ACM Helps With Hospital's Makeover

Approximately 11,000 sq. ft. of Citadel Envelope 2000® Rout & Return ACM panels were utilized during the renovation and expansion of the St. Mary's Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Colorado. The material was used predominently on the flat and curved accents of the existing building.

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Posted: Jan 27 2012 8:03AM

Larimer Corporate Plaza

Click image to enlargeAn 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.

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Posted: Jan 25 2012 8:06AM

Glasgow Riverside Museum

Click image to enlargeThe 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.

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Posted: Jan 23 2012 7:53AM

Accenture Meeting Room

Click image to enlargeAccenture 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.

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Posted: Jan 20 2012 8:08AM

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Final Assembly Plant

Click image to enlargeNearly 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.

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Posted: Jan 18 2012 8:05AM

Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

Click to enlargeA 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.

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Recent Metal Roof, Wall & Building Construction Columns
Consumer Acceptance Of New Light Bulbs Bodes Well For Metal Roofing
Posted: Jan 10 2012 8:18AM

By Scott Kriner
Scott KrinerAs our society has grown more sensitive to energy efficiency, incandescent light bulbs were targeted by Congress and were swept up into efficiency standards enacted in 2007. That legislation required higher efficiency standards for all lamps, including incandescent bulbs commencing on January 1, 2012. According to a USA Today/Gallup Poll taken in February 2011, two-thirds of Americans support the lighting standard (61% call it a good law), and five-sixths (84%) are satisfied or very satisfied with the alternative bulbs on the market. And this is where the metal roofing industry can learn from what is taking place. Consumers have already noticed that the alternative light bulbs are much more expensive than the conventional incandescents. But the marketing of these bulbs educates the consumer that the newer bulbs outlast the incandescent bulbs. In a way, this is exactly what the metal construction industry needs to accomplish when promoting metal roofing. The analogies to light bulbs are worth noting.
Breakthrough Thinking: Help For The Construction Industry
Posted: Dec 20 2011 7:55AM

By Ted Garrison
Ted Garrison.jpgDr. Gerald Nadler is IBM Chair Emeritus in Engineering Management at the University of Southern California. Nadler previously was on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and at Washington University in St. Louis. He has accepted five invited visiting professorships, four times abroad. He is President of The Center for Breakthrough Thinking Inc., an international group of consulting affiliates. Asking questions is more than a process of asking questions, it’s about asking smart questions, advises Nadler. Listen to him explain how you can develop a process to find the right solution to the problems you face.









 

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