One Hundred Oaks Mall
Posted: Mar 12 2010 8:00AM

The 40-year-old One Hundred Oaks Mall in Nashville has undergone a major transformation to become a significant mixed-use development with the major tenant being Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Playing a role in the shopping center's modernization was a Dri-Design dry-joint, pressure-equalized rainscreen wall system. The system's 40,000 sq. ft. of panels were formed from .080" aluminum and feature a Dove Gray paint finish. The exterior façade of the 880,000 sq. ft. mall was originally brick, precast and EIFS.

Navy Federal Credit Union Call Center
Posted: Mar 10 2010 8:11AM

Sustainability and employee comfort were at the very top of the list of requirements as officials from the Navy Federal Credit Union began planning for the major expansion of the institution's Pensacola, Florida call center. Among the products featured on the exteriors of two already completed buildings and another one still under construction are flat lock wall panels. They were fabricated by MetalTech-USA from RHEINZINK natural zinc, a product of RHEINZINK America Inc.

International Business Park XV
Posted: Mar 8 2010 7:59AM

Sited for maximum visibility from the North Texas Tollway and George W. Bush Turnpike, the $30 million International Business Park XV opened to corporate tenants in January 2009. NOW Specialties of Carrollton, TX, fabricated and installed the project’s 2,000 sq. ft. of Reynobond Aluminum Composite Material, featuring a 4mm PE core and a Champagne Metallic paint finish, and 8,500 sq. ft. of Reynobond Natural Brushed Aluminum ACM, featuring a 4 mm PE core and a #4 polished finish, for the entrance rotunda.

Portman Family Middle School
Posted: Mar 5 2010 8:06AM

At the exclusive Lovett School in Atlanta, sustainability has become a part of the curriculum for all students. And what better place for students to learn such important lessons than in a newly opened LEED Silver school building. The new Portman Family Middle School incorporates a number of sustainable features. The building's exterior is a blend of brick, glass and ALPOLIC aluminum composite metal wall panels. ALPOLIC ACM is manufactured by Mitsubishi Plastics Composites America Inc. The material was fabricated into panels by Altech Panel Systems.

Keith's Walking Floor International
Posted: Mar 3 2010 8:07AM

The ease with which metal buildings can be expanded is one of the reasons why they’re so often employed for the construction of manufacturing and warehouse spaces. And it was a consideration in the selection of a pre-engineered metal building system from Robertson Building Systems for the sales/service and manufacturing facility of Keith’s Walking Floor International in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.