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Project Profiles
Pleasant Hills School
The Pleasant Hill School District is all too familiar with the effort needed to both physically and financially care for a problem roof. Maintenance Supervisor Bob Loboto said, “We were spending $40,000 a year on roof maintenance and replacing our traditional BUR flat roofs every five to seven years.” There was ...
TO THE RESCUE: Metal Roofing Job Done Right Saves Florida Homeowners From A Menace
MRA Case Study The Sventeks installed a beautiful Drexel Metals Mansard Brown standing seam metal roof that came complete with a 35-year warranty and Valspar's Fluropon® 70% PVDF coating, a highly-durable finish designed stand up to severe climate conditions, including saltwater, humidity and storms. At first, Jayne Sventek and her husband thought ...
Project Profile - Fisher Hall at Michigan Tech
IB Roof Systems installation to cut energy costs while both environmentally friendly and attractive. An abundance of leaks.” That’s the plain and simple way Mike Wilmers describes the condition of an existing roof on Fisher Hall at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Wilmers is a project engineer in the ...
Ivy Tech Community College Begins Metal Roof Replacement Program
In 2015, the Kokomo campus of Indiana’s community college system, Ivy Tech Community College, was faced with needed repair of aging metal roofs on buildings constructed in the late 1970s and 1980s. Mike Karickhoff, executive director of Facilities for Ivy Tech’s Kokomo Region, is no stranger to roof repair and ...
Project Profile - Bethesda Christian Church
IB Roof Systems addressed unique roof replacement challenge with long lasting and greener roof. Michigan’s frigid winters and relentless winds had taken a toll on the unique copper roof of Bethesda Christian Church in Sterling Heights. For the past six years, roofing contractor Mike Sharpe, owner of Sharpe Inc. and son ...
IB Roof Systems Project Profile: Lake Havasu Residence
Building the home of your dreams, one that will last a lifetime, means paying close attention to detail. That includes the roof. When Roger Schmitz went about constructing his dream home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, getting the best possible roof was of utmost importance. He bought the original house for ...
Santa Monica’s heightened environmental status is no match for this historical landmark’s roof repair
By SureCoat Systems. How do you perform a large volume tear off on one of the busiest boulevards in a city that has heightened environmental issues with tear offs? In short, you don’t. 2525 Main Street, Santa Monica, is where the historical landmark building, Galleria DiMaio, resides. What makes it a historic ...
A look back at the very first winners of the Asphalt Roofing Awards
There is still time to get your entries submitted for 2018 projects. Now is the time to get your 2018 award submission into ARMA. Click here to enter your project(s) or visit asphaltroofing.org/excellence/submit-your-entry/ before December 31, 2018. GOLD: Frank M Johnson Montgomery Courthouse by Advanced Roofing Inc. Located in Montgomery, AL, this courthouse ...
Winery’s Old Shake Roof Replaced with Class A Fire-rated DECRA® Shingle Plus Roof
Fire-resistance and improving the interior comfort of the building were the goals of the project. Muscardini Cellars by Michael Muscardini is located in Kenwood, California and carries on the winemaking tradition that was started by Michael’s grandfather after he came to the U.S. in 1909 via Ellis Island. The winery’s main building ...
Certainteed helps restore historic West Hill School to former glory
Restored building will serve as part of new cultural arts center for Mohawk Valley region. The original Canajoharie Academy—known today as the West Hill School—was erected in rural upstate New York in 1824. A prominent landmark of the Village of Canajoharie, the school famously employed women’s suffrage icon Susan B. Anthony, ...
