Project Profiles
Fibergrate Case Study: Adding Sunshades to Dorm Rooms
By Tremco. Review the materials, application methods, encountered problems and devised solutions of this interesting urban project. A downtown Los Angeles architectural firm took on a student housing renewal project for a California university. The project consisted of adding sunshades to cover the dorm rooms and windows, which would give the building ...
Honoring the Past With a Building for the Future
By Kathy Ziprick, Central Roofing Company. The exceptional design and construction of the facility both accent and honor the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. Although it’s been open for just over a year, Hoċokata Ti (a cultural center and public museum) looks like it’s been connected to the land for decades. Thanks to ...
2020 Metal Roofing Project of the Year
By DECRA. This year’s competition was full of worthy applicants and amazing projects, but one out mastered the rest. The first annual DECRA Metal Roofing Project of the Year competition was a great success! While many applicants submitted projects with excellent craftsmanship, we are proud to recognize the contractor whose project exemplified ...
Case Study: ColorGard® by S-5! – Latrobe Elementary School
ColorGard®, the ultimate snow guard solution for standing seam metal roofs is mounted on the eaves of more than 18,000 square feet of roof panels. The project Latrobe Elementary School is a state-of-the-art facility featuring two-story classroom wings, a cafeteria with a stage, full-prep kitchen, gymnasium, media center, science and technology classrooms, ...
Polyglass and D&D Roofing Collaborate for Shriner’s International Project
Project provided multi-ply modified bitumen roofing for Shriner’s Kerack. Polyglass U.S.A., Inc., a leading manufacturer of roofing and waterproofing systems, teamed up with D&D Roofing, a roofing contractor in Nevada, to provide a new roofing system for a Shriner’s Kerack in Reno. Shriner’s International is a 501C organization consisting of a ...
Crowded Rooftop Avoids Labor-Intensive Tear Off
By SureCoat. The contractor recommended a SureCoat Roof System to avoid the removal and replacement of rooftop equipment and to have minimal disruption to occupants. This Long Beach, California commercial flat roof property was in need of a new roof. This property houses storage and offices so their highest priority was to ...
ASTEC Case Study – National Naval Aviation Museum
By ICP Group. Learn how this building was able to avoid expensive tear off and restore roof integrity with the ASTEC® Re-Ply™ Cool Roof system. This beautifully designed museum on the Florida Panhandle is home to some rare and valuable exhibits of United States naval air history. The persistent ...
World’s Most Stunning Homes Feature Metal Roofs: Hope Residence
This home in Palm Springs, California, with its striking copper roof, appears to rise from the mountains. For a home that is nearly as famous and unique as the American entertainers who inspired it, the Hope Residence in Palm Springs has been compared to a spaceship, a mushroom and a volcano. Whatever ...
Case Study: S-5! Expands its State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Facility
Steel erection underway for the S-5! expansion in Texas. S-5!, the leading authority on metal roof attachment technology, today announced a 20,000+ square foot expansion of its state-of-the art manufacturing facility in Iowa Park, Texas, driven by global market growth in both solar and snow retention markets. Wichita Falls-based, Anthony Inman Construction ...
Case Study: Colorado Jewish Community Center Goes Solar
By S-5! The project was accomplished with the help of the S-5-PVKIT 2.0. The 52,444-square-foot Boulder Jewish Community Center’s (Boulder JCC), while grounded in the past, is a contemporary interpretation of today’s sustainable design. This two-story educational community heritage center provides programs and services based in Jewish values and traditions in a ...
