Renovated high school’s entry gets a standout metal-roofed entry

New high schools can be surprisingly expensive to build, which you might know if your local school district has proposed new construction lately. Nationally, construction costs average around $350/sq. ft., [Read More]

Soil-testing lab expands with style, thanks to metal panel system

Not many businesses can boast 80 years of continued growth, but Brookside Laboratories in New Bremen, Ohio, can do just this. Founded in a former smokehouse, the company has grown [Read More]

New S.C. park celebrates local culture with buildings that echo lowcountry style

Hilton Head, S.C., has earned its reputation as a top-tier tourist destination by offering popular community amenities that lift it above your standard-fare coastal beach town. The new Lowcountry Celebration [Read More]

Length, width, depth can change for new Modular AL wall system

The new PAC-CLAD Modular AL wall panel system from Petersen empowers architects and designers to create unique metal cladding surfaces using panels of various sizes and depths and in multiple [Read More]

Petersen opens new PAC-CLAD manufacturing facility in Washington

Petersen continues to expand the reach of its trusted PAC-CLAD brand by opening a manufacturing facility in Bonney Lake, Wash. The 57,000-sq.-ft. facility shipped its first order in May, and [Read More]

Petersen enters Hall of Fame for metal construction

Mike Petersen, retired CEO of Petersen Aluminum, maker of PAC-CLAD architectural metal cladding systems, was inducted into the Metal Construction Hall of Fame in late April at a ceremony in [Read More]

Metal roof panels bring traditional Southern style to city’s streamlined bandstand

Do a Google search on the history of bandstands in U.S. public parks and you’ll see these structures first became popular around the 1870s. As the nation celebrated its first [Read More]

New cross-country facility helps fuel sports tourism boom for Florida county

High school and college cross-country running might not be a money maker compared to football or basketball at those levels, but Leon County, Fla., is earning some serious cash on [Read More]

High school addition raises its profile with signature blue metal roof

Berkmar High School in Lilburn, Ga., has seen some changes over the past 56 years, along with a lot of expansion. Students returning to the school in August 2021 got [Read More]

Unique soffit design highlights new Idaho fire station

We hear a lot about the population growth the U.S. Sunbelt has seen over the past couple decades, but less well-known is how quickly some states known more for winter [Read More]