The 13th Annual Structural Insulated Panel Association Building Excellence Awards were announced during the association’s 2015 Annual Meeting & Conference in Tucson, Arizona. Winning submissions demonstrated exceptional performance in quantifiable energy efficiency using structural insulated panels (SIPs); design and structural engineering innovation; creative use of SIP construction; and environmental sustainability. The 2015 winning projects...
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Energy Panel Structures Adds SIP Manufacturing Plant
Energy Panel Structures (EPS) is expanding with the addition of a new (SIP) Structural Insulated Panels manufacturing plant located at its Fingerlakes Construction facility in Clyde, New York. The plant is about 10,000 sq. ft. and includes a state-of-the-art automated CNC machine from Weinman Manufacturing in Germany. Additional equipment will be used for laminating,...
Growing more green: son’s SIP home opens new opportunities for father and son building team
If you are interested in building green, one method that promises to grow in popularity is structural insulated panels. Although currently capturing a very small percentage of the U.S. market, SIP buildings are gaining converts as the push for green brings forward new building codes and incentives. Steve Urban and son Will, owners of...
Let’s make a dealer! The pros and cons of being a contractor/dealer
To better understand the pros and cons of being a dealer for a national building supply company, consider an analogy. You have probably filled up your car at a gas station that has a convenience store. Though it sells a nationally known brand of gasoline, the station is not owned by a major oil...
Energy Panel Structures completes purchase of Fingerlakes Construction
Fingerlakes Construction Company Inc. of Clyde, N.Y., has been sold to Energy Panel Structures Inc. of Graettinger, Iowa. The Fingerlakes manufacturing division and personnel will remain in Clyde with plans to add the broad line of EPS products to enhance the growth of the facility. Fingerlakes Construction Company was started in 1969 by Frank...
The engineered ag building
If today’s builder wants to stay ahead of the curve, he’d best respect the new demands of the modern ag building. These long and lean facilities are engineering marvels if done right, and today’s farmer, with hundreds of thousands of dollars invested, expect it to be done right. Lee Bergum, Minnesota district sales manager...
Fingerlakes Construction Co. sold to Energy Panel Structures, Inc.
Energy Panel Structures, Inc., of Graettinger, Iowa has entered into a letter of intent to purchase Fingerlakes Construction Company, Inc., of Clyde, New York. The sale is expected to close in March. The Fingerlakes manufacturing division, construction crews and personnel will remain in Clyde with plans to add the broad line of EPS products...
Top 10 Products of 2012 for rural builders
Let’s face it, in many ways, 2012 was a year to forget. No need to go back over the fiscal cliff to talk about all the gloom and doomsday predictions. Let’s focus on a few of your favorite things from 2012 that can make life in 2013 a little better. As usual in the...
Jason Pollack new regional sales manager at Energy Panel Structures
Effective today, October 31, 2012, Jason Pollack joins Energy Panel Structures, Inc., as a new Regional Sales Manager. Pollack will be responsible for the BBL Sales & Marketing division and the South Eastern Dealer Sales region at EPS. Pollack was previously an Area Manager for Lester Building Systems and also a Region Sales Manager for Morton...