youth residential facility located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was designed to be long-lasting and economical while impacting the local community by assisting more children. The original facility was a 1960 building, and in order to increase their capacity, the center needed a flexible design that also made sure they were good stewards of donor funds. This was accomplished by using metal buildings, by Metallic Building Company, for four wings (15,000 square feet) of the 33,000 total square foot project.

Loyola University Hospital in Maywood, IL, features four specialty units including Adult and Pediatric, Burn Intensive Care, Coronary Care, and Intensive Care services. The 176,000 sq. ft. hospital, which opened in Spring of 2008, is accented by .125” aluminum plate panels manufactured by Quality Metalcrafts, LLC. More than 3,500 square feet of the custom-fabricated panels were utilized on the project to complement the other exterior materials on the impressive facility.

Located in Lakeland, FL, the Favilli Family Medical Clinic is a 9,000 sq. ft. facility that features a Rigid Frame metal building system by VP Buildings. The building is a three-practice medical center in a premier professional park in South Lakeland. A detailed EIFS-covered wall system on steel studs, with an extensive drive-through structure for patient drop-off on the front of the building, enhances the look of the facility. Meanwhile, upgraded finishes were used on both the interior and exterior. While the building was not LEED certified, the project has numerous LEED certified items.

Located next to Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Orange County, CA, a Public Storage Corporation facility displays metal panels from Kingspan Insulated Panels.

The Purdue University engineering program counts 22 NASA astronauts among its graduates, including Neil Armstrong, the namesake of the school's new facility. Constructed as part of the university's strategic plan to remain at the forefront of engineering education, the new Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering increases the size of the university's engineering complex by 60 percent. The university commissioned RATIO Architects Inc. of Indianapolis, IN to design a building that will continually inspire the next generation of engineers to "reach for the stars." Playing a significant role in turning that design goal into reality was Reynobond® aluminum composite material, from Alcoa Architectural Products.

Omega-Lite® aluminum composite material from Laminators Inc. of Hatfield, PA, was picked by Butler Design Group of Phoenix, AZ, for use on the exterior of the newly completed Perimeter Gateway III office building, located on the DHL Campus in Scottsdale, AZ's Perimeter Center. KPML Inc. Metal Source of Phoenix, AZ, fabricated the Kynar 500-finished, Bright Silver-colored panels at the job site and then installed them on the three-story, 87,000 sq. ft. building using Laminators Inc.'s proprietary Clip & Caulk attachment system.

Calvary Chapel is a 19,000 square foot church building located in Corvallis, OR. The entire project included four buildings with astute consideration given to the location of church sanctuary and fellowship hall to minimize the impact of the surrounding natural topography so that minimal trees and vegetation were removed. A metal building system by Metallic Building Company was chosen because of the flexibility to incorporate original design using large clear spans, canopies, purlin extensions and special roof loading for sound and lighting equipment.

An innovative Landscape Interior metal fabric solution from Cambridge Architectural of Cambridge, MD, dramatically defines and separates space within the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the new Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The newly renovated theater, formerly the Aladdin Center for the Performing Arts, is designed to house Broadway-style shows for extended runs. Cambridge Architectural’s innovative mesh application provides “house reduction” in order to produce more intimate seating for smaller crowds. Retractable panels of metal fabric allow larger areas of the theatre to be reconfigured to suit the space requirements of an event.

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.

Metal roofing from Custom-Bilt Metals covers and complements the best of American architecture, from brand-new, single-family houses, to modern shopping malls and hotels, to decades-old landmarks. In Boston, 70,000 square feet of Vail Majestic Copper shingles from Custom-Bilt Metals, installed by Dave Gardner Contractor and Supply from Framingham, Mass., will extend the life of the Traffic Tunnel Administration Building, while blending with the character of its historic surroundings.