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2020 IDEA BOOK Project: Burr Ridge Outpatient & Dayrehab Center

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PROJECT: Commercial Burr Ridge Outpatient & Dayrehab Center, Burr Ridge, Illinois The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Outpatient and DayRehab facility in Burr Ridge, Illinois, is a 25,000-square-foot building in a transitional district with strict zoning guidelines that hold buildings to a residential scale and character. The building’s design incorporates three rectangular sections,...

Custom Gutters for a Modern Lakeside Home

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By Kelly Plummer/Keeney Home Services Having moved into their new home in June of this year, Ann and Paul continue to marvel at the modern farmhouse they designed and built in Door County. This easternmost county in Wisconsin consists of a peninsula that juts out into Lake Michigan. The area draws...

The Art and Science of Snow Mitigation on Metal Rooftops

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By Rob Haddock, CEO and Founder of S-5! Metal Roof Innovations, Ltd. Year-after-year, rooftop avalanches cause hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage, personal injury, and even death. Snowpack can suddenly release and dump tons of snow below the eaves in a matter of seconds—endangering building elements, adjacent roofs, landscapes,...

2020 IDEA BOOK Project: Direct Metals Inc. Office & Distribution Center

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PROJECT: Commercial Office & Distribution Center, Fort Myers, Florida Direct Metals Inc. (DMI), a distributor and manufacturer of building components focused on the residential and commercial roofing industries, plans to unveil its brand-new 26,000-square-foot corporate office and distribution center in the second quarter of 2020. The building is designed and built...

Going Vertical: A New Application for Self-Adhering Underlayments

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By David Delcoma, MFM Building Products Corp. As today’s building structures change their exterior façade, one of a number of growing trends is exterior metal wall panel systems and metal-capped parapet wall details. As with metal roofing systems, the builder must be concerned with the high amount of heat that is...

New S-5! Snow Guard System for Nonprofit

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Cancer Care Home’s New Metal Roof Receives S-5! Snow Guard System This six-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot residence located on 1½ acres in north Columbus, Ohio, is the home of Hope Hollow, a cancer support center. This nonprofit organization provides lodging, meals, transportation assistance, and emotional support…all at no cost…to patients (and their loved...

2020 IDEA BOOK Project: Hotel LBI

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PROJECT: Commercial Hotel LBI, Ship Bottom, New Jersey Hotel LBI is New Jersey’s finest coastal hotel—located in Ship Bottom, the hotel offers the charm of a summer home paired with top-of-the-line amenities. They provide a world-class experience and they wanted their new building design to reflect that same upscale feel. The...

Metal Roofing By the Sea

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Considerations and concerns for coastal installations By Jessica Franchuk In 2010, 123.3 million people lived in U.S. coastal counties according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management. That’s a lot of people, who require a lot of residential structures, which need a lot...

2020 IDEA BOOK Project: Heckrodt Wetland Reserve

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PROJECT: Nonprofit Heckrodt Wetland Reserve, Menasha, Wisconsin The Heckrodt Wetland Reserve is a 76-acre urban oasis that includes three miles of trails through forested wetlands, prairie, and open fields. A 4,000-square-foot nature center on the grounds is available to visitors and is home to an indoor live wetland, aquariums, mounted Wisconsin...