Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African American History and Culture Architectural Photrography
When President Obama gives the groundbreaking speech for a new project, it’s bound to be an important building. The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is located on Constitution Avenue, adjacent to the National Museum of American History and the Washington Monument, and is slated to open on September 24, 2016. Continue reading
Good morning everyone! That’s right we have another edition of Magnificent Metal Mondays upon us. Today we travel to a place that many of you may have attended yesterday, yes church of course. Today’s feature is the Basilica of San Sebastian that is located in Continue reading
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We wanted to thank the many of you who have kept up with the blog since its creation two whole years ago. Much of the content was created internally and we’ve also used some of our partner’s content. We would also like to thank all exhibitors, industry insiders, and others who have submitted information to keep our blog moving. So with that being said here is a little reward for you our readers, wait for it, wait for it …. Continue reading
In case you haven’t heard the news registration is now open for METALCON 2016 in Baltimore October 26-28th. You can register by Continue reading
Chicago, IL – Celebrating its 3rd annual Metal Roofing Championship Games competition to be held at METALCON on October 26 and 27, 2016, in Baltimore, MD, the MCA MRCG Task Force has finalized the event schedule. This year, there will be five challenges each day under the appropriately named theme: “Battle Stars Over Baltimore” in recognition of the birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner. Continue reading
Easily one of our readers favorite posts every week is Magnificent Metal Mondays. Today we travel down under to Australia Continue reading
St. Louis, MO – Precoat Metals announces that it has acquired the metal coil coating and processing assets of Consolidated Metal Products, a business unit of Consolidated Systems Inc. Continue reading
Can you see a theme here from METALCON? We really do believe in a lot of the future innovations that our industry might see. We’ve talked about 3D printing before and now we are throwing the robots into the mix as well. Check out this great piece in deZeen Magazine. Continue reading
Roofing & Siding –Sales Manager
We are a small, but growing, 40 year old manufacturer of metal roofing and siding materials, including curved products. We are a well-established organization that has a pleasant work environment, including a culture of valuing its employees and their contributions. This position’s focus will be estimating, sales and project management for our roofing and siding products. Continue reading
Another episode of Magnificent Metal Mondays is upon us and today we travel to Lubbock, Texas. Yes you guessed it The Steel House designed by steel sculptor Robert Bruno. Continue reading
We are going to be giving away a full registration pass to METALCON periodically via twitter all the way up until the show. That’s right a full access pass to all the educational options, the 25th anniversary party and most importantly the show floor. The first giveaway starts today and ends on Friday, July 31, 2015. So how do you win? Continue reading
Sometimes we forget about how concrete and steel mesh together. There is a whole industry that covers that sector primarily when concrete is used to reinforce steel. Check out the infographic on this unique industry Continue reading
It is time for another edition of Magnificent Metal Mondays. To promote this activity we encourage you to use the hashtag #METALCON15 and tweet us @METALCON with your contributions. For today’s feature we travel to Continue reading
We all hope everyone enjoyed the first round of holidays last week and want to wish everyone a fantastic New Year. We are back in the office and at it again with Magnificent Metal Mondays. Our travels today lead us to the highest structure in England that is outside London’s Continue reading
ATLANTA (October 20, 2014) by Jim Austin – The Helene S. Mills Multipurpose Facility opened in 2002 as a Fulton County focal point to enrich the minds, bodies and spirits of independent senior citizens. Soon after opening, a leaky roof put a damper on senior activities. Continue reading
Just a quick reminder to all of you who haven’t been to the METALCON website lately (if you haven’t you are in trouble), but the site has been revamped for the 2015 show. Take some time to go over the site and you’ll discover some new features. It’s almost like the perfect holiday Continue reading
We know this doesn’t pertain to the metal construction industry much but we couldn’t help but post this excellent tweet by Mitt Romney. The man is pure genius with this concept!
Our friends over at http://www.designandbuildwithmetal.com have posted an interesting piece of news concerning the MCA (Metal Construction Association). It appears our official sponsor is teaming up with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to look at how the nation’s largest energy user, the Department of Defense, can benefit from new roofing systems. That’s right, metal roofs!! Anyhow, take a look after the jump to get the whole article Continue reading
Our good friends at Metal Roofing Magazine and Rural Builder filmed “The Best of METALCON 2014” and put together some great clips of this year’s show. There are a quite a few videos for you to watch. Enjoy the videos, and you can watch many of them by clicking here.
Another Magnificent Metal Monday is upon us and we are going to do things a little different going forward. So today we travel to New York City, specifically Manhattan. First person to comment on which building this is and retweet this blog post on their twitter feed is going to get something special. Good luck !
October 3, 2014 The positive vibes from the AIA and GlassBuild conventions earlier this year have made their way to Metalcon—the largest international event in the metal construction industry for metal construction products, technologies and solutions—this week in Denver, Colo. Continue reading
Absolutely marvelous design on this structure, well at least that is our opinion. The structure consists of aluminum squares, windows and solar panels. It really does look like an ice-cube in the middle of a bunch of snow and cold weather. In looking at the photos we wonder what it must Continue reading
Time Magazine recently wrote an excellent piece on the construction of the One World Trade Center. The glass and steel building is set to open November 1st and welcome its first tenant into the building Conde Nast. It is certainly amazing Continue reading
There were many stories at METALCON this year involving the industry, new products, education, and business deals happening each day. This story though surely is heart warming and goes to show you that there are still decent people in the world looking out for each other. We had an international attendee Continue reading
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So you want to fly away and have no idea where to go, well, how about you travel to Denver this upcoming week for the Metal Construction Industry’s largest gathering, METALCON. You can still register by using the promo code BLOG14. REGISTER NOW!
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