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Located 40 minutes from Vancouver, British Columbia, the City of Surrey’s Guildford Recreation Centre features a new 112,000-square-foot aquatic center. Helping create an attractive, functional and sustainable facility, Rockfon Sonar acoustic stone wool ceiling systems were installed throughout the new space.

Taking advantage of the color and profile options provided by McElroy Metal, architects for the Pickens County (S.C.) YMCA were able to provide an innovative and attractive aesthetic to the new building on campus, but still make it fit in with surrounding structures.

A pair of large Schweiss Doors hydraulic crane doors were a key component in the erection of a new metal building designed to house two 30-ton, 60-foot cranes and two 20-ton, 43-foot bridge cranes.

Lambert Architecture + Construction Services in Columbia, S.C. set out to renovate a 1930s-era cigar and candy store and adjacent warehouse into office space.

When the main cell house building at the historic Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was constructed in 1910-1912, prison workers mixed salt water from the surrounding San Francisco Bay and brick rubble in the concrete support beams. 

A building owner, hoping to construct a new office with a particular look and energy efficiency in mind, ended up pleased with insulated metal panels from Metl-Span.

Walls and ceilings are some of the most essential structural elements of any building–from defining the space, to bearing the load, to providing shelter and security. With this in mind, complying with the latest building codes is crucial, now more than ever, for ensuring the safety, durability and resiliency of wood buildings.

DOKK1 in Aarhus has won the international ‘Systematic–Public Library of the Year 2016’ award as the best new public library in the world. This is the first time a Danish library has received this honor.

Hurricane Katrina hit Biloxi, Mississippi in the summer of 2005, destroying nearly all the infrastructure on the coast, including the Palace Casino Resort. Ten years later, investments in the area have revitalized the shoreline and brought the city back to life.