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Project Profiles
Project Profile - Amtrak Railyard Rensselaer, New York
By USG. Updating an aging railway building to be safe and compliant. After decades of damage caused by rain, wind and industrial debris, the Amtrak Railyard building in Rensselaer, New York, was in desperate need of a new roof. The existing metal roof was starting to give way. Amtrak needed a simple, ...
Survivor Story: How One Home Remains Standing after Hurricane Michael Devastates Port St. Joe, Florida
By DaVinci Roofscapes. When Hurricane Michael came pounding into the Florida Panhandle last year he brought with him winds upward of 150 mph. As recommended, Port St. Joe resident George Fleet evacuated his oceanfront home. When he returned he was stunned … his was the only completely intact beachfront house standing for ...
Duncan Aviation Project: Phase II
By GREENLINK Engineering. This job was the second phase of an earlier project involving the roof of an airplane maintenance facility. This phase II project required replacing aging wood sleepers supporting 400 feet of a roof-mounted gas line. The roof was built with an upper and lower section each ...
Project Profile - Gateway Medical Center
By IB Roof Systems. Green building designs and materials can prove to be good medicine. Selecting green products for new hospital construction can have a positive impact on patient outcomes and the productivity of its medical staff. Therefore the owners of the 12,000-squarefoot LEED-certified hospital within the Gateway Medical Center in Washington State ...
Mesa School District's New IB Roof
By IB Roof Systems. The school's old roof no longer proved functional: it had simply worn out and was now leaking everywhere. Kids, teachers, secretaries, nurses, the vice-principal and the principal diligently pulling the invisible strings of education to make everything run as it should. Hundreds of people, and yet not one of ...
Project Profile: Michigan State Bar Association
By IB Roof Systems. For more than 70 years, the State Bar of Michigan has kept the wheels of justice on track in the Wolverine State from its headquarters building in downtown Lansing. During a recent renovation of their facility, the group incorporated a number of environmentally conscious improvements, including the replacement ...
Facelift for Highlands Slopeside Ski-in Condo Community
By DaVinci Roofscapes. After 26 years, extreme Colorado weather conditions had battered the exterior of the Highlands Slopeside condo complex in Beaver Creek. To give the five-story structure new life, a comprehensive face lift took place in 2016 and 2017 involving new windows, siding and custom masonry rock. More than 500 squares ...
Bakery Products Manufacturer Finds Sweet Roofing Solution
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The food processing facility was dealing with water intrusion from a failing EPDM roof that was putting the integrity of their products and operation at risk. Dawn Foods supplies a complete line of quality, consistent mixes, bases, icings, glazes, fillings, frozen dough, par-baked and fully baked ...
Project Profile: Oregon Department of Transportation
By IB Roof Systems. The Southwest Regional Office of the Oregon Department of Transportation suffered 19 leaks the winter of 2002. The 20-year old standing seam roof was in desperate need of repair. “It was apparent we were ready for a replacement,” said Regional Facilities Manager Raymond Cooper. Finding a roof that could ...
Duro-Last® 2018 Edge-to-Edge & Deck-to-Sky™ Award
By Duro-Last. Situated in the heart of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Holt High School is home to over 400 students each academic year. Originally built in 1941 and last renovated in 2006, Holt High School is the oldest facility in the Tuscaloosa County School System. In 2014, the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education approved ...
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