Featured Projects

The world’s tallest observation wheel opened in Las Vegas on March 31, 2014. Railings featuring Banker Wire woven wire mesh guide visitors onto the 550-foot High Roller, which takes them on 30-minute rides high above the Las Vegas strip.

At nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, Aspen, Colorado, is renowned for ski slopes that rise seemingly from the heart of the town’s central business district. Echoing these snowy and forested surroundings is the new Aspen Art Museum. Completed in August 2014, it features myriad metal products finished by Linetec using Fluropon® paint coatings from Valspar.

Conco Construction, an American Buildings Company (ABC) Authorized Builder, developed the new Learjet Flight Test Building 18 structure in Wichita, Kansas. The new metal building provides two, 204-foot clear span hangar doors that were necessary for the aircraft to enter and exit the facility.

A surge of new residential units is set to be constructed in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn over the next several years. Kicking off this building frenzy is 1 North 4th Place. Sitting along the chic and lively Williamsburg waterfront, the 46-story luxury high-rise features on its exterior metal composite wall panels from Laminators Inc., Hatfield, PA.

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.