Featured Projects

2012 marked the 20th anniversary of Orioles Park at Camden Yards and the Baltimore Orioles had a newly upgraded ballpark to mark the historic occasion thanks to MetFab, a Drexel Metals Company. Camden Yards used to be the railroad center of Baltimore, Maryland and has since transformed into a beautiful baseball facility where families can go to on summer afternoons to watch the Orioles play ball.

While the school’s history is at the core of its identity, the University of Virginia has maintained its status as one of America’s top public universities by having a clear forward vision. The university's Rice Hall forms a bridge between the campus’ historic structures and the building’s modern mission. The building's exterior is a combination of brick and glass adorned with ALPOLIC aluminum composite material from Mitsubishi Plastics Composites America.

M2 on Neil is a nine-story, mixed-use building. A $40 million project —the largest ever for downtown Champaign, Illinois, M2 on Neil was designed and built to revitalize the downtown area. The purpose of this project was to draw more business owners and residents downtown, returning the area to the center of city life. Products from CENTRIA played important roles in the creation of the facility.

Drexel Metals knows how to put fires out! It proved it by providing a brand new Drexel Metals roof for the Station 8 firehouse in St. Petersburg, FL. The profile used for the project was the company's DMC 200S in Regal White.

Thanks to its modern design using a brilliant zinc-panel exterior that appears to float above a fieldstone foundation and vast expanse of windows, the Gateway Center presents a shining port of entry for students, many of whom are new immigrants to the United States. The zinc for the project, which is on the campus of Westchester Community College in New York, was provided by Umicore Building Products USA of Raleigh, NC.

Charged with transforming the dilapidated manufacturing facility into a state-of-the-art office and training center was Treanor Architects of Lawrence, KS. It developed a plan for the project that incorporates the latest energy-efficient features including Metl-Span insulated metal wall panels.

The Brookwood Women’s Medical Center in Birmingham is the first hospital in Alabama devoted entirely to women. Designed exclusively to meet the needs of women and infants, the new 121,000 sq. ft. facility features 19 labor and delivery rooms, one water-birth suite, four operating rooms and 42 private mother-and-baby rooms with modern amenities.Incorporated into the design of the hospital's exterior was more than 14,000 square feet of Bright Silver Omega-Lite ACM wall panels by Laminators Incorporated.

With constant advancements and technological changes to the construction industry, it's imperative for carpenters to continuously advance their own skills in order to remain competitive. The Greater Pennsylvania Regional Council of Carpenters made a significant investment in a new training center next to its 42,000-square-foot headquarters outside of Pittsburgh, with the help of architectural metal products from CENTRIA.

The Ocean City Arts Center began as a modest fitness center with racquetball courts, and also included a natatorium and library. Located in Ocean City, NJ, the community center’s continued growth in popularity prompted city administrators and the library’s board of directors to initiate several renovations and additions in an effort to create a true community center. A high-performance standing seam metal roof system from The Garland Company Inc. is now featured on the facility.

The new St. Joseph service center for Missouri Gas Energy was designed to optimize energy efficiency, resulting in the project’s submission for LEED Gold certification. The 11,420 sq. ft. building utilized Rigid Frame and Unibeam Lean-To framing from Varco Pruden Buildings, along with modified fascia framing on the south eave to support solar-collecting panels.

Everyone is celebrating the new Drexel Metals Galvalume-finish roof on the picturesque Celebration Church located in Kissimmee, FL. The DMC 150SS profile used for the roof is Drexel Metals’ traditional mechanically seamed metal roof system. It is applicable to both light-duty commercial and residential use, and is installed over a solid wood deck with a minimum slope of 2:12. The architectural profile also allows for radius applications.

An unorthodox curvature of architectural mesh–supplied by Cambridge Architectural of Cambridge, MD–gives the new Iron Horse Trail Pedestrian Bridge in Contra Costa County, CA an unconventional design while providing safety for people on the bridge and those in cars passing underneath.

You won’t find Aloft Hotels everywhere, but someday you might. The chain launched in 2008 with the construction of its flagship hotel at the Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Since that time, more than 50 additional Aloft Hotels have been built. Among them is the one in Chesapeake, VA. Completed in 2010, that hotel is distinguishable by the ALPOLIC ACM woven into both its interior and exterior design.

A beautiful 69,631 square foot retail center houses SofaMart, Oak Express, Bedroom Expressions & Denver Mattress for Furniture Row USA, LLC in Charlotte, NC. The facility is a great example of the aesthetics and function that can be achieved with metal building systems supplied by Star Building Systems.

Metal building systems from Varco Pruden Buildings were the perfect choice for the construction of the EnviroTech Chemical Services facility in Modesto, California. The 19,343 sq. ft. project consists of a warehouse and supporting offices, utilizing Varco Pruden’s Rigid Frame and Continuous Beam structural systems.

The flat roof over Howard Elementary in rural Howard, South Dakota, had been patched and replaced several times since the building’s original construction in the 1950s – each time with another flat roof. That all changed with the installation of a standing seam metal roof system from The Garland Company Inc.

The community of Winchester, Indiana was in desperate need of a new roof for its aging high school. Teachers and students were coexisting in an interior environment that was wet, humid and had a repulsive smell. It was decided that a retrofit metal roof system would be the best solution for the existing problem. MBCI, a leading manufacturer of metal roof and wall systems, was approved as the supplier for both the framing system and metal roof system for the 108,000 square foot project.

Brody Hall, the center of Brody Complex in the Residential District of the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, MI, was the first of seven buildings targeted for renovation. This facility not only serves as a dining hall for the 2,400 students living in the complex’s six residence halls, it also houses classroom, office and lab space. The Brody Hall renovation featured architectural metal products from CENTRIA.

In the automobile sales business, appearance is extremely important. With each model year, there are design improvements to both the outward appearances of the vehicles as well as the technology. For auto dealers, the need to offer an up-to-date showroom and service operations to their customers is a keen focus. Such was the case in Waseca, Minnesota where Deml Ford selected products from Varco Pruden Buildings to modernize their facility.

The design for a stunning retreat house on Lake LBJ in Marble Falls, TX was inspired by the site’s previous life as a fish camp as well as the expansive views, wind patterns and the generous tree canopy. The 3,000 square foot vacation home is situated at the heart of a small peninsula that projects into the lake. Durability and low maintenance were important requirements for materials chosen for the home’s construction, including the 3,100 sq. ft. of RHEINZINK® Graphite Gray Corrugated Sinusoidal Panels.