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Posted: May 11, 2017

Hare Residence

Most large recreational vehicles exceed 12 feet in height, so a garage for a large RV needs to be tall and wide. Schweiss Doors has handled many requests for bifold doors to fit these needs, sometimes designing a door that appears to be half its height to get around local zoning restrictions.

Posted: May 08, 2017

UC-Riverside Student Recreation Center

Coated metal panels create a wave-like scrim around the exterior of the University of California-Riverside's newly expanded Student Recreation Center. The panels were fabricated from aluminum plate and post-painted with a Bright Silver XL shade of Valspar’s Fluropon® premium paint.

Posted: May 04, 2017

Delaware Division Of Motor Vehicles

The sprawling, sparkling Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles facility - featuring metal products from Petersen - sets a new standard in both energy efficiency and customer service. The brand new 43,000 sq. ft. facility, located in New Castle, Del., is the first state-owned building to achieve LEED Silver certification, and is the third DMV office to follow a design prototype established to optimize the customer experience.

Posted: May 01, 2017

Centre Vidéotron

When the design team of Populous and ABCP Architecture chose to celebrate the passion Québécois have for winter, ice and snow in Quebec City's new arena, they trusted Duranar® XL coatings by PPG to bring their vision to life.

Posted: Apr 27, 2017

HALDRUP USA Administration And Production Hall

When HALDRUP GmbH of Ilshofen, Germany began searching for a place to put a new U.S. plant, they had their building plans in hand. Duplicating a building design already in use back home, the new 27,000 sq. ft. facility was constructed in Indiana using a metal building system from American Buildings and insulated metal wall panels from All Weather Insulated Panels.

Posted: Apr 26, 2017

Harbison Court Shopping Center

Strategically located near I-26 and in the primary retail corridor of a growing residential area in Greater Columbia, South Carolina, Harbison Court Shopping Center has over 301,000 sq. ft. of retail property. Originally opened in 1991 and redeveloped in 2006, the property recently underwent a major facelift, with ACM panels from Laminators Inc. of Hatfield, PA among the materials utilized.

Posted: Apr 24, 2017

AgroChem

AgroChem, an innovative manufacturer of products to alleviate hygiene and sanitation challenges facing dairy producers around the globe, was planning to build a new 35,000 square foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., to accommodate their booming growth. With an emphasis on building with attractive, energy-efficient products, AgroChem’s design and construction team turned to Metl-Span.

Posted: Apr 20, 2017

Green Acre Farms Kiln Building

A new 24,510 sq. ft. kiln building was constructed for Green Acre Farms to be used as a hop drying facility for the Wapato, Washington operation. Measuring 114’ wide x 215’ long x 28’ high, the kiln building features products from Star Building Systems.

Posted: Apr 17, 2017

Access Center For Discovery And Learning

In an effort to strengthen urban Chicago neighborhoods, the Access Community Health Network opened the Access Center For Discovery And Learning as part of a health-focused campus that includes a community health center along with other integrated support services. The facility features architectural metal products by CENTRIA.

Posted: Apr 13, 2017

AIA Atlanta/Georgia Headquarters

The vision of the American Institute of Architects and AIA Atlanta and Georgia is “Driving Positive Change through the Power of Design.” When AIA Atlanta and Georgia moved into new offices, an exhaustive search led to the specifying of a bifold liftstrap door from Schweiss Doors at the entry on the main wall facing the front of the building.

Posted: Apr 10, 2017

Bakery Living

Sustainability was a focus in the design and construction of Bakery Living, an upscale apartment building in Pittsburgh's trendy East End. The building is clad with metal panels by ATAS International, featuring long-lasting, energy efficient Sherwin-Williams paint finishes.

Posted: Apr 06, 2017

Gamecock Park Restroom Buildings

In spite of a nearly impossible installation schedule, the new restroom buildings at the University of South Carolina’s new Gamecock Park were completed in time for tailgating prior to the season-opening game in 2015. Directly adjacent to Williams Brice Football Stadium in Columbia, S.C., the facilities are covered by metal roofing from Petersen.

Posted: Apr 04, 2017

Skyway Library

Dri-Design panels have been known to turn heads for their looks, but they were selected for the Skyway Library in Seattle because they can turn around a building. The entire exterior of the library is wrapped in Dri-Design Wall Panels, creating a landmark destination for the downtown district. The joint venture architects of BuildingWork and Weinstein AU, both of Seattle, were adamant that the last piece of metal panel had to circle back and meet the first—with precision.

Posted: Apr 03, 2017

Kendall-Jackson Wine Storage Facility

Jackson Family Wines (JFW) was looking to expand, and a new wine storage building at the company's Kendall-Jackson Winery in Fulton, CA would unlock the growth opportunities sought. When the time came to build, JFW chose a metal building contractor with expertise in wine storage structures and a good understanding of the benefits insulated metal panel systems from Kingspan Insulated Panels would bring to the project.

Posted: Mar 31, 2017

Round 1 Bowling And Amusement

An opportunity for design freedom allowed Cornerstone Architecture, Oklahoma City, to impress at Round 1 Bowling And Amusement in Taunton, Mass. With Flex-C Trac by Flex-Ability Concepts, the ceiling of the concourse entrance to the entertainment center was transformed into a fun and sophisticated art form.

Posted: Mar 30, 2017

Hershey Gardens Welcome Pavilion

The Welcome Pavilion of the new Milton & Catherine Hershey Conservatory at Hershey Gardens is one of the first thing visitors see as they drive up to the popular southeastern Pennsylvania attraction. The Pavilion’s most prominent feature is a new curved metal roof from Drexel Metals, which almost seems to crown the new conservatory.

Posted: Mar 27, 2017

American Airlines Training & Conference Center

It’s a rare occasion when a newly constructed building is partially disassembled upon completion, but that is exactly what happened at the American Airlines Training & Conference Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Not long after expansion construction was completed, a section of Green Span Profiles insulated metal panels was removed to accommodate the installation of eight different full-size flight simulators.

Posted: Mar 23, 2017

Pepper Geddings Recreation Center

The City of Myrtle Beach was looking for an efficient method of dealing with some moisture and insulation issues at the indoor pool of the Pepper Geddings Recreation Center. Metl-Span’s Mesa insulated metal panel was chosen to solve the problems quickly and cost-effectively.

Posted: Mar 20, 2017

Kansas City Power & Light, Safety And Training Center

Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) launched the latest addition to their Kansas City, MO-based offices - the Safety And Training Center - in late 2015. Featuring a variety of metal products from CENTRIA, the two-story, 53,000 sq. ft. facility provides a world-class education center for KCP&L’s linemen and apprentices.

Posted: Mar 16, 2017

Lebanon Municipal Service Facility

The Lebanon Municipal Service Facility in Lebanon, OH consists of three custom-engineered metal buildings by Star Building Systems that total 33,000 sq. ft. The project was started in August 2014 and completed in April 2015.

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