Over the years Metal-Era has been included in many projects, a conservative estimate places our products on over 150,000 roofs around the country. Commercial buildings such as schools, churches, retail centers, jails, healthcare facilities and government facilities have favored Metal-Era roof edges and airflow products. The following project profiles provide a taste of what Metal-Era has to offer you. If you are interested in learning more or seeing additional projects or photos, please
HyVee Supermarket, Cedar Rapids, IA
In the summer of 2011, HyVee Weitz Construction began remodeling and reroofing one of their Cedar Rapids locations. Instead of using metal coping as the initial plans called for, Metal-Era's Anchor-Tite Fascia was used as a cost-and-time-effective alternative.
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Maywood Elementary School, Hammond, IN
Maywood Elementary School decided to reroof four of their five buildings when they discovered there was no ventilation underneath the roof covering, which can easily lead to problems such as ice damming, increased cooling costs, moisture buildup and early shingle failures. Metal-Era’s line of Airflow products were the perfect solution to ventilate and create a cool roof system.
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Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School, Wittenberg, WI
When a severe thunderstorm hit Wittenberg, WI the roof of the high school's main facility was damaged, yet the aquatic center built in 1998 was untouched, demonstrating the value of an ASNI/SPRI ES-1 tested roof edge.
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Princeton University Stadium, Princeton, NJ
When looking to build a new stadium, Princeton University sought a design that allowed the area to become a true extension of the campus. Metal-Era's Perma-Tite® Coping with custom radius was the perfect roof edge solution.
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Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
In an attempt to conserve the world’s energy, the US Department of Energy has developed an international contest called the Solar Decathlon. In this contest, which takes place in Washington, DC, engineering students from universities across the country form teams to design and build energy efficient homes; these homes must support a modern lifestyle using only the power of the sun.
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Midway Airport, Chicago, IL
Metal-Era's coping products cover Midway Airport's $722 million dollar expansion in 1997.
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