A wall is a roof turned vertical. We treat it that way.
Wall panel, soffit, and rain-screen systems are an extension of the roof envelope. We design and install them as one continuous water-tight assembly. Six material families. One detail standard.
Section 01 · Standard
The wall is the second-most weather-tight surface on the building.
A building’s exterior is more than a roof. The wall is the second-most weather-tight surface on the building, and most of the time the most visible one. We design and install panel systems that hold up to Midwestern winters, summer thermal cycling, and twenty-five years of UV.
Where the spec calls for it, we fabricate panels in-house. Where the drawings call for hidden fasteners, concealed clips, or pressure-equalized rain-screens, that is what we install. We back the workmanship with the same warranty discipline as our roofing work.
Section 02 · Material Set
Six material families. Specified to the building.
Pre-Finished Steel
WorkhorseCoil-coated steel in flat-stock and ribbed profiles. The most common spec for industrial and commercial cladding. Cost-effective, long warranty, deep color list.
Pre-Finished Aluminum
LightHalf the weight of steel. Won't rust. The right answer near salt air, food plants, or where the wall section can't carry steel.
Zinc
PatinaSelf-healing, develops a protective patina over decades, and reads as architecture not cladding. Civic, cultural, and high-design commercial work.
Copper
HeritageSoft, warm, and works in any weather. The right choice on historic restoration, churches, and fine commercial entrances. Patinas on its own schedule.
Stainless Steel
Hard-UseWhen the wall has to take abuse, hose-down, or chemical exposure. Food and beverage facilities, transit, and industrial back-of-house.
Composite Panel
FlatAluminum composite material (ACM) for crisp, perfectly flat exposures. The cleanest reveal of any panel system on the market.
Materials we work in
Five families, plus the details around them.
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Pre-Finished Steel and Aluminum
The everyday spec. Coil-coated steel for industrial and commercial cladding, aluminum where the wall section cannot carry the weight or the exposure would rust steel.
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Zinc
Self-healing, takes a protective patina over decades, and reads as architecture rather than cladding. Civic and cultural buildings, mostly.
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Copper
Soft, warm, and workable in any weather. Historic restoration, churches, and fine commercial entrances. It patinas on its own schedule.
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Stainless
For walls that take abuse, hose-down, or chemical exposure. Food and beverage plants, transit, and industrial back-of-house.
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Composite
Aluminum composite material for crisp, perfectly flat exposures and the cleanest reveal of any panel system we install.
See this work →We also install soffit and rain-screen systems, including pressure-equalized rain-screens with concealed clips, as part of the same wall assembly.
Or call 608.783.2106, option 2.
Section 03 · Field Notes
Bring us a wall section. We'll bring back a system.
We work from your drawings. We can also write the panel scope into a roofing proposal so the envelope is one set of paperwork, one warranty, one crew. For an estimate, call 608.783.2106, option 2.
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