Help from above sometimes comes in unexpected forms. In this case, it came to the Harrisburg School District as an environmentally friendly roof from Eugene, Ore.-based IB Roof Systems that saved them hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In the Miami suburb of Boynton Beach, Fla., an exclusive community is currently under development that will take luxury living to a whole new level. Nestled in a pristine countryside setting, the 280-acre Equus Community is an elegant estate home community that features over 5 miles of uninterrupted horse trails, two 10-acre ponds, a 60-acre wildlife preserve and a 7,000 square-foot clubhouse that offers residents all the amenities of a world-class resort.
Putting a new roof on the historic Tryon Palace, the first permanent capitol of the Colony of North Carolina and home of the royal governor and his family, presented a number of challenges. First and foremost was the need to protect the historic structure and its furnishings.
Nearly eight years after the voters of Seattle passed a levy to expand the size and scope of the Van Asselt Community Center, the renovated building, located at 2820 S. Myrtle Street, was officially opened to the public in February 2007. Passed in 1999, the Community Center Levy provided a $3.9 million construction budget that would create a more enjoyable and user-friendly center for the citizens of Seattle. The levy proposed adding additional play areas, restrooms, locker rooms, new staff offices and a welcoming reception area to the existing building, which was last updated in 1976.
Making the move from contractor to distributor has taught Kenneth Paine priceless lessons during a professional roofing career spanning a quarter-century.
By now, most roofing contractors know the basics about green roofing systems along with their many benefits. What started in Germany more than 40 years ago, but was viewed by many as just a fad for several years in the United States, has now become quite common on rooftops throughout North America. Much of this popularity is the result of the fact that as more and more green roofs have been installed, their benefits and features have been more thoroughly realized, analyzed and reported.
Mergers, acquisitions, consolidations and various other forms of organizational blending that have taken place over the roofing industry’s past have not always been beautiful things. In fact, some ended up looking more like what happens when two trains merge head on at 70 miles per hour.
Randy Kuhn is best known for installing superior low-slope and steep-slope roofing systems in the Chicagoland area since 1978, but a passion for sailing the Great Lakes is also evident, as Kuhn has finished first in his class in the Chicago to Mackinac race on three separate occasions.
With over $106.1 billion in assets, Fifth Third Bancorp is the eleventh largest bank in the country. This diversified financial services company operates 19 affiliates with 1,138 full-service Banking Centers. To help manage its many facilities, Fifth Third counts on property management firm Viox Services, which prides itself on combining the responsiveness of a hometown contractor with the problem-solving resources and expertise of a nationwide facility management company.
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