Featured Projects

Varco Pruden Builder™ Bayland Buildings Inc., a Wisconsin-based, design-build general contractor specializing in commercial, agriculture and industrial markets, constructed Camping World, a new RV and outdoor retail store in Saukville, Wis. The 38,665-square-foot structure includes Varco Pruden’s clear-span Rigid Frame™ solution, designed to increase interior space.

The Trench Tai Cottage is a new breathtaking residential cottage in Carleton Place, Ontario. The 3,200-square-foot building was built by Pri-Tec Construction Ltd., an American Buildings Company (ABC) Authorized Builder. The cottage displays a unique modern influence, while still maintaining the comfort of a residential atmosphere.

The Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department in Minneapolis, MN has a renovated office hub. A printing plant once occupied the cinderblock building that has been transformed with a Dri-Design Wall Panel System in both flat and Tapered Series panels. A corner building that many probably never noticed is now an original structure that fosters attention.

Farmington, Connecticut is stepping into the future of medical research with the newly completed Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine. It is hoped the facility will become a catalyst for attracting internationally renowned scientists to the state. To ensure it makes a good first impression, the project's architects incorporated MetalTech-USA Zinc Panels into its design. The panels were fabricated from material provided by RHEINZINK America Inc.

When Belgian Airforce military personnel at Aerodrome Beauvechain needed reliable mesh doors for their new helicopter hangars they went with the quality bifold straplift door offered by Schweiss Doors / Europe in the UK.

No matter how strong the desire to keep moving forward, it’s best not to lose touch with the past. The design of the Channel Mission Bay apartments in San Francisco was able to merge the area’s history with its future through the use of products from Morin, A Kingspan Group Company.

Teamwork and communication led to the successful construction of the JW Marriott in downtown Austin, Texas. McElroy Metal products and partners helped get everyone on the same page to achieve the aesthetic and structural goals of all involved.

The Green Build terminal is the largest and most ambitious expansion project in the history of the San Diego International Airport. As a result, it became the first commercial airport to earn LEED Platinum certification. The project used Starlight 7J™ stainless steel from Contrarian Metal Resources for 140 columns incorporated into the design of the terminal's Sunset Cove shopping and concession core.

When it comes to high school softball facilities, the complex at Corinth High School in Corinth, MS is hard to beat. In addition to synthetic turf, the complex includes an admissions/ticket building with restrooms and concessions, a field house with locker rooms and a covered batting cage, an aluminum grandstand, a press box and sunken dugouts. Brick construction ties it all together, as does Englert Series 2000 standing seam roofing.

Performance is the first and last word when it comes to wine storage buildings. And thanks to products from Kingspan Insulated Panels, Premium Wine Storage’s new Red Custom Crush building in Healdsburg, CA performs exactly as intended. Kingspan’s KingZip metal roofing and 300 A Azteco wall panels were both utilized for the 20,000 sq. ft. building’s construction.

A 100-year-old farmhouse in Central Maryland was totally renovated and now sports a brand new RHEINZINK roof that gives it an authentic old-world look and feel. The property, which was originally a dairy farm, has been in the owner’s family since the 1920s.

When Lindsay, Texas fell victim to major hail storms in 2011 and 2012, the high school’s existing metal roof was damaged by golf ball size hail. The solution to the severe cosmetic damage was a metal-over-metal recover with the help of Roof Hugger retrofit sub-framing.

The $44.6 million North Carolina National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh, NC was designed to provide a reserve center for the North Carolina National Guard personnel throughout peacetime missions. It is also home to the State of North Carolina Emergency Operations Center, the Statewide Transportation Center and the Highway Patrol’s Regional Communications Center. Metal products from CENTRIA are featured prominently in the design.

Successfully completing a high-quality construction project is rewarding; knowing that the project will provide a benefit to children with disabilities is even more fulfilling. Varco Pruden Builder™ Knight Building Systems Inc. had this experience. In the spring of 2014, the design-build company based in Agua Dulce, Calif., constructed a new covered riding arena for Carousel Ranch.

Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation supplied more than 81,000 square feet of metal roof and wall panels for the snow removal equipment building at Spokane International Airport in Spokane, Washington.

The School District of Indian River County (SDIRC) has a new Support Services Complex, located in Vero Beach, Florida. The complex, built by Summit Construction of Vero Beach LLC, an American Buildings Company (ABC) Authorized Builder, consists of an 80,000-square-foot metal building and CMU block building. The new building allows the school district to consolidate their many different departments.

Insulated metal panels from Metl-Span – in a variety of profiles and colors – helped the Twin Rinks Ice Center at Eisenhower Park in Long Island, NY, achieve the architect’s desire for state-of-the-art durability, functionality and aesthetics.

The Toro Company celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014 at its world headquarters campus in Bloomington, Minn., shortly after unveiling a new three-story 75,000 sq. ft. building designed to provide expanded product development and testing areas as well as office, training and conference spaces. The facility features aluminum composite material from 3A Composites USA.

Jeff Ryan proclaims himself the envy of the lake. He says it's because of the remote-controlled Schweiss "Red Power" Hydraulic door he installed on his new boathouse. Perhaps it has something to do too with the pleasure craft he keeps inside: a beautifully maintained 1955 Chris Craft Continental.

Six Flags Over Georgia’s new Hurricane Harbor water park near Atlanta includes 22 buildings of varying use and purpose, and all of them sport PAC-CLAD aluminum standing seam roof panels by Petersen. Multiple roof colors are featured throughout the park, making for a bright and stimulating environment.