Featured Projects

Meeting the requirements for durability and aesthetics, a standing seam metal roof from Drexel Metals tops the new Oak Farm Vineyards wine and hospitality facility in Lodi, Calif. Built by Nickell Construction of Galt, Calif., the new facility includes a 360-degree tasting bar, floor-to-ceiling vineyard views, a private room for wine club members, two indoor and two outdoor fireplaces and a covered terrace.

The Middlebury Union Middle School in Middlebury, Vermont was strongly in need of a new roof. When district officials ordered the replacement of the old shingle roof with something new, a jobsite manufactured metal roof system from Perth Amboy, NJ’s Englert Inc. was the top choice.

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians has expanded their gaming empire with the addition of the Wind Creek Wetumpka Casino, Alabama’s newest and largest. Completed in December of 2013, this $250 million casino features an 85,000 sq. ft. gaming floor and an attached 20 story luxury hotel to capitalize on the spectacular views of the nearby Coosa River. MetalTech-USA Flatlock panels, fabricated from RHEINZINK titanium zinc, were chosen to clad much of the façade of this facility.

Cherokee Nation Entertainment’s 10,000-sq.-ft. Ramona Casino features a unique style that was both challenging and rewarding to create. The curved nature of the building’s exterior required multiple shades and profiles of metal panels, plus clever installation work by the contractor, Abbco Roofing in Broken Arrow, Okla., which was up to the challenge. Metal products from Petersen Aluminum Corp. played a key part in the casino's design.

Varco Pruden Builder™ Appalachian Design & Development, Inc. constructed Scholar’s Rooftop Apartments, a modern housing property on the northern edge of downtown Bloomington, Ind.

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.

Located on a steeply sloped site in the central Texas hill country, visitors to the Cascading Creek House cannot help but notice the home's unique water-collection. One of its key components is zinc roofing crafted from material by RHEINZINK America Inc., Woburn, MA.

Mother Nature has a big influence on construction scheduling, especially in Alaska. With the cold months of winter approaching fast, the general contractor charged with keeping the University of Alaska at Anchorage’s Alaska Airlines Center project on schedule wanted the building envelope to be closed-in as quickly as possible. By utilizing KarrierPanel™ and KarrierRail™ systems from Kingspan Insulated Panels, that goal was met quickly and easily.

A Fabricoil™ architectural coiled wire fabric system again “got the part” when iPic Entertainment incorporated it into a luxury cinema location that opened in late 2014 on Wilshire Boulevard in the Westwood section of Los Angeles.

Foster City Elementary School was experiencing roof leaks, which led to water and mold damage. Along with re-roofing, a 63,200 square foot renovation project – featuring products from CENTRIA - included a new building envelope and an expansion of the administration area, library and the creation of a large group instruction gym.

The Staten Island MakerSpace facility is the first of its kind in New York City. It is a warehouse that was converted into a community workspace for artists, craftspeople, makers, hardware developers, and general hobbyists to do their creating. The building - featuring curved framing products from Flex-Ability Concepts - acts as an incubator, a space where people can go to learn the skills to create things and have access to the tools necessary to create them.

Creating a clear medical identity with a wow factor for Trident Technical College’s Nursing and Science Building in North Charleston, SC was accomplished with the use of a Dri-Design Wall Panel System. The structure features 24,378 square feet of 0.080-inch aluminum wall panels from Dri-Design. The panels were finished in Champagne paint and Copper Anodized and Dark Bronze Anodized finishes.

T & W Corporation, an American Buildings Company Authorized Builder, brings the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to life inside the new Indy Collision Center in Fishers, Indiana. The IndyCar-inspired shop showcases innovation and creativity in metal systems construction.

Generosity begins at home and Drexel Metals’ generosity will help ensure future generations can experience historical Doylestown, Pa., and the Mercer Museum, located about an hour north of Philadelphia. Drexel Metals donated materials to re-roof two buildings, approximately 10,500 square feet of 0.032-inch aluminum, 16-inch DMC 150 SL snap lock standing seam roofing, installed by Economy Roofing of New Britain, Pa.

Providing a safe and healthy environment for students is clearly a high-ranking consideration in the construction of an elementary school. Architects for the Alton Hall Elementary School in Galloway, Ohio recognized the need for snow retention and specified the Sno Barricade® from Sno Gem® Inc. to be attached to the standing seam roof.

The renovation of Mitchell Elementary in Dallas resulted in 42 classrooms, a gymnasium, cafeteria, kitchen and library. Metal roofing from MBCI is featured on the elementary school, which is a part of the Plano Independent School District and serves nearly 700 students.

Ordell Construction, a general contractor and Varco Pruden Builder™, led the design and expansion of a six-year-old brew house in Oregon. Owned by Ninkasi Brewing Company, a microbrewery based in Eugene, the expanded facility was slated to triple the company's output capacity.

Sun Hydraulics Corp., a maker of hydraulic valves and one of Southwest Florida's largest manufacturers, expanded into a new $16 million, 75,510-square-foot building in Sarasota with the help of a metal building system from Star Building Systems. Sarasota's Halfacre Construction was recognized by Star for its work on the facility.

The headquarters building of RLI, a publicly held specialty insurance company in Peoria, IL, had become dated and needed extensive interior and exterior repairs. Originally constructed in 1970, the 81,000 sq. ft. building‘s precast concrete facade had deteriorated significantly. To give the building a new look, RLI hired Dewberry Architects, Inc., Peoria. The firm considered many products to revitalize the building's exterior but ultimately chose zinc claddings from RHEINZINK America Inc. of Woburn, MA.

The architectural goal of The Constellation was to “lead the charge” of a rejuvenation at the very heart of Madison, WI, where an ultra-modern design and urban décor were achieved in part by insulated metal panels from Metl-Span®.