Featured Projects

Located 29 miles northwest of Dallas, TX, The Shops at Highland Village is an upscale, mixed-use lifestyle center consisting of approximately 350,000 sq. ft. of retail and restaurants and 32,000 sq. ft. of office space. More than 108,000 sq. ft. of Petersen’s PAC-CLAD material in a variety of profiles—including 16” Snap-On, 18” High Snap-On, 16” Snap-Clad and 11” Flush Panels—were utilized to create the desired look. All material was finished in Custom Literary Green and Weathered Zinc.

Built to replace the original 1923 stadium, the new Yankee Stadium was designed to be modern while maintaining the characteristics that comprise the rich history and tradition of the New York Yankees. Completed in April 2009, the new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium is the second most expensive stadium in the world and features an array of products from GKD-USA, a leading provider of creative technological leadership in woven wire mesh for industry and architecture. Approximately 33,000 square feet of the stadium – both interior and exterior surfaces – were clad using GKD’s stainless steel woven mesh products including Tigris, Tigris PC and Omega 1505 PC.

United Therapeutics is a biotech company focusing on innovations in the fields of cardiovascular medicine, infectious diseases and cancer. The company’s research and development facility is nestled away in the tall white pines of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park. Reflecting the high-tech nature of the activities within, the building’s exterior is a mix of aluminum composite metal wall panels and glass. Altech Panel Systems of Carterville, GA, fabricated the sleek metal wall panels from ALPOLIC aluminum composite material by Mitsubishi Chemical FP America Inc.

The Midtown Exchange Tower in Minneapolis, MN, is the culmination of a two-year effort to restore a former Sears Tower on the city’s Lake Street. Today, the building contains more than 360,000 sq. ft. of office space; a Global Marketplace of ethnic businesses and entrepreneurs, which occupies more than 75,000 sq. ft.; a 128-room full-service hotel and an eclectic mix of townhomes, condominiums and rental apartments geared to a wide range of income-earners. The use of PPG architectural glass and coatings was instrumental in helping the developers maintain the building’s historic character, while enhancing its energy-efficiency and environmental sustainability.

For many riders, the most exciting stop along the entire MTA Metro-North Rail Line in New York City is also one of the newest—the 153rd Street Station in the Bronx. Completed in May 2009, it is the point of arrival and departure for baseball fans by the tens of thousands who flock to games at the new Yankee Stadium. Passengers with an eye for metal construction products will be hard-pressed to miss one of the station’s most distinctive gateway features—a double-S-curved metal canopy roof that covers the stairs leading to and from the elevated platform. The profile used on the canopy and another featured on other elements at the station were by Englert Inc.

The 4,109 square foot Pontotoc Fire Station #2 utilized Star Building Systems’ SMTS and SSB structural metal framing systems along with Star’s StarShield roof system. Completed in November 2008, a Star custom metal building was chosen for this Pontotoc, MS project due to requirements for long open spans and ease of building erection.

Forty-five miles southeast of Flagstaff, AZ in a place called Happy Jack, situated at a dark sky site on the Coconino National Forest, is the 4.25-meter Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT). Built for the Lowell Observatory, in partnership with Discovery Communications, DCT was designed to serve as a powerful research tool to be applied to a wide range of topics, including Near Earth Objects (NEOs), extrasolar planets and the exploration of the Kuiper Belt and is scheduled to be operable by 2011. To house the telescope, the Lowell Observatory commissioned a dome to be built which features Kingspan Insulated Panels’ 200 Inverted Rib wall and KingZip® Insulated Standing Seam Roof System.

A woven metal fabric system from Cambridge Architectural handsomely masks the parking garage serving the Westfield® Galleria in Roseville, CA, adding texture and luminosity to its facade. The five-story garage sits prominently among the more than 190 stores and over 20 restaurants of the high-end shopping and entertainment complex, and is right next to the city's new conference center. The Galleria at Roseville is one of 119 global shopping centers owned and operated by Westfield Group – the world-leading retail property organization. The high-profile nature of the project demanded that the parking garage be held to the same aesthetic standards as the structures around it.

For more than 30 years, architect Arquitectonica of Miami, FL, has been known for its audacious and colorful building designs. Both characteristics are on full display at Marina Blue, a vibrant condomium complex that artfully intersects two 60-story towers of glass and steel in a soaring edifice over Miami’s Biscayne Bay. Playing key roles in the project are glass and coatings products from PPG.

Designed to appeal to the senses and evoke the natural environs of northern Michigan, the new Turtle Creek Casino and Hotel stands as a stunning example of modern architecture gone green. The 336,000 sq. ft. casino and hotel complex opened to rave reviews in June 2008. Walsh Bishop Architects of Minneapolis, MN, designed the new $80 million complex to sustainable standards. Featured on its exterior is approximately 75,000 sq. ft. of Reynobond Aluminum Composite Material, manufactured by Alcoa Architectural Products.

Leading Swiss pharmaceuticals manufacturer Lonza Biologics (Lonza) pioneered the installation of solar PV for industrial buildings in Singapore, soliciting the help of S-5!™ distributor, Singapore-based Phoenix Solar, to design and install Singapore‘s largest solar PV system as of June 2009.

Totaling 20,293 square feet, the Lichtfield Water Treatment Plant in Lichtfield, IL features a metal building system from Star Building Systems, as well as MBCI’s BattenLok HS roof system along with MBCI’s NuWall and PBU wall systems. Completed in December 2008, this structure also incorporated conventional construction.

When the Meese family started planning construction of a new 5,000 sq. ft. home in Duluth, Minnesota, they did not have to look long and hard to make a decision about roofing. The Meeses had used a Met-Tile tile facsimile roof from McElroy Metal for their previous home and were very pleased with the looks and performance of the product. When it came time to sell the home, they also found that the Met-Tile roof added to its curb appeal and value. As a result, they once again selected a Slate Gray Met-Tile roof for their new residence.

Time and again architects have challenged the capabilities of aluminum composite material (ACM) panels to conform to their complex geometric designs. A recent example can be found in Tucker, Georgia where the material played an integral role in the nautically inspired renovation and expansion of the Northlake – Barbara Loar Library. The project’s makeover was completed under the direction of Richard Wittschiebe Hand Architects of Atlanta, GA. Charged with manufacturing the composite panel system for the project was Altech Panel Systems of Cartersville, GA. The company fabricated the panels to demanding specifications at the jobsite using its “Total Station” production process.

Although less than 15 years old, an architectural shingle roof was leaking badly at Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville, AR. “We get lots of wind in the area and every time a storm would come through, we would lose shingles,” said Jim Lay, construction manager for the college. “So in our master plan, we decided to use metal on all future roof installations.” Approximately 100,000 sq. ft. of PAC-CLAD Snap-Clad Panels by Petersen Aluminum were used in the major tear-off and re-roof project.

The Mattos House in Fort Myers, Florida, represents the new standard in energy efficient, environmentally friendly design. Constructed with structural insulated panels (SIPS) and topped with jobsite rollformed metal roofing, the house is also strong enough to withstand hurricane-force winds. The roofing was fabricated and installed by Crowther Roofing and Sheet Metal of Florida, Inc., a Sentrigard™ Metal Roofing Systems Certified Contractor. The rollformer it used was a Schlebach Quadro and the roofing material was Sentriclad™. Both are distributed by N.B. Handy under the umbrella of its Sentrigard™ Metal Roofing Systems program.

The football-crazy town of Massillon, Ohio, where NFL Hall of Fame coach Paul Brown once taught and coached high school football, now boasts an indoor athletic training facility that is larger and more modern than the one used by the National Football League's Cleveland Browns. It was constructed using a metal building system and metal roofing from Varco Pruden Buildings, and clad partially with smooth-faced insulated metal wall panels from Metl-Span. In addition to providing the desired aesthetics, the panels have the needed durability to withstand being hit with errant footballs.

With more than eight buildings, the Gloucester County Dream Park in Logan Township, NJ totals 124,281 square feet. In addition to metal building framing by Star Building Systems, the facility utilized Star’s StarShield and DuraRib Roof Systems totaling 136,009 square feet, along with the DuraRib Walls totaling 42,776 square feet. The agricultural center’s eight buildings consist of a main arena, auction hall, concession link, two show stables, a residence stable, an apartment and a maintenance building.

Florida-based WES Industries was able to help Mini Warehouse of Carolina, Puerto Rico successfully move ahead in its efforts to save on energy costs. The client took advantage of a tax incentive to install 768 solar power modules on over 25,000 sq. ft. of roof area. To secure the 130-kilowatt array to the roof WES used attachment solutions from S-5!™ of Colorado Springs, CO. The company’s S-5-PV Kits provided the strength the project demanded and the ease-of-installation WES Industries required.

In 2005, in order to convey a clearer, stronger and more unified presence, energy giant Chevron/Texaco simplified its name to Chevron. At the same time, the company unveiled a new, more streamlined logo and an ambitious program to makeover almost 8,500 U.S. stations in the U.S. Part of the updating process would involve installing new canopies over the gas pumps. To ensure its new brand image is consistent in all markets, Chevron relies on a newtwork of key industry partners, including Alcoa Architectural Products of Norcross, GA, and Calcraft Corporation of Rialto, CA—material manufacturers, fabricators and installers of the ACM material selected for the program.