Featured Projects

Spallation Neutron Source’s large sprawling facility is located in a rural portion of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It is a national laboratory managed by UT-Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy. This one-of-a-kind laboratory’s main focus is on neutron-scattering research that helps improve things like medicine, food, electronics, cars and airplanes. CENTRIA supplied a variety of metal products that were used on the building.

Products from MeTecno USA provide both structural and aesthetic benefits through their use in the $40 million makeover of the Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen, NH. Three different products are featured on the 143-year-old facility. They were chosen because of initial cost, long-term maintenance costs and freedom of design expression. The project was completed in March 2008 with Warrenstreet Architects of Concord, NH, serving as the project's architect. The metal wall and roof panel systems were installed by AJ Desjardins Roofing Co. Inc.

Count Ben Macrae as a satisfied customer of Littleton, CO-based Metal Building Insulation. Macrae is the general manager of the Goal Kick Indoor Soccer Complex in Spencer, IA. He said the difference in operating costs and comfort was dramatic and immediate following the installation of one of the company's insulation systems in the interior of the steel-framed, membrane-skinned soccer arena. He noted that wintertime heat bills were on average $2,500 less per month since the retrofit was completed.

A major expansion of the Indianapolis Museum of Art included extensive RHEINZINK® material used in three different applications. The $74 million project added 140,000 sq. ft. to the Museum including three new wings, 50 percent more gallery space, an outdoor garden court and other visitor amenities.The cornerstone of the RHEINZINK usage was 40,000 sq. ft. pf Reynobond Zinc Composite Material (ZCM) utilizing RHEINZINK Preweathered Blue-Gray. The ZCM panels were fabricated and installed by Schaffner Heaney Associates, Inc., South Bend, IN.

The 7,300 square foot Tradewinds home in Orlando, Florida, utilizes the finest example of exemplary architecture, innovative products and applications, and environmental consciousness. It is a high-performance home, with a systematic approach to energy and natural resource conservation, indoor air quality, and comfort that has earned certification from local and regional green building programs. The project was sponsored by 25 of the world's leading product manufaturers -- all with an objective of environmental responsibility. Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp.'s Image II roofing was selected for this project because it fit the parameters of the home perfectly.

More than 50,000 sq. ft. of PAC-CLAD® flat stock was used to create flat seam panels that provide a striking look for Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Plymouth, MN. The panels were fabricated and installed by Atomic Sheet Metal, Vadnais Heights, MN. Approximately 1,200 sheets of 4’ x 10’ PAC-CLAD material finished in Colonial Red and Weathered Zinc were utilized. The flat seam panels were generally 22” wide by 116” tall.The project was a major Phase II expansion of church facilities to include a new 900-seat sanctuary, administrative offices and classroom space.

Thermolite™ aluminum composite insulating panels from Laminators Inc. are utilized as infill in the curtain wall facade of Arizona's largest hotel. The Phoenix Sheraton was designed by Arquitectonica of Miami, FL, and features two colors of the 1"-thick, Kynar-finished panels. Thermolite panels are manufactured by Laminators Inc. of Hatfield, PA. Handling their installation on this project was K.T. Fabrication Inc. of Chandler, AZ.

Situated atop a silty bluff where aboriginal hunters once stood to look toward the Alaskan range, the Alaska Museum of the North at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks makes a stunning visual statement. Visible for miles in every direction, the building was designed to convey a sense of Alaska with innovative lines & spaces evoking images of alpine ridges, glaciers breaking up on the Yukon River and the Aurora. It was designed by Hammel, Green & Abrahamson of Minneapolis, MN, in partnership with Anchorage-based GDM, and is skinned entirely in Reynobond® ACM by Alcoa Architectural Products.

Once scattered throughtout an aging, three-story building that offered no potential for the growing practice, Rockford Cardiology Associates Ltd. of Rockford, IL, is now in a new home. In addition to having the latest amenities, the 53,000 sq. ft. building conveys an image of success and progressiveness, due in large measure to its design. P-G Architecture Design/Build skinned the building with a combination of glass and 19,000 sq. ft. of Dri-Design® wall panels in Silver Mica and Weathered Zinc Mica.

To spur the local economy, government officials in the Baden-Baden area of Germany granted permission for a retail development on land previously designated as a conservation area. On the heels of that decision came the design and construction of the new Cité Shopping Mall. It features 260,000 sq. ft. retail space contained in a pair of round buildings connected to one another by a covered passageway. The buildings were designed by Form A Architects and clad with nearly 140,000 sq. ft. of stucco-embossed Kalzip aluminum standing seam panels.

Calvary Christian School is a state-of-the-art educational facility with plenty of room to grow. Completed in June 2007, the building features more than 8,000 sq. ft. of unfinished space on its second floor. The school was designed by Omega Church Consultants using a pre-engineered metal building system and components by Metallic Building Co., Houston, TX. In addition to providing economy in terms of its initial construction costs, the school's extensive use of metal wall and roof systems ensures little maintenance will be required to keep the building's exterior in tip top condition.

Boyne Highlands is a ski resort in Harbor Springs, Michigan, that has undergone a variety of renovations. The ivy-covered walls accent the English country estate charm of the Main Lodge, while a total of 165 accommodations of varying sizes and shapes make for an exciting and unique guest experience. A prominent feature in those renovations is stunning Red metal roofing from Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp. The Vertical Seam panels, formed from 24-gauge steel, feature 18"-wide coverage with a concealed clip, standing seam design.

Designwall™ 2000 architectural insulated metal wall panels from Kingspan Insulated Panels, along with X-12 single element ribbed wall panels from Kingspan's Morin Division were combined on the exterior of the newly constructed British School in Chicago. Located near the city's North Loop, the 80,000 sq. ft. building was designed by Valerio Dewalt and Train as part of the Blackhawk Halsted mixed-use development. Also part of the project is a 146,000 sq. ft. commercial building and a 547-car parking structure.

The Holiday Inn Express hotel in Wauwatosa, WI, was recently provided with a new, updated look thanks to canopies topped with curved panels from Floline Architectural Systems. The new canopies' panels, utilizing Floline’s 900 Series Panel formed from 22 gauge steel with a Kynar Silver Visulure II finish, were crimp-curved to a 37’-1 ½” radius and 25’-1 ½” radius. Due to the complexity of the project, interaction between the installer and the Floline Design Team was paramount.

James & Taylor’s award-winning façade for the University of Manchester’s biosciences building in Manchester, UK, was created using four different anodized finishes that coated both mirror polished and highly-etched Senses aluminium (aluminum) tiles. The stunning result on the Michael Smith building was due to a close collaboration between the façade specialist and architects Sheppard Robson. It features a ‘random’ pattern that ensured the different finishes were distributed across the elevation to give a cohesive façade.

The exterior of the newly constructed Robert Service High School in Anchorage, AK, is colorful and uplifting. Architects Alaska, Anchorage, made it so through its extensive use of Panel 20® metal composite material wall panels from Citadel Architectural Products of Indianapolis, IN. The panels were fabricated in the field by Commercial Contractors Inc. using material in five different colors. Pacific Architectural Products of Clackamas, OR, was the product distributor.

A solid building but in dire need of a makeover, the Church of Ascension was given renewed attractiveness through the replacement of its weathered board and batten siding with smooth-faced Omega-Lite® aluminum composite wall panels. Manufactured by Laminators Inc. of Hatfield, PA, the panels have .032" aluminum face sheets and feature a factory-applied Bright Silver PVDF paint finish. The panel system was installed on the Virginia Beach, VA project by Baker Roofing of Norfolk LLC of Norfolk, VA.

Innovation is one of the defining features of the new Fire and Emergency Services Training Institute (FESTI) at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Located at the airport's west end, the $13.5 million facility provides leading-edge education and intensive training for emergency and crisis situations. Just as advanced as its educational program is its design. It incorporates a number of energy saving features including a Solarwall® passive solar heated air induction exterior wall system. The building was designed by Kleinfeldt Mychajlowycz Architects of Toronto.

Approximately 85,000 sq. ft. of Metl-Span CF42 Light Mesa wall panels play a key role in the design of the Davidson Center for Space Exploration at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. The 2-½” insulated panels were finished with Polar White on the exterior and custom Matte Black on the interior to contrast with the gleaming Saturn V lunar rocket vehicle displayed inside. The $22 million facility—measuring 476' long x 90' wide x 64' tall—was designed by Gresham, Smith and Partners of Birmingham, AL, and the panels were installed by JWC Specialties Inc. of Nashville, TN.

SAF Metal Fabrication designed and fabricated the 5,000 sq. ft. of .125" aluminum plate wall panels that wrap the columns and beams of a monumental canopy outside the entrance to Boston's recently completed Intercontinental Hotel. The hotel was designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects of Boston, and the panels, which feature a custom Atlantic Silver PDVF paint finish by PPG, were installed by Karas & Karas Glass of South Boston.