Featured Projects

Don Bruen of Pride Roofing in Providence, RI, was approached by homeowners who had a home built in 1879 by Pardon Bosworth. Concerned with rising energy costs, green house gas emissions, and the state of the environment, the owners of the Italianate style home wanted to reroof their home with a product that addressed these concerns, and integrated a solar heating system that would preserve the century-old appeal of the home. Emulating wood shakes, and able to be install on battens, DECRA Shake stone coated steel roofing was chosen for the project.

Officials at Alberta Plywood wanted to replace a 16,000 sq. ft. wood-framed building housing the company’s critically important lay-up line, where plywood is assembled, pressed and cut to size. The problem was how to build a new building on the same spot without adversely affecting the daily production cycle. The solution was found with a pre-engineered metal building system from Robertson Building Systems.

Walk inside the Gateway Center of Mount Helena Community Church in Helena, MT, and you would never imagine the combination community event center and church sanctuary is a converted warehouse. A major challenge was to install heating and cooling systems in a building that had minimal insulation and do so in a way that gave the building a bright, finished look. The project architect found the answer in the HIGH-R Insulation System.

The gleaming new Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach, VA fills a void in the region for a mid-size performing arts venue. The destination building that has ignited the public's enthusiasm and interest in the arts. Featured on the exterior of the gleaming new 86,000 sq. ft. facility is a subtantial amount of Citadel Envelope 2000® Rout and Return (RR) metal composite material panels. The panels are finished in Silver Metallic.

The design of this 20,204 square-foot Social Security Administration office in Brownsville, Texas, was influenced by several governmental regulations calling for office staff to work in cubicles. As a result, the project required flexibility in the design of the interior—so, in order to avoid obstructive columns, clear span construction was the obvious choice. Overall, the pre-engineered metal building by Metallic Building Company was chosen because of its durability and ability to withstand strong winds in inclement weather.

The harsh landscape of Canada’s Northwest Territories is incorporated to great effect in the striking McDonald Drive Condominium project in Yellowknife. The building’s curved, stacked form and perching foundations align directly with its site, an historic, massive outcropping of bedrock overlooking the town and nearby lake. Highlighting the design for the eight-structure is an unusual installation application of RHEINZINK. Approximately 13,000 sq. ft. of 0.8mm/22 gauge RHEINZINK Pre-weathered Blue-Gray material was used to clad the building.

A metal fabric system from Cambridge Architectural employs stunning, expansive panels of architectural mesh to add style and function to the parking garage serving the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Dublin/Pleasanton Station in Pleasanton, CA. Dublin/Pleasanton is one of 43 BART stations that facilitates travel to and from downtown San Francisco, the East Bay and San Francisco International Airport. Because the station is so architecturally unique, plans called for its adjacent parking structure to meet the exact same design expectations – modern and memorable.

Totaling 3,188 square feet, the ETW Caretaker Residence in Waukesha, WI, utilized Star Building Systems’ StarShield Roof System in an aluminum-zinc finish along with Star’s StarMark for the Wall System in Almond color, in addition to split face CMU. Also incorporated into the structure are the SSB and SWE structural systems. This caretaker residence utilized a metal building to blend in with the existing Star Building which houses a manufacturing business.

Inviting, with clean lines and Arts and Crafts (Craftsman) style architecture, Cesar Chavez Middle School in Oceanside, CA provides teachers and students with room to grow. Designed by John Groth of Groth Architects, the facility can accommodate as many as 1,400 students. Located in a residential area, Groth wanted a roofing product that blended with the surrounding neighborhood, yet offered the performance of a commercial metal roof. Groth chose a stone coated steel roof from DECRA Roofing Systems, DECRA Shake in Weathered Timber.

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor a 500-year flood detained Green Valley Ag & Turf from opening its new John Deere dealership facility in Mt. Vernon, IA, on-time and on-budget in the fall of 2008, despite the worst weather on record in modern Iowa history. Playing a key role in the success of this project was a 39,000 sq. ft. metal building supplied by Ceco Building Systems.

Located at a historic trolley station site overlooking Chesapeake Bay, the new Mary Pretlow Anchor Branch Library in Virginia Beach, VA provides an iconic look for visitors and residents arriving at the bayfront. The roof of the structure features a wide array of slopes, levels and intricate details that create an impressive visual display. A cupola tops off the building to add to the coastal feel. Approximately 30,000 sq. ft. of PAC-CLAD .040” aluminum Silver Metallic Snap-Clad panels by Petersen Aluminum provided the flexibility to meet demanding design objectives.

A transit-oriented development (TOD), Park Station is a $27 million, 4-story, 99-unit infill condominium project in South San Francisco, CA. Immediately adjacent to a Bay Area Rapid Transit Station (BART), Park Station includes structured parking for up to 600 vehicles, fitness facilities, a recreation room with kitchen and media lounge, and is a short walk from local shops, restaurants, and open space. City officials wanted something special and distinctive for the site, so standing seam metal roof from Custom-Bilt Metals was selected for the project.

For ease and speed of construction, as well as their excellent thermal properties, Poirier Fontaine Architects of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, specified 40,000 sq. ft. VICWEST Insulated Metal Wall Panels with a Surrey Beige Colorite SMP paint finish for the exterior of a large Staples distribution center in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. The building was completed in early 2007 and was VICWEST’s first insulated metal panel project in the Maritimes.

With increasing business and a 27,000 sq. ft. reduction in their total building space, achieving maximum efficiency and organization was essential for Charlotte, NC-based Ferguson Box. Wildeck® material handling solutions provided the necessary components to facilitate the reduction in square footage. More importantly, by strategically locating the mezzanine, a “core” area for supplies was established close to manufacturing.

Paws By The Lake is a pet resort, daycare and clinic in Avon Lake, OH, that totals 27,662 square feet. A custom metal building by Star Building Systems was chosen for its gabled framework which allows for the architectural pitch of a colorful standing seam roof, while the ease of construction was of true value for the builder on this project. The Star Building Systems builder, general contractor and steel erector for the project was Star, Inc., Amherst, OH. The architect was Star Architectural Group/John Reyes, Amherst, OH.

DECRA Roofing Systems was selected by Wall Homes to participate in a March 2009 edition of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Project. The popular television show, which airs Sundays at 8/7c on ABC, focused on “Heroes” during the 2008-09 season. The Augustin home rebuild project in Keller, TX, was on the fast-track with a 7 day completion from start to finish. The builder, Wall Homes, contacted DECRA about participating in the project with its stone coated steel roofing. Wall Homes was looking for a barrel tile profile to fit the style of the home with a couple of requirements - it had to install easily and quickly.

Dramatic growth in the student population at Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT, necessitated the expansion of the campus. Taking advantage of a nearby 30-acre brownfield site, the college eventually constructed a new 110,000 sq. ft. academic and administration building. Utilized extensively on the six-story building's exterior was Metl-Span CF-32 Architectural Flat insulated metal wall panels. They were finished in four complementary colors: Arabian Blue, Chromium Gray, Dove Gray and Light Gray.

Met-Tile roofing has long been touted for its extreme wind upload resistance. In September 2008 the product faced a real-world test of its abilities when Hurricane Ike slammed the Texas coastline at Galveston. The storm was rated the third most destructive hurricane ever to make landfall in the U.S. One of the Met-Tile projects in the storm’s path was a La Quinta Inn & Suites hotel. And though the building did sustain some damage to its stucco walls, the 24,000 sq. ft. of Met-Tile roofing survived intact, protecting the structure in the face of punishing winds and driving rain.

The Bungalows at Seagrove is a planned bungalow community of 56 individual 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath homes in Seagrove Beach, Florida. This well-appointed planned community is within walking distance of the beach and includes two pools, one heated pool and hot tub, masterfully landscaped grounds with an adjoining lake, abundant parking spaces, and sidewalks with numerous wooden walk bridges. Featured on the homes of this development is 20,000 sq. ft. of Englert metal roofing.

A metal fabric shading system from Cambridge Architectural delivers a smart and fresh design for 116 University Avenue, matching the building's place and purpose in the heart of high-tech Palo Alto, CA. The building is among 10 that make up the campus of Internet giant Facebook. Situated between Stanford University and downtown Palo Alto, the new structure houses the Facebook Cafe – the company's upscale employee cafeteria, as well as the offices of Joseph Bellomo Architects, the building's designer.