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Brian Ng - Fire-rated Panels Built for Performance
In this MetalCast episode, Karen Edwards chats with All Weather Insulated Panels’ VP of Engineering, Brian Ng, and explores how AWIP’s DM40-F+ with InnovaCELL™ Technology is changing the conversation around fire-rated insulated metal panels. From code compliance and thermal performance to jobsite efficiency and long-term building durability, this discussion looks ...
Melissa Dunson - Recession-proof Your Business with Metal
In this episode of MetalCast™, host Karen Edwards sits down with Central States Director of Marketing and Communications, Melissa Dunson, to discuss how metal contractors can build more resilient, recession-proof businesses. They explore why metal roofing and building systems continue to gain momentum, how contractors can diversify their service offerings ...
TPO or metal retrofit? Understanding the tradeoffs
By The Coffee Shops™. How to determine which option is right for the job, and what each option has to offer. When contractors meet with building owners to discuss an aging metal roof, the conversation often comes down to two possibilities: recover the roof with a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) ...
Turning specifications into successful metal projects
By The Coffee Shops™ Success starts long before crews arrive onsite. Early collaboration may start with architects and manufacturers, but successful metal projects depend on bringing contractors into the conversation before construction begins. In a recent MetalCast™ episode, Heidi J. Ellsworth continued her conversation with Mercedes Harris, architectural marketing manager ...
Design smarter with Drexel’s visualizer
By Emma Peterson. Explore how Drexel Metals combines experience, collaboration and digital tools to deliver exceptional metal solutions. Over the four decades that Drexel Metals has existed, the brand has grown, notably expanding their offerings through a 2011 acquisition of custom fabricator Met-Fab Manufacturing and becoming a part of the ...
Copper sale until July 31!
While many suppliers are increasing prices, we're holding our current pricing through August 1. If you missed our last copper promotion, now is your chance to lock in today's pricing before the increases take effect. Lock In Current Pricing: 20 oz Copper Coil $7.75/lb 5,000 lb minimum order 20 oz Copper Flat Sheets $305 per sheet 25 ...
2026 MBMA Student Design Competition now open
Individual students or teams interested in this opportunity have until January 11, 2027 to send in their submissions. The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) 2026 Student Design Competition is now open for entries. This year’s contest asks architecture students to create an innovative metal building design for a new public library/community ...
Thinking About Metal? Avoid These 5 Costly Mistakes
In this episode of Coffee Conversations® on MetalCoffeeShop®, sponsored by the Metal Construction Association (MCA), Heidi J. Ellsworth talks with Todd Miller, president of Isaiah Industries, Renee Ramey, executive director of the Metal Roofing Alliance and Travis Sliger, founder of 4Ever Metal Roofing about what asphalt shingle contractors need to ...
The complexities of calculating metal labor output
By The Coffee Shops™. A tricky number to calculate accurately, knowing the labor rate of metal roofing crews can help with estimation and bid processes. Calculating the number of square feet of metal roofing a crew can put out in a single day of work is a bit trickier than ...
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We offer a wide range of metal forming machinery services to meet the individual needs of our diverse customer base. Our technicians come from a variety of industrial and military backgrounds with extensive experience and training. The technicians are trained in the factories where the machines are built so you ...
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