Featured Projects

Metal building systems are tailor made for projects with tight budgets and tighter time frames. That theorem was proven true in the recent construction of the Ed Yarbrough Indoor Tennis Center in Jasper, IN. The project was completed in September 2011 after just 90 days of work, at a cost of only $400,000. The metal building system utilized for its construction was manufactured by Robertson Building Systems.

Although not designed with publicity in mind, the new offices of an unnamed Chicago law firm are certainly worthy of attention. Conceived by Chicago’s 4240 Architecture and completed in October 2011, the 10,000 sq. ft. building features a glass façade behind a unique 3/16”-thick perforated aluminum screen wall by Accurate Perforating.

The Family Medicine Center at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC is a 120,000 square-foot facility with 60 exam rooms, including 12 for geriatric treatment. Topping the building is an Englert standing seam metal roof system, installed by Baker Roofing Co. of Raleigh, NC.

Approximately 3,000 linear feet of Petersen’s new PAC Anchor-Tite Coping was utilized in straight and radius applications on the new University of Texas at Dallas Student Housing Living/Learning Center II in Richardson, TX. The 150,000 sq. ft. building will accommodate students and staff in 144 suites with a total of 450 beds. The cornerstone of the design is a circular, multi-story common lounge and amenity area.

An emerging trend in Denver, CO and across the country, involves retrofitting older buildings to make them more marketable to tenants, as well as more energy efficient and sustainable. An ambitious, highly-involved project transformed the Larimer Corporate Plaza in downtown Denver’s financial district. The project involved taking the eight-story, 110,000 sq. ft. office building and giving it a façade redesign and reconstruction. CENTRIA’s Formawall® Dimension Series® was selected for the project.

The striking new Riverside Museum in Glasgow immerses visitors in the city’s rich history as one of Scotland’s key transportation hubs. Designed by world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid, the soft, flowing lines of the museum’s spectacular architecture presents an impressive sight. The roof and façade, designed to merge into one element, were both clad with RHEINZINK zinc. The walls feature an angled standing seam profile while the roof employs a double standing seam profile.

Accenture is a Livonia, MI company that helps clients worldwide with solutions to optimize their operational efficiencies and gain competitive advantage. In planning a new work and meeting room at the company's building, it sought a level of quality that would be consistent with the company's image and reputation. To help bring its goals to reality, the company enlisted the help of Panel Built Inc. and Quality Engineering Company.

Nearly 300,000 sq. ft. of Metl-Span panels clad the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner Final Assembly Plant in North Charleston, SC. The facility includes 1.2 million sq. ft. of usable space for the manufacture of the 787. The 787 is the first commercial airliner made substantially with lightweight carbon composites, which promises to cut fuel costs for airlines.

A first-of-its-kind architectural mesh movable gate system delivers security, operational flexibility and a clean aesthetic inside the U.S. Customs area at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval, Quebec, Canada. The new security gate is part of the airport's transborder terminal renovation project, which has expanded, modernized and made the terminal more user-friendly. The innovative security partitions provided by Cambridge Architectural quickly became one of the more impressive components of the overall renovation project.

While the pair of orange-painted frameworks in front first draw the eye, it is the building behind that's essential to the varied operational needs of Taylor Motors. Within the confines of its 18,612 sq. ft. home in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Taylor Motors manages its used car business, an auto body shop and a lease car franchise. Utilized for the construction of the new building was a metal building system from Robertson Building Systems.

Bunker Hill Community College opened in the historic Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, MA, in 1973 and is now the largest community college in Massachusetts. The new Health & Wellness Center is the first new building on the campus in more than 30 years and is one of just two LEED Gold buildings in the 15-campus Massachusetts community college system. The new building features architectural products from CENTRIA.

The new Kendyl Depoali Middle School in Reno, NV serves as a prototype for future middle schools in the Washoe County School District. Named after an extraordinary educator and fourth generation Nevadan, the $37 million facility provides 198,000 sq. ft. of educational and administrative space in a multi-building campus environment. Featured prominently in the school's design are SinoCore® field-assembled metal wall panels from Citadel Architectural Products.

The opening of the massive new $1.03 billion Fort Belvoir Community Hospital at Fort Belvoir, VA marks the culmination of five years of interservice collaboration to complete one of the military’s largest and most involved medical Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) projects. In addition to glass curtainwall and terra cotta panels, the 1.27 million square foot facility utilizes on its exterior 120,000 sq. ft. of Dri-Design rainscreen metal wall panels, fabricated from 1mm-thick VM Quartz Zinc.

With a free-form ribbon of stainless steel weaving its way throughout the design, a recent addition to the Art Gallery of Alberta is itself a work of art. Known by many as the Aurora Borealis, the captivating metal ribbon was created using Contrarian Metal Resources’ non-directional, low-gloss, uniformly textured InvariMatte®-finish stainless steel.

Formerly the site of a bleak, surface parking lot, the Front Street Partners, LLC/Plante Moran Office Building is a five-story structure constructed directly on the scenic west bank of the Grand River in Grand Rapids, MI. Sustainability was a key goal of this project, with the building ultimately earning LEED Gold certification. Another key goal was a design that would enable the structure to fit seamlessly into the urban neighborhood. CENTRIA’s Formawall® Dimension Series® helped to meet those goals.

A new church, designed by Ziegler Cooper Architects, called for an MBCI metal roof system to provide a long-term roofing solution that was nearly maintenance free. As a result, the St. John Lutheran Church in Spring, TX is covered by 10,000 square feet of MBCI’s SuperLok® standing seam roof system. The 24-gauge panels have a Medium Bronze finish.

Berrien Springs School District's Virtual Learning Academy is taking public education to the next level. The recently opened facility, which offers area students both traditional on-site education and online courses, features the latest advances in technology, design and materials, including storefront systems manufactured by Tubelite.

The University Of California, San Francisco’s Helen Diller Family Research Building is a state-of-the-art research facility that provides a home for scientists investigating cancer’s basic biological cause. The building was designed to accommodate the work of researchers and clinicians who are dedicated to laboratory and clinical research, as well as patient care. The five-story building - featuring metal wall solutions from CENTRIA - was built according to LEED guidelines.

The Commodore John Barry Elementary School in West Philadelphia provides a vibrant learning environment for students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. This new four-story school - situated on the site of the original school in a dense urban residential neighborhood - illustrates the successful combination of employing sustainable building practices and community involvement throughout the design process. Playing a key role in the design were Formawall® Dimension Series® panels from CENTRIA.

The Edie’s Crossing office condominium development in Saratoga Springs, NY offers the small business or professional person the opportunity to buy or lease high-quality, Class A space in a park-like space. The development's first building was recently completed and is clad entirely with insulated metal wall panels from Metl-Span. The product was chosen to give the 20,000 sq. ft. structure a high-tech look and sets the design tone for future projects in the park.